An interesting read about a woman who still mourns her late husband although it's been four years since he drowned rescuing someone else.
An holiday fling with no strings attached, a pact where it was only allowed to talk about their feelings in the moment and not their life outside the holiday resort , and the knowledge that it might be just once in a lifetime experience.
Of course fate has other plans and the two main characters are face to face in no time.
Not sure how I felt about this story, I liked the characters and interesting jobs, the fact that they are so dedicated to their families, the friendship between them is nice, the fact that they want to pursue their feelings towards each other and realised that the chemistry is still there it's an added point.
I didn't like the fact that they were keeping secrets from each other's, like the most important secrets that in my opinion should have been coming upfront from the beginning with it, even if it was scary or because of the previous bad experiences, as for her, same goes with her big unrevealed secret but I can understand her feelings and hesitation.
Overall was a good story and I will definitely read more books by the author.

Well there were a good amount of lies but I wouldn't call them accidental I would call them an ommission and regardless of the reasoning that was just not good enough for me. Why Well these two lied to each other from the beginning I get that but as they started feeling things, real feelings you tell the truth you don't hold because it will always always come out. Emily annoyed me, she wouldn't listen, but eventually eventually she gets there. Drew lied about having children, what they hell I get the beginning but to outright lie and say they were your roomates, come on dude, not cool like at all, I would not have forgiven that. So I get that I am one of the few but these two still needed help.

I thoroughly enjoyed this book, it was fast moving and it had me hooked!

I thought it was a brilliant story from start to finish.

I love the writing style, characterisation and plot line and this is another excellent story from Dana Mason – no hesitation in giving this one 5 stars!!

DNF at 32%.

Emily's husband drowned four years ago and her brother has forced her to go on a week's holiday to Maui to rest and relax.

Drew is a widower with two small children, every summer he spends a few weeks on holiday in Maui while his in-laws have the children for the summer.

Drew and Emily agree to have a summer fling, the one condition that they don't share anything about their real lives: no jobs; no city of origin; no family; no pets, just fun and good times.

I was going along with this until Emily overhears Drew answer the phone to his daughter and when she asks who Hannah is, Drew outright lies and says that she is his roommate, he then compounds it by adding that he has two roommates. Emily then ups the ante by saying her last relationship ended badly - he freaking died!

I don't mind not telling each other things but outright lying? Unnecessary and just gave me the reason to ditch the book which wasn't engaging my attention anyway.

I received a free copy of this book from the publisher via NetGalley in return for an honest review.

This was a quick read that had some depth to it. I felt for both characters, and the lies that spun out of control. I liked the chemistry between Drew and Emily, and I found myself reading in the middle of the night to finish this one. 4 stars from me.

The main characters of this book chose to live in the moment and not to share personal details about themselves. Both of them had their reasons for it, but as expected, it backfired. Accidental Lies is written from dual POV. However, the book is mostly concentrated on the feelings and emotions of heroine. I could not actually connected with heroine, because she was full of prejudices. Several times I wanted to say: " You are a lawyer, please, give the poor guy a benefit of the doubt!" I really liked that the hero was open-minded and laid-back. All in all, I just expected more from the book. And it is fully on me.
Thanks to the author and NetGalley for a review copy. All opinions are mine.

Emily and Drew are two characters who deserve to be together, but, oh, the angst they have to go through. Both have gone through so much and deserve a happy ending, but they have so much to work out. I loved these characters and wanted them to have their happily ever after. This was the first book I’ve read by this author, but it definitely won’t be the last!

❤️❤️❤️❤️
💋💋💋
So good .

Accidental Lies is a lesson in romance , trust and truth.
It’s a wonderful, heartbreaking at times story that twists your insides and occasionally has you tearing up.

Love how this writer takes me in such an emotional and enjoyable journey, from Hawaii to Sacramento, I’ve loved every page .

The first book of the series was good too so don’t miss either of them .

Recommended Read!

I received an Arc copy of this book and chose to post this review

The second book in this series, but I don't think it matters if you haven't read the first.

Emily is on an enforced holiday, organised for her by her brother. She hasn't taken time off work since her husband died 4 years ago, preferring to bury herself in work.

Drew is on his annual 3 weeks holiday, when his children are with their grandparents for 3 weeks.

They start a holiday fling, mentioning as little about their life away from the island as possible. When it is time to leave will they regret this?

A fast paced and enjoyable read.

This story was amazing! Absolutely amazing! I’m not sure I can do this one justice. That’s how much I enjoyed it!

I read book 1 where we meet Emily and I did NOT think I could like her! At all! She wasn’t portrayed very well and came across as a you know what. She almost ruined her brother’s marriage! WTF?!?!
But then we meet her in this book. She’s sad and lonely. A workaholic.
She’s only on vacation curtesy or her brother. She appears uptight and frigid at first. Good thing Drew is able to see past her outer shell so to speak.

Now we start the vacation fling.
Less then a week.
Nothing personal is discussed.
No past.
No numbers or addresses exchanged.

I wonder what could go wrong with this???
Hmmmm....
Such a dumb idea, right?

I highly recommend this great story!
It CAN be read on its own.
It had all the feelings!!!

Emily and Drew, the main characters, have a super hot fling, without telling each other anything personal. It sounded like a great plot prior to reading, and it did not disappoint, I read this book in 2 days!

Vacation fling pact to not talk about the real world goes bad. I give it 3.5 stars.

Emily is a lawyer who lost her husband four years ago and hasn’t been able to move on. Her brother sends her on a vacation to Maui with an itinerary an instructions to get out and live a little. Drew is a single father of two who lost his wife six years ago and spends three weeks a year in Maui while his kids are with their maternal grandparents. He has dated in the past but most women find out he is a single father and are never heard from again.

Drew and Emily meet and hit it off from the start and right away they decide not to talk about anything from home. Emily doesn’t want to think about her loss and Drew doesn’t want to bring up his children so they make a pact not to talk about their pasts other than to tell each other that they are both unattached. The concept is nice and it works well for a few days while they have their fling in paradise. The author does a good job in building the romance while they are in Hawaii. The sex scenes are downright steamy.

When it comes time for Drew to leave, because he was there before Emily came, it gets pretty sad since she isn’t ready for more and doesn’t want to break the pact. She wants to keep it just a vacation fling while Dew wants more. He wants her address and phone details. Since the book is only halfway through at that point I doubt it is giving away spoilers to say they do end up seeing each other again.

My only issue with the book is how long it takes the to end up telling each other all about themselves. There is a lot of angst and back and forth about such a silly thing. Half the time she is not wanting to know and he is trying to tell her that he has kids. If I were him, I wouldn’t preface it with, “I have something to tell you” and give her the opportunity to say I don’t want to do this right now. I would just say, “I have kids” then bam it’s out there. Because when all is said and done, the kids weren’t the issue. The not telling was. Which you could see coming a mile away. Not that she didn’t have secrets too. I hope this is not giving away spoilers, because I saw this coming from the beginning. And it was basically the point of the story, I just thought it went on a bit too long.

I really enjoyed this book! This is the first book I have ever read by Dana Mason (my first ever ARC as well!) and I honestly am looking forward to reading more of her work. The story pulled me in from the very beginning and I really loved the characters, especially Drew. Great supporting characters as well, and Rebecca was such a great, supportive friend to Emily.
One thing I really liked (its very insignificant, but I want to point it out) is that in so many romance novels that I have read, there is a scene where the heroine drinks too much and needs “taken care of”, which was also the case in this book, however instead of getting very sick, needing her hair held back, etc., Drew put her to bed and that was it, she was fine the next day. I just really liked that, because not every woman is such a lightweight!
Towards the end I did start to get frustrated with Emily. In my opinion she was acting just like Grant in that she was just not listening to what Drew was saying and trying to tell her at all! And he should have just made himself heard, ugh! But it all worked out in the end, which speaking of the ending… Loved it!!

*ARC kindly provided by NetGalley*

I went into this book fairly blind (which for me is unusual). I tend to stick to the authors I know quite well when reading new books but when I saw the blurb of ‘Accidental Lies’ on NetGalley I was very intrigued by the plot and characters. I am definitely happy that I have this book and Dana Mason a chance as I thoroughly enjoyed it.

‘Accidental Lies’ follows Emily and Drew, two people both struggling with grief and loss, and places them in the beautiful island of Maui. A vacation fling seems to be what they both decide on during their time, however they both soon realize they want more from each other despite the secrets they are keeping from the other.

This is a lovely summer read. I read the whole novel lying out in the sun during the afternoon, and it was an afternoon well spent. Although, I felt the pacing of the story to be a little off, some plots felt a bit rushed somehow. Despite this, the main and supporting characters were all great and the plot was interesting and engaging.

Overall I would give it four stars.

I want to thank NetGalley, Dana Mason and Bookouture for an Arc of accidental lies. One of my favorite types of romances are tropical vacation romances between strangers with a timeline of when it will end. You know you will be rooting for them to fall in love and not end it. This book was full of romance and mystery because of the things they did tell each other.
Drew and Emily meet on vacation and decide to have a vacation fling but there are some rules including no talking about their lives back home and this ends at the end of vacation. Easier said then done right?
I loved this book and it has some pretty intense steamy scenes. Emily is really guarded at first but she does start to break through her shell. I understood because of what she had been through. They start to fall for each other but after the vacation ends so do they until they run into each other again. This book had a great supporting cast and I honestly just loved this book. Will read more by this author and in this series.

This is Drew and Emily‘s book, this is the second book in the series I haven’t read the first one but after reading this I think I’m going to go back and read it, it was really good! Emily and Drew are both on vacation in Maui, Emily was locked outside of her hotel room in a buttoned up suit that was definitely not appropriate for a vacation! the chemistry between the two is hotter than ever! They both have had a lot of heartbreak in their lives that haunts them both! They both agree on some strict rules to follow ,one no talking about their lives outside of Maui and two this is just a vacation flying fling! This book was really good I highly recommend reading it, it definitely was sad at some points but there was a lot of laughs and some steam! Thank you Netgalley and the publishers for sharing this book with me!