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One Little Lie

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One Little Lie is such a great romantic suspense. Colleen Coble is one of my favorite authors and she certainly didn’t disappoint with her latest book. Pulled immediately into the. Loved the characters and the setting which I am familiar with. I could picture Mobile Bay and the battleship USS Alabama. Will be impatiently waiting for the next book in this series. I received an arc from the publisher and Netgalley and this is my unbiased review.

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ONE LITTLE LIE is the first novel in the Pelican Harbor series by COLLEEN COBLE. I have been looking forward to reading it for quite a while and am definitely not disappointed. In her inimitable way, the author has given us a feast of mystery, suspense and romance, with a subtle Christian message. One Little Lie is my new favourite book by this author and I can highly recommend it as a most enjoyable and exciting read!
Things are not as they seem in Pelican Harbor with a vigilante on the loose, some gruesome murders, and politics and jealousy in the police department where Jane Hardy has been made chief of police.
I love the way Jane's character has been portrayed and cannot wait for the sequel to come out next year to see how things work out for her, and of course for all the other interesting characters. In no way is One Little Lie a cliffhanger, but it is easy to get attached to the likeable people we come to know in the book!
It is a story about secrets and lies - when exactly does the sin of omission become a fully fledged lie? When is the best time to tell someone the truth, especially if to do so could have life changing consequences? The problem of cults is also addressed and we see the effect they can have on people, even after they have managed to escape and live a new life in the real world.
I was given a free copy of the book by NetGalley from Thomas Nelson. The opinions in this review are completely my own.

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Another great story by Colleen Coble. There isn’t a book I have read by her that she didn’t like get my attention at the start. I always look forward to the next one by her.
Thanks for the advanced copy netgalley and the publisher.
Loved it.

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I always find Colleen Coble books suspenseful and jump on the chance to read one of hers and this one fits the bill. It starts off with Button, a young girl in a cult giving birth to a baby boy. Almost immediately her baby is snatched from her arms and she is later told the baby died. The story jumps 15 years in a small town, Pelican Harbor which is in the Mobile, Alabama area.. Jane Hardy has been recently appointed as sheriff there. Almost immediately a gruesome torso is found on a boat, Another woman in the town is found shortly after that. Jane has her hands full trying to solve the murder. Reid Bechtol, a well-know journalist breezes into town with his son but Reid is harboring a secret. Does the secret have to do with the recent murders or does it have to do with the events that had happened 15 years prior? I figured out Reid's secret pretty early in the book but I had no idea who the murderer was. I never did figure out the mystery until the end. I had no clue. This murder was solved but the repercussions of Reid's secrets will continue in the next book which will be released in the summer of 2020. I can't wait to read this book! One Little LIe is to be released on March 3, 2020.

I received a complimentary copy of this book. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.

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Another great read by Colleen Coble. This book grabbed me from the start and I really enjoyed this book. I always like her characters and her story lines. This one tells how our main character deals with being raised in a cult. I did guess where some of the story line was going to go. But as usual this was another great story that I recommend

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