2 Stars: If I didn't start this book I wouldn't have finished it. I thought the story was a little creepy and strange. There were to many twists in the story. The only thing I liked about it was the love between Nick and Lauren.
The characters were all pretty well formed. Lauren, the girl who left because her mom died. Then there's Nora. Mysterious, dark, frightening, emotional, and down right crazy. Oh, and Holly, evil, nice, dangerous, and secretive.
Aunt Jule was loving, caring, patient, and sometimes rude.
And last, of course, Nick. Gorgeous, playful, nice, caring, dark, and adorable.
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Blurb:
What really happened to Mother?
Lauren has come home seven years after her famous mother's mysterious drowning.
They said it was an accident, but the tabloids screamed murder. Her father, a senator, hadn't protected her. Aunt Jule was her only refuge, the beloved godmother she's returning to see.
Lauren stops at Wisteria's annual street festival and meets Nick, a tease, a flirt, and a childhood playmate. The day is almost perfect -- until she realizes she's being watched.
Arriving at Aunt Jule's, Lauren is shocked at the decay of the riverfront home. Aunt Jule seems angry and defensive, even as she fusses over Lauren at her daughter Holly's expense. Nora, Jule's other daughter, is silent and spooky, and stares at Lauren with frightening intensity. Meanwhile, Nick has acted as if he wants to be more than Lauren's friend. So why is he suddenly glued to Holly and almost hostile to Lauren? How can she trust him -- especially now that a series of nasty "accidents" makes Lauren realize that somebody wants her dead? This time, there's no place to run.
3.5 stars: I enjoyed the mystery in this book. The ongoing questions kept me reading until the end. I usually don't like mysteries but I recommend this one to everyone.
Megan Tilby went to visit her grandmother and cousin for a few weeks. Since Megan was adopted her and Matt (her cousin) aren't blood related. She gets to the house and her grandmother hates her. Her cousin doesn't like her, either.
A few days after getting to the house Megan begins to hear rumors about Avril, a 16-year-old girl that died in Megan's grandmother's house years before. Avril had been Helen's (her grandma) sister.
Megan goes to see a psychic. She tells Megan a story about Avril's death. The woman had said that Avril was murdered and that Megan was the reincarnation of Avril. That had explained the weird dreams she was having of the past. In one of her dreams her grandma had sworn that she would seek revenge on Avril.
Megan had been convinced that Helen had killed Avril but she was wrong.Who had killed Avril and why?
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In Legacy of Lies, Megan has to stay with the uptight grandmother she wants nothing to do with. She's determined to get through the visit without any drama, but when she falls into a twisted love triangle with potentially fatal consequences, Megan may be caught up in her family's legacy in more ways than she realizes.
