Release Blitz & Book Review: False Start by Meli Raine

False Start

by Meli Raine

Series: The False Series #3
Genre: Romantic Suspense
Release Date: January 15th, 2019

Blurb:

This isn't how my life is supposed to end.

Then again, a case of mistaken identity got me here. No one is ever who we think they are. Especially my kidnapper, a man whose entire life is designed to deceive.

Powerful people want my rescuer to die. I'm just a lure. A pawn. An object.
But objects hold meaning. Emotions attach themselves without logic.

Like love.

I now know that Duff will do everything to protect me.
If he gets here in time. And if I can hold on long enough.
Because my body can only handle so much. Pushed to the limits, it's finally giving out. Giving way.
Giving up.

I know Duff, though.
He never will.
Blink.

Read the stunning conclusion to USA Today bestselling author Meli Raine’s False series, told from both Lily and Duff’s points of view.

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Excerpt:

Being locked in a room with a dead body is not on my bucket list.

Being locked in a room with a faceless corpse, the dim light making his exposed, bloody skull bones gleam like rubies, is definitely not on my wish list.

The scream that wants to come out turns inward, helplessness stopping it somewhere in my chest, comforted by my heart, which only wants it to go quiet. Screaming won't fix this. I can't find an escape by making noise.

Reality has a way of dominating.

I look down at the dead man.

Who is very, very real.

I move gently on the chaise, taking the deepest breath I can, holding it for too long. Suspending myself in time and space feels like the only out. I can't actually leave. Second best is closing off my air supply, shutting my eyelids, not moving. Freezing in place gives me an illusion to grasp, the fleeting seconds important.

My hand slides under a throw pillow. The cool haven of hidden fabric makes me shiver.

A black spider, all too familiar, comes off the pillow my hand is under.

That makes me shiver even more.

I jump up, shocked by the intrusion of another living being.

The door calls out to me.

The spider crawls down one leg of the chaise, then makes its way dispassionately along the tip of the dead guy's shoe.

In order to get to the door, I have to go around the dead body. In order to move, I have to feel the sensation of his blood on my skin. When I bend my arm, the dried blood on my shoulders and neck crackles. It puckers, like child's glue spread over skin and allowed to dry for fun. For amusement.

This is anything but amusing.

ALSO AVAILABLE IN THE FALSE SERIES:
 

False Memory
by Meli Raine
Series: The False Series #1

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False Hope
by Meli Raine
Series: The False Series #2

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About the author:

Meli Raine writes romantic suspense with hot bikers, intense undercover DEA agents, bad boys turned good, and Special Ops heroes — and the women who love them. Meli rode her first motorcycle when she was five years old, but she played in the ocean long before that. She lives in New England with her family.

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My review:

The one thing I always love about all the series from this author is how every continuing book picks up right where the last book left off. Since I'd forgotten how the second book ended, I was thankful that the author started this conclusion with enough info in the beginning that I knew what had happened last.

'What protects us can be used as a tool in our deaths, too.'

This story was just a blip in the grand scheme of things and there is probably a lot more to be discovered. In this book though, Lily was kidnapped and Duff was drugged. They still didn’t know who’s pulling the strings to defuse the danger. Suffice to say how suspenseful and captivating this book started out. Well, Romeo's actions and plans didn't make a lot of sense and I did not understand why he acted so complicated, and with this outcome, when it could have been executed a lot faster and easier. Maybe this will be revealed in a future book, why it was done this way. I do hope so.

'Who knows what? Who doesn't know what? Who knows who knows what and who knows who doesn't know what?'

I liked that the romance between Lily and Duff finally got more room and that it didn't only center on the bad guys. Although, now with everything about the stateless being uncovered, new possibilities arose. I am very curious how this complexion continues. At the same time though, I was a bit let down by the ending of this book. I'm sure we'll see Lily and Duff again, but the ending of their story and this trilogy was not satisfying enough for me.

-- I voluntarily reviewed an ARC of this book given by Give Me Books Promotions. --

My rating: 3.5 of 5 stars
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