Review: Beneath the Lies

Beneath the Lies by Sapna Bhog
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Aaliya has been married to Damien to five years and they have a young son Rian. Damien left their home in India after his father and brother died in a car accident to attend their funerals in London ... and never returned. Damien's best friend Gabe calls Aaliya and tells her than Damien too has been in a car accident which has caused amnesia, he no longer remembers his life in India, Aaliya or their son.

Aaliya travels to London to see Damien, but Gabe prevents her from seeing Damien. Unbeknown to her, Damien left a voicemail message on Gabe's phone alleging that someone had murdered his father and brother and they could be after him next, his last words were to protect his wife and son.

When Aaliya does meet Damien he doesn't recognise her, indeed she can barely see her kind and loving husband in the cold man she meets. Also, Aaliya discovers that Damien is actually a member of the aristocracy and has now become the Duke of Kittridge, the wealthiest man in England. Damien is fascinated by Aaliya, her sassy attitude, and her lack of ceremony, he wants to possess her yadda yadda.

This was okay but I felt the writer figuratively threw the kitchen sink at this. There's the interracial marriage, the amnesia, the assassination attempts, the FSoG seduction scenes, the obligatory society ball, the bitchy ex-girlfriend, the cold dowager duchess, the secret baby, the billionaire romance, the estranged friends, the blood diamonds argument, I could go on.

All I will say is that the person trying to murder Damien doesn't appear to be who I thought it was - so that's a relief.

Also, this is not a standalone novel, there are unanswered questions.

This book was free from the author's website.

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