In a matter of minutes, a speeding ticket turns her life upside down.
Nobody likes the DMV. Maggie especially, now that her most recent trip to the most boring place on earth revealed a lie that would destroy everything - a photograph from a speeding ticket, with her husband and another woman.
And even after betraying her trust and their marriage, he doesn’t even have the decency to let her move on without him, he’s always somewhere in her peripheral dragging her back and she tries to move forward. But she finds, despite her inner voice telling her if she was prettier or blonder she might be more loveable, that she’s a catch - and people want her. But with everything that happens, she can’t help but think everyone is lying to her and using her; so maybe it’s time to finally time to use their own weapons against them and try to fight back with lies of her own.
"I'm falling apart not only because I trusted him and loved him but I'm letting my mind play tricks on me. I'm doing all the "what-ifs" to see how one of them could have kept Nate from reaching out to this other woman in the first place."
As I've said many times before, I usually hate the word 'rollercoaster' when it comes to describing books, but I really can't think of a better word to describe Love The Way They Lie. This is one of those stories that will show you a characters lowest point and darkest insecurities and then dazzle you with hope and happiness before the tears have dried.
This was a very quick read, and despite being about some tough subjects was so easy to get engrossed in and follow along - this was all about the characters and their inner thoughts. Maggie was an amazingly written character - she wasn't exactly likeable, but it made her so much more interesting. She captured the insecurity and trust issues that plague so many, constantly blaming herself for everything that went wrong with her life.
But she made bad choices, she was petty and childish sometimes, she did stupid things, and eventually, she started to lie - but as we see her journey we understand just how she began to do these things and we even start to agree. This story will make you question honesty, and if or when it's really okay to lie.
This is a love story, just not one of the usual ones. It's about the love between friends and family, about the painful side of love, the love for ourselves, and (most importantly, of course) the love for adorable little dogs named Chili.
About The Author
Linda Smolkin always wanted to be a writer—ever since she saw her first TV commercial and wondered how to pen those clever ads. She got her degree in journalism and became a copywriter. Linda landed a job at an ad agency, where she worked for several years before joining the nonprofit world.
She's the author of AMONG THE BRANDED, THE SECRET WE LOST, and LOVE THE WAY THEY LIE and currently working on her fourth novel.
When not in front of the computer, she's behind the drums escaping into her pretend rock-star world.
For more information about Linda, visit her website at lindasmolkin.com and follow her on Twitter @lindasmolkin and Facebook @AuthorLindaSmolkin.
Thank you to Anne at Random Things Tours and Linda Smolkin for inviting me to take part in this tour. I was gifted a reviewers copy of this title in return for an honest review.
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