A gripping suspense story by a new to me author.
Great plot and characters, a story full of twists and turns.
Can't wait to read another book by this author.
Recommended.
Many thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for this ARC, all opinions are mine

Former FBI profiler, Eva Rae Thomas latest case is very personal. No longer with the FBI divorced and a single mother of three very challenging children, she is thrust into the case of a 12-year-old surfing sensation – a future female Kelly Slater – who had vanished three months earlier. Her remains have now been found but…This a page turner and Eva Rae is a credit to all women who work to solve crimes. An excellent read. Thank you to NetGalley and Buoy Media. #Dontlietome #NetGalley

Reading the first two chapters of this novel will rip out your heart. We can all identify with being left out and feeling socially awkward, and your heart will ache for young Sophie knowing what her fate will soon be. Fast forward to Eva, a newly single down on her luck mother of three, trying to pick up the pieces of her life since her husband took off. Sophie's murderer was never found, and now the same saga is happening again with young girl named Maddie. Will she end up like Sophie? With short chapters, mostly first person narrative, and alternating time lines, you will fly through this book. Have your schedule cleared because once you start, you will not be able to put this book down to see how it ends.

The best thing about this book was that the author seemed familiar with the location. It read like a local wrote it.

Now for everything else. It was awful and a complete mess. The dialogue was the worst part. When talking to the father of a murdered child he asked for the main character’s autograph?!?! It was ridiculous. When we find out who the killer is the spouse of the killer says: “I guess you never really know someone.” That actually made me laugh because is was outrageous.

The main character wasn’t very likable either and a neglectful mother too. An experienced editor was desperately needed.

Eva Rae Thomas is a former FBI profiler who teams up with her childhood sweetheart Matt, a local cop in Cocoa Beach, FL to solve the mystery of the disappearance of a local child surf star from a Girl Scout camping trip.

I'll just stop right here and say that I chose 4 of Willow Rose's books to review, never having heard of this author before, but always a fan of a good law enforcement story. Wow! I was hooked immediately. I then discovered that Ms. Rose is a prolific writer and proceeded to order all her books from 3 of her series so I could read the WHOLE story. I had a reading marathon. I am hooked and can't wait to read more. Highly recommend anything by this author!

I have voluntarily reviewed a copy of this book that I received from NetGalley. All views expressed are only my honest opinion.

Fast paced thriller with plenty of twists and turns to keep you on the edge of your seat. I am a huge fan of this author and look forward to any release of her books!!

Don't Lie to Me is the first in the series with Eva Rae Thomas as the lead character. Eva Rae is moving to CoCoa Beach to be closer to her parents after her soon to be ex-husband up and walks out without a word. She is FBI but has recently quit due to a case that went badly. Trying to get her act together with the kids new schools, and activities, she stumbles into a missing child case taken from Girl Scout camp three months prior. More children will turn up missing before the kidnapper/murderer is revealed.

I have previously read other books by Willow Rose and have enjoyed each of them. I was pleased to see this available and was not disappointed. The story was easy to read, although there were a lot of characters pulled into the storyline, but it was well worth the read. I highly recommend it and am looking forward to reading the rest of the series.

Don’t lie to Me has you from the moment you pick it up. You’ll be entertained with suspense, thrills, twists and unexpected turns. Just when you think you figured it out, Willow Rose throws something ew at you.

Ughh, how disappointing. I really expected to love this book!

Don't Lie to Me follows ex-FBI profiler Eva Rae Thomas as she investigates a child kidnapping-murder case. I can't say I liked her or found her professional background believable by any means. She made plenty of questionable (at best) decisions and felt painfully incompetent throughout the investigation.

The plot has its issues (despite sounding so promising!) but the writing is where this book really fails in my opinion. Don't Lie to Me would've benefited greatly from further editing. The entire book felt repetitive and choppy, and the dialogue unnatural.

I was initially surprised to see this wasn't the author's debut novel, but then I saw they publish several books a year. The quality makes sense if it's rushed.

I'm sad I didn't enjoy this, but I'm grateful for the opportunity to review nonetheless. Big thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for my review copy!

Eva Rae Thomas is former FBI. Following a sudden and unexpected divorce from her husband, she finds herself moving back to her home town with her three children. The change is supposed to be good for her family. However, she finds herself being pulled back, not only to her job or profiling and tracking down child abductors, but also to her personal childhood and the lies which haunt it.

Willow Rose's (Amazon affiliate link) Don't Lie to Me begins well, with an intriguing story set up. However, the set up is probably the best part of the book. The characters are rather two-dimensional, with some just being annoying and pointless to the story line. Eva Rae is an unbelievable protagonist and an unbelievable former Fed. The book seems to devolve into a ball of threads thrown together without cohesion.

On the positive side, this is a quick, easy read if you want something to pick up without thinking about the story.

I like the idea of the story, ex-FBI returning to her hometown with her kids after her husband leaves her. Then she runs into ex boyfriend, is involved in the child-kidnapping-murder cases. First she investigates on her own and then as a police consultant. And there is also the story line of childhood best friend who is constantly abused, and the abduction of her sister when they were little girls and the plot gets more ridiculous with each chapter. If the author had just stuck to one theme and threaded more through upcoming books, I think it would have been a bit more believable.

I recently requested to read Dont Lie to Me. Upon request, I had no idea this was a part of a 9 book series. Once I started I was actually quite satisfied that I had started a series as it will give me something to beach read the next couple of weeks.

I downloaded Dont Lie to me two days ago and woke up early this morning to finish prior to my work day.

This is a very easy read that follows the life of an Ex-FBI profiler, Eva Rae. Eva, has promised her children she is done with the force but when she finds out a child is dead and another one has been kidnapped, her natural instinct to help kicks in and she is forced to get involved. Matt Miller, an ex lover has enlisted her help and she is unable to turn away.

Can Eva and Matt stop a serial killer or will they put their own lives in danger?

Eva retired from the FBI and now is a newly single mother of three kids. She finds the body of a little girl that went missing from a summer camp. Eva comes out of retirement to help Cocoa Beach Detective Matt Miller to solve this murder. Honestly this is the first book i've read by Willow Rose, enough tho I collect her books when they are free on amazon. I like Eva, she is so relatable. Trying to be super mom, working and raising kids. I like detective novels and I surely will be checking out the rest of this series and the other series that WIllow Rose writes. I was previously interested in the Rebekka Franck series and kept putting further down the tbr list, now is the time. I highly recommend this book.

Good book! I really enjoyed reading this book! This book had suspense, action ,drama, intrigue and a great storyline! I'm going through all willow rose books now lol this is only my second one but I've loved them both! I definitely recommend reading this book and series! They're well worth reading! Thank you Netgalley and the publisher for sharing this book with me!

I loved the mystery and suspense of this story. Getting to know a new character is always a plus. So many twists and turns that you don't expect. Another great story by Willow Rose.