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\u201cI devoured this book in one day, and I guarantee you will too.\u201d<\/em>\u2014Julie Clark, New York Times bestselling author of The Last Flight and The Lies I Tell<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cAn expertly woven story of love, revenge, and murder. In a world where so many books feel so similar\u2014this was a refreshingly unique read and an addictive blend of love and mystery that I couldn\u2019t put down. This is storytelling at its finest and I can\u2019t recommend this book enough.\u201d<\/em>\u2014AR Torre,\u00a0New York Times\u00a0bestselling author of\u00a0Every Last Secret<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Bestselling romance author Sarina Bowen\u2019s debut thriller, about one woman\u2019s search for the truth after receiving a text from her deceased ex.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Dead men don\u2019t send texts . . .<\/span><\/p>\n On an ordinary Monday morning, Ariel Cafferty’s phone buzzes with a disturbing text message.\u00a0Something\u2019s happened. I need to see you. Meet me under the candelabra tree\u00a0ASAP.<\/span>\u00a0The words would be jarring from anyone, but the sender is the only man she ever loved. And it’s been several years since\u00a0she learned he died.<\/p>\n Seeing Drew\u2019s name pop up is heart-stopping. Ariel\u2019s gut says it can\u2019t be real. But she goes to the tree anyway. She has to.<\/p>\n Nobody shows. But the text upends everything she thought she knew about the day he\u00a0left her. The more questions she asks, the more sinister the answers get. Only two things are clear: everything she was told five years ago is wrong, and someone is\u00a0still\u00a0lying to her.<\/p>\n The truth has to be out there somewhere. To safeguard herself\u2014and her son\u2014she\u2019ll have to find it before it finds her. And\u00a0with it, the answer to what became of Drew.<\/p>\n For fans of Laura Dave and Julie Clark, but with a heart-stopping romance that only Sarina Bowen can execute,\u00a0The Five Year Lie\u00a0<\/span>is a page-turning, spine-tingling thriller that will have you guessing until the very end.<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Add to Goodreads<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n 3 stars!<\/b><\/p>\n Sarina Bowen\u2019s first mystery\/suspense novel, this is an intriguing read with just a touch of romance, and I really enjoyed this one.<\/p>\n Ariel\u2019s world is rocked when she receives a text message from the man she loves\u2026 who died five years ago. Though she and Drew were only together for a brief time, it was enough for Ariel to fall madly in love, but Drew left and broke her heart, only to die shortly afterwards. She hasn\u2019t moved on from his loss and is now raising their now-four-year-old son on her own.<\/p>\n It turns out that there is an explanation for the text message, but it opens up a whole world of confusion for Ariel as she begins to doubt the events that took place all those years ago. With a trusty hacker colleague by her side, she begins to investigate Drew\u2019s past, his motives for coming to town, and his reasons for leaving the way he did.<\/p>\n As expected, it\u2019s a twisty read, and I was on board with Ariel as she uncovers the truth. The story kept me guessing, and some of those twists were quite unexpected. The tech-centric premise was smart and scarily plausible, though the actions and motives of the major players seemed a bit extreme. But I think Bowen did a good job pulling all of the different elements together.<\/p>\n I wasn\u2019t as fully invested in the story as I would have liked – granted, this isn\u2019t my usual reading genre, but it dragged a bit for me, and it probably didn\u2019t need to be as long as it was. The final chapters bring some excitement though, and I was happy with how it ended.<\/p>\n There\u2019s enough of the things I love about Bowen\u2019s writing in the story to keep me engaged. There are great character dynamics, snappy dialogue, and some sweet and funny moments, and I enjoyed this one.<\/p>\n 3 stars.<\/p>\n An Advanced Review Copy was generously provided by the publisher via NetGalley for an honest review.<\/i><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Five Year Lie by Sarina Bowen is live! \u201cI devoured this book in one day, and I guarantee you will too.\u201d\u2014Julie Clark, New York Times bestselling author of The Last Flight and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":72579,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","yasr_overall_rating":3,"yasr_post_is_review":"","yasr_auto_insert_disabled":"","yasr_review_type":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[95,9],"tags":[59,634,48,378],"class_list":["post-74592","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mystery","category-romance","tag-arc","tag-release","tag-review","tag-sarina-bowen"],"yasr_visitor_votes":{"stars_attributes":{"read_only":false,"span_bottom":false},"number_of_votes":0,"sum_votes":0},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/The-Five-Year-Lie.jpg?fit=200%2C300&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7gaNL-jp6","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74592","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=74592"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74592\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/72579"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=74592"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=74592"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=74592"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Amazon\u00a0<\/a> |\u00a0 Apple\u00a0<\/a> |\u00a0 Kobo\u00a0<\/a> |\u00a0 B&N<\/a>\u00a0 |\u00a0 Paperback\u00a0<\/a> |\u00a0 Audio<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n
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