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Guarding the Truth
Guarding the Truth is a rerelease of a book previously titled Deceptive Liaison. It has been retitled and reedited, but the story remains the same.
Madeline Cooper is a disgruntled, wealthy graduate student who finds herself sequestered at a Midwest university under a secret identity while awaiting the capture of her dangerous attacker.
Her new neighbor, Parker Phillips, is a hunk who leaves her sexually frustrated night after night. He also turns out to be a private agent secretly hired to protect her.
Although Parker's entire world is upside down with his need to possess Madeline, he tries to reign in his feelings and focus on the job. Unsuccessful in his efforts, their passion is unleashed in a long, steamy night of sex.
All hell breaks loose in the morning when the secrets between them are revealed and the two find themselves on the run. Hiding out in the mountains, they are faced with the task of overcoming their vastly different upbringings, forgiving the lies and secrets their relationship was founded on, and taking advantage of the sensual hot springs to reinvent their relationship.
Madeline Cooper is a disgruntled, wealthy graduate student who finds herself sequestered at a Midwest university under a secret identity while awaiting the capture of her dangerous attacker.
Her new neighbor, Parker Phillips, is a hunk who leaves her sexually frustrated night after night. He also turns out to be a private agent secretly hired to protect her.
Although Parker's entire world is upside down with his need to possess Madeline, he tries to reign in his feelings and focus on the job. Unsuccessful in his efforts, their passion is unleashed in a long, steamy night of sex.
All hell breaks loose in the morning when the secrets between them are revealed and the two find themselves on the run. Hiding out in the mountains, they are faced with the task of overcoming their vastly different upbringings, forgiving the lies and secrets their relationship was founded on, and taking advantage of the sensual hot springs to reinvent their relationship.
254 pages, Paperback
First published January 9, 2017
About the author
Becca Jameson
277 books1,029 followersBecca Jameson is a USA Today bestselling author of over 100 books. She is most well-known for her Wolf Masters series and her Fight Club series. She currently lives in Houston, Texas, with her husband and Goldendoodle. Two grown kids pop in every once in a while too! She is loving this journey and has dabbled in a variety of genres, including paranormal, sports romance, military, and BDSM.
A total night owl, Becca writes late at night, sequestering herself in her office with a glass of red wine and a bar of dark chocolate, her fingers flying across the keyboard as her characters weave their own stories.
During the day--which never starts before ten in the morning!--she can be found jogging, running errands, or reading in her favorite hammock chair!
A total night owl, Becca writes late at night, sequestering herself in her office with a glass of red wine and a bar of dark chocolate, her fingers flying across the keyboard as her characters weave their own stories.
During the day--which never starts before ten in the morning!--she can be found jogging, running errands, or reading in her favorite hammock chair!
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July 21, 2020
Parker
He was hired to protect her exciting action sizzling romance he had to be gentle with her so she didn't have bad memories the epilogue is wonderful it what life is all about
He was hired to protect her exciting action sizzling romance he had to be gentle with her so she didn't have bad memories the epilogue is wonderful it what life is all about
July 19, 2021
I’m just going to review this for now because I can’t settle on a rating at the moment. I may update this at a later time if I think about it more.
Okay. So. There were a lot of things that I both liked and disliked about this book. Let’s start with the things that I liked.
The characters. I had issues with Parker, which I will talk about when I get to my dislike section, however I did like how protective he was over Madeline. Overall, I also liked Madeline quite a bit. She came off younger than 24, but it was said that she was quite sheltered so that made sense & I adored her enthusiasm over things like her new apartment and car. But the side characters really won me over, especially Christine. I also liked Mark, and I understand why they weren’t in the book too much, but I enjoyed every moment that they were.
There’s a decent amount of sex scenes in this book, especially considering the rather short length, and they were well done. My personal favourite was the mutual masturbation scene, partially because I’ve just never read that in a book before, but also because I thought it was written really well and it brought out a different side of Parker.
Alright, I need to mention my dislikes now. I’m going to try keep this as spoiler free as possible, but potential spoiler warning if you are wanting to go into this book not knowing much at all. Since the description of the book says secrets between them are revealed, I don’t think it’s a spoiler to say that I think Parker’s secret was unforgivable, whereas Madeline’s were literally for legal reasons. The fact that SHE apologized to HIM and they agreed that they were both wrong infuriated me. While I do appreciate that Parker did have feelings for Madeline, I don’t think he deserved Madeline’s forgiveness, especially so quickly.
My other issue was that there were a couple inconsistencies, especially considering this book was re-titled and re-edited, so I’m just surprised that they weren’t caught during editing. The first is in Chapter 1 when Madeline is told she will be going to the University of Nebraska & Detective Reynolds (Mark), calls it his alma mater. But then later in the book, Parker is telling Madeline about himself and said that he went to the University of Wisconsin with Mark and they both got their degrees there. Also in Chapter 1, Madeline says that her mom died suddenly when she was 3 years old, but then later on tells Parker a story about when she went to the zoo with her mom when she was 5. Neither of these details actually mattered to the story, but inconsistencies like that just personally drive me a bit crazy.
This ended up being longer than I expected. I think there’s going to be a lot of people who feel differently about Parker than I did, and will love this book. And by no means did I dislike this book, I just had a hard time getting over his actions but that’s completely a personal opinion.
Okay. So. There were a lot of things that I both liked and disliked about this book. Let’s start with the things that I liked.
The characters. I had issues with Parker, which I will talk about when I get to my dislike section, however I did like how protective he was over Madeline. Overall, I also liked Madeline quite a bit. She came off younger than 24, but it was said that she was quite sheltered so that made sense & I adored her enthusiasm over things like her new apartment and car. But the side characters really won me over, especially Christine. I also liked Mark, and I understand why they weren’t in the book too much, but I enjoyed every moment that they were.
There’s a decent amount of sex scenes in this book, especially considering the rather short length, and they were well done. My personal favourite was the mutual masturbation scene, partially because I’ve just never read that in a book before, but also because I thought it was written really well and it brought out a different side of Parker.
Alright, I need to mention my dislikes now. I’m going to try keep this as spoiler free as possible, but potential spoiler warning if you are wanting to go into this book not knowing much at all. Since the description of the book says secrets between them are revealed, I don’t think it’s a spoiler to say that I think Parker’s secret was unforgivable, whereas Madeline’s were literally for legal reasons. The fact that SHE apologized to HIM and they agreed that they were both wrong infuriated me. While I do appreciate that Parker did have feelings for Madeline, I don’t think he deserved Madeline’s forgiveness, especially so quickly.
My other issue was that there were a couple inconsistencies, especially considering this book was re-titled and re-edited, so I’m just surprised that they weren’t caught during editing. The first is in Chapter 1 when Madeline is told she will be going to the University of Nebraska & Detective Reynolds (Mark), calls it his alma mater. But then later in the book, Parker is telling Madeline about himself and said that he went to the University of Wisconsin with Mark and they both got their degrees there. Also in Chapter 1, Madeline says that her mom died suddenly when she was 3 years old, but then later on tells Parker a story about when she went to the zoo with her mom when she was 5. Neither of these details actually mattered to the story, but inconsistencies like that just personally drive me a bit crazy.
This ended up being longer than I expected. I think there’s going to be a lot of people who feel differently about Parker than I did, and will love this book. And by no means did I dislike this book, I just had a hard time getting over his actions but that’s completely a personal opinion.
January 24, 2017
ARC - I voluntarily offered to review this book and my opinions are honest!
This was a great read!
Even though there was danger + violence, I thought that ultimately this was a love story.
Parker & Madeline were made for each other.
They soothed each other.
I would recommend this book
This was a great read!
Even though there was danger + violence, I thought that ultimately this was a love story.
Parker & Madeline were made for each other.
They soothed each other.
I would recommend this book
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