False Pretenses is mainly about the harm that lies can cause. This theme isn't really clear in the beginning of the book and I had some issues getting into it. The story, at that point, is split between two characters and I had problems figuring out if the story was mainly about one set of people or the other. When it started to focus on Zoe, I was a little surprised. I thought it was leaning more toward being about Vanessa and Ethan. Anyway...
Zoe runs a popular diner in a small Cajun town. The people that live in the area are very proud of their heritage and they're a close-knit community. Zoe's husband, Pierce, means everything to her. The only man she's ever loved, she starts getting notes that make her fear for that relationship. The notes suggest that someone out there knows that her entire life is a lie and is ready and willing to expose her.
As a result, Zoe decides to try and get one step ahead of the culprit and resolve the major issue of the lies that she has been telling on her own. It doesn't resolve the lies that she has told to her husband, but she thinks it will be enough to get her out of the jam that she's in. Unfortunately, she has the wrong idea about which lie is causing the issue and ends up putting not only herself in danger, but also her husband and her neighbors as well.
Once I got into the book, it was a decent read. The suspense took a while to get off the ground, as I didn't find the notes to be all that suspenseful. "I know what you did" wasn't all that scary considering what she thought it was about. I also was prepared for the story to be over sooner at the end. I can say that I thought that the story was over 2 chapters before it actually was. It seemed like a happy ending overkill.
The other books in the series are called Dangerous Mercy and Relentless Pursuit. I don't think that I will track either. It was a decent book, but just not quite enough to merit a Good Book label. It was on the edge though.
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