About White Lies
While driving to a charming village tucked away deep in the Cascade Mountains of eastern Washington, where she is to begin a new job teaching high school English, Katrina Burton picks up a young hitchhiker who turns out to be drunk and predatory. Fearful for her safety, she lies about her destination in order to get him out of the car. But when she later discovers that he is a teacher at the same school, she finds herself feeding that initial lie with more lies.
Then Katrina meets a mysterious man. Handsome, charismatic and strong, he is exactly what she needs to extricate her from the expanding network of lies, now spinning out of control. She falls fast and hard for him.
Her perfect solution, however, soon becomes a nightmare that lands her in the middle of a grisly murder. And Katrina’s problems don’t stop there. She must decide whether to betray her new love or to cover up the murder and hope for the best…until she discovers that the choice may not be hers to make.

White Lies by Jeremy Bates
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

What began as a light-hearted book quickly turned into an action-packed story of murder and deception.  And I am still recovering from the ride!  This is a book that took so many twists and turns, and it was crafted extremely well.

I was instantly drawn in since Katrina is a schoolteacher, and the story takes place in Leavenworth, Washington.  It was nice to read about a familiar environment and workplace.  I actually got a good chuckle as Katrina’s expense as her web of lies began to entrap her.  In my mind, she got what she deserved.

When Jack entered the picture, I was instantly suspicious, but the outcome absolutely shocked me.  I will not leave any spoilers–read the book, if you want.  But the action is nonstop.  And even Zach surprised me quite a bit.  One never knows where the web of deception will lead.

I could have done without the profanity.  There was too much for my taste, but that is just my opinion.  I wished the character wouldn’t jump into bed so quickly with each other, but thankfully I did not have to read any bedroom scenes.  The violence was quite descriptive–sometimes a little much for me–but not as graphic as some could be.

The morals of the book as far as deception goes are phenomenal.  The Catholic church and God even make an appearance.  I was glad to see a real resolution to the book.  That is one of the main reasons that I gave the book the rating it did.  At least the author has a moral background.  And that definitely makes the book a good read.

I was sent a copy of this book in exchange for my honest opinion.  I was not financially compensated, and all opinions are 100 percent mine.

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ABOUT JEREMY BATES

USA Today bestselling author Jeremy Bates has written more than a dozen novels and novellas, which have been translated into several languages and downloaded more than one million times. Midwest Book Review compares his work to “Stephen King, Joe Lansdale, and other masters of the art.” He has won both an Australian Shadows Award and a Canadian Arthur Ellis Award. He was also a finalist in the Goodreads Choice Awards, the only major book awards decided by readers. His debut novel reached #1 in the Amazon Kindle Store, while the novels in the “World’s Scariest Places” series are set in real locations, and so far include Suicide Forest in Japan, The Catacombs in Paris, Helltown in Ohio, Island of the Dolls in Mexico, and Mountain of the Dead in Russia. You can check out any of these places on the web or find out more information on the author’s Wikipedia page and his official website.

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