Her perfect home. Her perfect man. How wrong can she be? After a bitter divorce, criminal solicitor Laila moves to idyllic Violet Lane where she quickly falls for Max her charming, piano playing neighbor. They begin a wildly passionate affair and Laila feels she is really starting to live again. But the tranquility of this close knit community is shattered when Jackie, a young mother from across the street, goes missing. Her husband is the chief suspect and Laila agrees to act as his lawyer! Great read! I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book! It had thrilling suspense, mystery, murder, intriguing, gaslighting, dark past secrets, great characters and a few crazy twists and turns! The story was very interesting! I highly recommend reading this book! Thank you NetGalley and the publisher for sharing this book with me!

This book was the dark and steamy very different to what I’d normally read! This book comes with trigger warnings it was more of a romance book than a thriller I felt.

I found the plot just ok I found there was too many scenes of a sexual nature.

Violets Are Blue follows newly divorced Laila after she moves to Violet Lane. She falls for her charming piano-playing neighbour, Max, and they soon begin a passionate affair. Her life is finally as close to perfect as possible, until her neighbour Jackie goes missing. Laila. a criminal solicitor, agrees to represent Jackie's husband after he's accused of the murder. Laila realises she's getting too close to the truth and her life might be in danger...

This book comes with trigger warnings, and rightly so. Don't say they didn't warn you! I simply skimmed through "those" scenes when they got too much for me, and the book was still great.

It's difficult to review this book without giving away spoilers, but I will say the protagonist, Laila, drove me mad. I suppose we all have that friend who becomes infatuated with a man and ignores all reason, and mistakes the gigantic red flag on his forehead for a cute quirk.

The mystery was good and it was fun to try and figure out who the villian was. The ending was diabolical, I loved it!!

I have to say at first I almost DNF this book. Sex scenes were a little too much and not sure where the story was going. Halfway through the book the suspense and drama really picked up and was glad I finished it. Would definitely recommend! Thank you netgalley for letting me give and honest review of this book..

Thank you NetGalley and Inkubator Books for the eARC.
Unlike other reviews I can only give this book 2 stars.
It started out promising, but after the first sex scene and then more and more, I got bored of skipping those scenes. I prefer my mysteries to be focused on crime with maybe a little romance, but no sex because it takes away from the suspense.
As a result I flipped through to the end. Sorry!

A wonderful read from a very talented author.
Laila falls for Max rather quickly and my goodness my alarm bells would be ringing if a man moved that fast with me!
I wanted to shake her at times.
So many red herrings with the cast of neighbours and i really got a lot wrong.
I love all of Miranda Rijks books but i think this was my favourite.
This is one not to be missed.
My thanks to netgalley and the publisher for my copy.

This new, spicy thriller from Miranda Rijks is sure to be a fan fave! It was equally suspenseful and disturbing with a few jaw-dropping twists. There were quite a few shady characters, and I had no idea who I could trust. This story was quite the rush! I couldn't read fast enough and flew through it in about five hours. Trigger warnings were provided by the author for the sexual content. I would say that the spice level was about a medium. This did not bother me, but it may be a deal breaker for others. So, proceed at your own risk. My only discontent is that I would have liked more of a resolution to the conflict presented between Laila and her ex-husband. It felt like it was building up in the book but then fell off. Just a personal preference of mine. Certainly not a game changer. I really enjoyed this book and would definitely recommend!

Thank you to Inkubator Books for granting me digital access via NetGalley in exchange for my honest review!

Laila moves to Violet Lane, a quiet cul-de-sac close to her new job and all of the amenities. She is welcomed by the neighbours, and starts a hot relationship with her next door neighbour Max.
All is going well until the woman across the road goes missing. Laila represents the husband (it's always the husband, right?), and then another neighbour dies.

Phew! This is a hot and sultry novel. Miranda Rijks gave trigger warnings, and rightly so. I am not personally fazed by graphic sex scenes, but some people are.
The novel is dark, suspenseful and unputdownable. I started it in the evening and finished at 1am.....
I found it disturbing that Max moved so fast, wanting to marry Laila and have a family. It creeped me out, wondering what his motive was.
I did figure out the killer early in the novel, there was a massive clue, and I was right. It didn't detract from my enjoyment of the book at all, motive was what I was looking for.

All in all, I can recommend this book wholeheartedly, I am a Miranda Rijks fan through and through.
However, if you are a prude, don't read it. The physical side of a relationship is normal, but if it offends you to see it in print... don't read the book.