The Greatest Lie of All is an emotional journey about love, loss, and the secrets that shape us.

If you were a fan of The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, you will really enjoy this book. With similar themes of a young woman interviewing and learning from an older woman, uncovering secrets, and love stories that take place over decades - this book takes a really interesting journey of discovery for each character and has some exciting twists.

The pacing of the book was a bit slow to start, but the last 100 pages felt like a complete rollercoaster.

4/5

Thank you, Harlequin Trade Publishing and NetGalley, for providing me with an ARC of this incredible book! This book has chapters that alternate between the present and past, from one main character to another. It's so easy to mess up this type of organization and jumble up the story, but I can say that it was captivating. I wish I had more words to describe how well this is genuinely written; all I can say is that to write the way Jillian Cantor did for this book is absolutely phenomenal. I give this a full five out of five stars for keeping me captivated from the first page to the last and still making me satisfied at the ending. I am genuinely excited for this book to come out so that I can get my hands on a copy for my library! I very much look forward to reading more of Jilian Cantor's work in the future.

This story shows that you don’t know a good thing until it’s gone and also that what may seem like a good thing isn’t always good. Look’s can be deceiving.

The story revolves around MC Amelia who is just really having a bad day, her life changes suddenly and she takes on a new role that will reveal hidden truths and possibly shoot her to stardom. That Role is of Gloria Diamond a romance novelist who isn’t what she seems, has a connection you won’t see coming and a secret romance that lasted until death and beyond.

It was very similar to The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, though I do think the plot could have been more thought out here, there’s a connection at the very end that you don’t really emotionally connect to because you don’t see signs of it throughout the book so it just seems like a twist that wasn’t really needed and was added at the very end, other than that every other twist was good!

Thank you to Jillian Cantor, Harlequin Trade Publishing, NetGalley for my free early e-book copy of “The Greatest Lie of All”.

I received this advanced review copy for free and I am leaving this review voluntarily. Pub date: Dec, 03 2024.

The Greatest Lie of All was an interesting read giving insight into the many loves of a top selling romance author. What in her world was fact and what was fiction as she was about to have a bio pic go into production with Amelia playing the role of Gloria Diamond.
All the secrets come to life when Amelia is a guest at the author's home.
A little mystery, romance and self discovery made for a unique read.
Four stars from me with thanks to #NetGalley for the opportunity to early read this book.

loved this romance between will and Annie and also the romance of max and & George and mare and that triangle. I loved that this book was told in the different point of views. I loved seeing the past and that questions came up and thankfully solved with a test. Loved that Annie wanted to know more about mare/Gloria and she found that some of her story too.

A highly entertaining story of love, grief, and reinvention.

Amelia’s career isn’t taking off as she had hoped so when she has the opportunity to play a famous romance writer (and one of her mother’s favorite authors) in an upcoming biopic, she takes it. Unfortunately, the subject of the biopic, Gloria, seems to hate Amelia - making it very awkward for Amelia to prepare for the role. In her quest to understand Gloria, she stumbles upon some long-kept secrets that will change her life.

This was a page-turner for me - the chapters alternate between present day and Gloria’s past. I was so curious about Gloria’s heartbreaking backstory (and invested in Amelia’s developing relationship with Gloria’s son!).

Thank you to Harlequin and NetGalley for the opportunity to read a copy.

This book is everything! It’s got a mystery, a love story and a fascinating twist. If you love a good Hollywood tale, this is definitely your kind of read!