Blog Tour: Picture Perfect Lie by Marquita Valentine

Picture Perfect Lie by Marquita Valentine Publication Date: March 25^th, 2018 Genre: Contemporary Romance

All Campbell Faircloth wanted was a safe place to call home.

All Knight King wanted was to leave his hometown behind.

I never expected to end up in Castle Beach, surrounded by a family who believes that I’m not only their brother’s wife, but the mother of his infant daughter.

I can’t tell them the truth—Knight and I met only three days earlier, during a layover in Atlanta.

He was headed out to fight in a war that hardly anyone talked about anymore, and I was headed back home to a family who pretended that I didn’t exist.

He helped me with my baby.

He kept us safe while we slept.

We shared lunch and dinner… and I spilled all my secrets to him.

Then he gave me an address, along with an offer I couldn’t refuse.

*

Six months later he’s back to bury his brother, and my lie is about to be exposed.

Only Knight doesn’t say a word.

He goes along with the charade, and each day we spend together, pretending to be husband and wife, it’s getting harder and harder not to believe in our lie.

Could our picture perfect lie turn into a picture perfect forever?

Read Today! Amazon US: http://amzn.to/2HQnXEt Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/2G9poNT Amazon CA: https://amzn.to/2pCZwDP iBooks: https://apple.co/2DqEDja Nook: http://bit.ly/2I1DLnX Kobo: http://bit.ly/2IMBC0o

Excerpt:

ALTHOUGH I HAD SWORN to never be a woman who needs a man—well, to never be that woman again, I find myself being led by Knight and following him like he’s leading us to the Promised Land.

“Free food, free hot shower... and my company,” he says as we walk to the USO Lounge.

“What else can you ask for during an ice storm?” On second thought, maybe he is leading me to the land of soft beds and all the food I can eat.

“There’s something I didn’t tell you,” he says, stopping short of the entrance. Unease scuttles through me.

“What’s that?” I hold Hazel closer to me, breathing in her baby scent like it’s a talisman that can protect us.

“They think we’re married.”

About the Author:

Marquita Valentine is the New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Author of the Holland Springs and Boys of the South series.

Since first taking the plunge in July of 2012 to self publish, Marquita Valentine has appeared on the Top 100 Bestselling Ebooks Lists on iBooks, Amazon Kindle, and Barnes&Noble. She's been called "one of the best new voices in romance" (Guilty Pleasures Book Reviews) and her books have been accused of being "a sexy, fun, and slightly addicting contemporary read" (The Book Queen).

When she's not writing sexy heroes who adore their sassy heroines, she enjoys shopping, reading, and spending time with her family and friends. Married to her high school sweetheart, Marquita lives in a seriously small town in the south with her husband, two kids, and a dog.

Connect with the Author:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AuthorMarquitaValentine/ GoodReads: https://goo.gl/n84vKD Twitter: https://twitter.com/marquitaval Website: http://www.marquitavalentine.com Amazon: http://amzn.to/2k1AUDl Newsletter: https://goo.gl/ACLMkk

**** MY REVIEW ****

This is a lighthearted contemporary romance novel called “Picture Perfect Lie” which is book 1 in the Kings of Castle Beach series by author Marquita Valentine. Campbell and Knight meet at an airport while waiting for their respective flights. Campbell is coming back home to a bad situation. She had no job, no money and no job prospects plus a precious baby in tow. An act of kindness gives her another option and a way out of her mess. Knight left Castle Bay at the age of 18 to join the army to escape from it all-- the name, the gossip and the past. He still is running but with what happened, he is going back home. He ends up meeting Campbell and his white knight side kicks in and he becomes her knight and offers her support and another option- by saying that they are married. She takes that option. There is chemistry between them but what starts is this friendship and I loved how sweet and kind Knight is with her. He didn’t try to overwhelm her, he just gave her the guidance and support she very much needed. The relationship is unique. I don’t want to get too much into it but they are like two ships that cross the night and its awhile before they are around each other in person. Yet they still communicate and keep up that friendship. I loved that the chemistry that they had was allowed to blossom and bloom and a connection really was developed. And when they finally got together, OH MY!!! Steamy steamy!!! It was intense and so right between them. I will say I wished there was more info on what happened in Knight’s family. That was not as clear or it wasn’t believable in the story. Other than that, I loved Campbell and Knight’s unique love story. I look forward to more books in this new series.

My Rating: 4.5 stars *****
“I received an advanced copy of this book from the author at no cost to me."