Review: Absolutely wonderful!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 04 17, 2014
I started reading Elizabeth Finn's books about a year ago and have stalked her for new releases ever since. She writes some of the most complex, troubled, sexy character-driven romances I've ever read. She steps outside the box for her characters' occupations. A woodworker - but one who make high end furniture! An Innocent Liar captures the essence of the author's style of writing. Here we have Fiona - whom we are introduced to as someone who is not telling the truth about who she is. But the absolute beauty of the story is that we are only given glimpses of her life. Unlike many books in the romance genre where the author dumps the back story on the reader and we are left with having to wrap our minds around the character, here we are dropped bits of dialogue and thoughts and left to figure out what the heck happened to her. But you know it is BIG. Eli, too, has some substantial baggage which is interesting given his desperate need for honesty from those in his life. I had to savor this book - jump into Fiona's and Eli's lives and I loved it! And, as always, Ms. Finn adds the smuttiness that just takes you to another level of enjoyment. I loved the dialogue. I re-read passages two and three times they were so good. Fiona says of Eli early in the book "the man had an amazing talent for oration" and yes, you could just hear him as the words flowed from his mouth. And what a sexy man! The secondary characters were also well drawn. So many authors focus their efforts on the h and H but then the other characters are cookie cutter. Not so with this bunch. Fiona is in desperate need of a job and implores Eli to give her one but he knows she is being dishonest. What follows is a heavy, romantic, suspenseful and smutty ride through Elizabeth Finn-ville. A place I will visit as often as she releases her books.