Lucy after been dumpen on her third date is covered with mud and her clother are wet from the rain is waiting the bus to take her back to Cascade Point when a strange handsome man calls her name and tells her that her best friend asked him to bring her home . Lachlan after a scandal was asked by his CEO to take some time off of his job so he decide to stay close to LA so he visits his brother Beau in Cascade Point . Then he asked to help a friend . They end up spenting the night at a hotel because of the bad weather and Lucy suggest to play the Lying Game . Lucy's apartment is having plumping problems and he asks he to stay with him . While he is unhappy to be back at the place he spend his summers as a kid he realises that it is not so bad living in a small town . With Lucy happiness and positive energy he is anymore so closed off and he starting to realising that his step mother family always loved him . EWhat will happen when the issue with his work resolve ? Will he choose Lucy or LA ?
I received this book from netgalley and the publicer as an ARC . Thank you . All thoughts and opinions are my own .

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this small-town, grumpy/sunshine romance has the perfect mix of hilarious banter, hallmark movie comedic moments, and the sweetest and funniest gang of misfits that call the town of Cascade Point their home.

Lucy is a cheery, optimistic, hopeless romantic who finds herself stranded on the side of the road after a date gone wrong. Her luck turns around when grumpy Clark Kent, aka Lachlan Chase, picks her up on his way to Cascade Point curtesy of his half-brother and her best friend asking for a favour. They get trapped in a rundown motel thanks to the weather and they play ‘the lying game’ to pass the time. Once the next day rolls around, they go their separate ways in Cascade Point and think this is probably the last they’ll see of each other… until Lachlan finds himself renting Lucy’s old childhood home and Lucy urgently needs a place to stay while her townhome gets fixed. Strangers, turned roommates, turned potential friends. These total opposites find that they actually enjoy each others company, and Lachlan is the first to admit that maybe Cascade point (and a certain cheery, ball of sunshine) is growing on him…

I LOVE a small-town romance and this does book does it so well. The townsfolk of Cascade Point are small but mighty, always having each others backs and quick to spread any and all types of gossip. Lachlan’s step-grandparents were the sweetest and showed everyone so much love. I loved Lachlan’s character development and getting to see his soft interior behind that giant wall he built. The chemistry between him and Lucy was great and their banter made it even better!

did I mention that he calls her princess and fixes up her childhood home just to make her happy?!?

This sweet and swoony rom-com is perfect for readers who enjoyed the hating game and the spanish love deception! This is a closed-door romance with a fantastic amount of slow-burn and tension. I highly recommend!

This book releases January 26th! Thank you Victory Editing, NetGalley, and Sara Jane Woodley for the ARC in exchange for an honest review!

: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ The Lying Game by Sara Jane Woodley is a self described sweet romantic comedy, but it’s a deep story of two people who learn to challenge their own personal assumptions and end up finding each other and their own personal happiness in the process. Set in a small and quirky town in the Pacific Northwest our characters learn to shed what no longer serves them and love the life they create together. Perfect read for a rainy winters day. Release Date: January 26, 2024. Thank you @NetGalley and @authorsarajanewoodley for the ARC! #TheLyingGame #NetGalley

Cute romcom with a good mixture of many tropes. Would be a perfect read for Hallmark fans. Businessman comes to small town. Shared bed. Enemies to lovers.

Fairly predictable rom com but it was still a good read that I enjoyed. I didn't think a book with the title lying game would be good but I ended up loving this one.