The Truth Hurts audiobook

Drew and Poppy! They had love at first Ibiza bar (the beers they sell must be enchanting) Their chemistry is so strong. They keep secrets from each other and they act suspicious. They lie because they know when truth comes out they can lose what they have together…I can still hear Lizzo singing:”Bom bom bi dom bi dum dum bay” when I’m reading their story.Do you want to know how their story begins? Poppy gets fired from her nanny job she’s been doing for last 6 years because she stands up against the careless mother who neglects her kids. She gets kicked out in the middle of the night, borrowing her ex-bosses’ jeep and wearing ex-boss’ high heels (her pride prevents her get back to house for her own shoes) and she finally stops at a bar, spending her last money for the beers as charming, older, rich man sits her table. Yes this is Drew. He seduces her, offering his house’s guest room for the night, rejecting to have sex with her because they’re both drunk (what a gentleman!) and the very next day, he buys her clothes, pays for hairdresser, joins her to face with her ex-boss Mrs. Henderson for getting her last payment and leaving the car keys to her house. So their one night stand-ish meets Pretty Woman-ish relationship slowly turns into summer fling and finally Drew asks her to marry him. And he also offers her to have a clean slate, having an agreement: they’re not talking about their past, they will focus on their futures. This is a definition of Poppy’s dream marriage because something happened to her or she did something really bad at her first nanny gig that she is still feeling guilty about it. But what if her husband dearest’s secret way too much bigger than hers? He buys her a new house as wedding present named “Thursday House” (Because they met on Thursday, oh Drew, how sweet of you!) but why everyone in the town rejects to work there or why they are over charging them for any regular service? Who were the previous owners of the house? Why they left so fast without getting any of their belongings? Poppy is afraid of knowing because asking for the truth means she has to come clean with her sins she’s atoned. What if hear no evil, see no evil and speak no evil is the best way to have a perfect marriage! But what if her perfect marriage is just façade and there is a great danger waiting for her at the other side of the iceberg? Well, ending is twisty and dark. This book is one of quickest reads. It was captivating, smart, entertaining. It slowed down after the middle, I started to lose my interest but thankfully the author picked up the place where she hits the brakes and starts her fast pacing, heart throbbing drive till the end. I liked Poppy. Straightforward, smart, sassy, has been raised by over conservative, abusing mother, learning from her mistakes. And their hot chemistry with Drew was intriguing. There are still some missing elements about the final conclusion. Maybe I was waiting for more soul crushing explanations but it was still good enough for me. I’m rounding up my 3.5 stars to 4 because it was still better than 3 starred, mediocre, Switzerland books. Special thanks to NetGalley and Harper Collins for sharing this page turner ARC in exchange my honest review.bloginstagramfacebooktwitter

Some quick thoughts: Both individuals in this couple have a shady past, and they decide to never talk about it. Water under the bridge, right? But whose secrets are worse? And how scary might they be? I loved how this felt like a different genre- more like a psychological romance with twists and turns. It was heated and saucy and fun!I received a gifted copy. All opinions are my own. Many of my reviews can also be found on my blog: www.jennifertarheelreader.com and instagram: www.instagram.com/tarheelreader

The Truth Hurts is a domestic thriller that will keep you on the edge of your seat. I highly recommend The Truth Hurts to thriller fans.Thank you Edelweiss and Harper Collins/Harper Perennial for The Truth Hurts.Full review: https://justreadingjess.wordpress.com...

Poppy is sacked from her nannying job for standing up to her boss.Its 2am and she is told to leave straightaway. Not only does she lose her job but is homeless too.Poppy meets Drew at a bar, he is handsome and rich and offers her a place to stay. They soon become a couple and a month later he proposes to her. He suggests they have a pact where they do not talk about their pasts but concentrate on their futures. Surely only someone with skeletons in their closet would suggest such a thing. Poppy readily agrees as she has her own secrets that she is keen to hide. Can you build a future with someone you know nothing about? Highly addictive read, I was desperate to find out what guilty secrets Drew and Poppy were hiding. We go back to Poppys past and learn more about her, but Drew remains a mystery!!I loved how the suspense builds throughout this book. Yes you may have read similar stories but this was excellent with its larger than life characters, and the beautiful house that he bought her as a wedding present and to top it all its jaw dropping conclusion!!!A must read book that I read in one sitting. 10 out of 10 from me!! I’m looking for her other book “Perfect Liars” now. Thank you to Netgalley for my copy in exchange for a review.

You no this really was quite a simple concept, not incredibly taxing and really not that complicated but it worked fantastically.A gripping read that managed to pull me in and instantly invest me in the unfolding narrative.So Poppy gets fired from her nannying job by her insufferable employers and thrown out in the middle of the night in a foreign country.Taking the car she heads to a nearby bar and here she meets an older man: the mysterious charismatic and wealthy Drew.Drew really does become her knight rescuing her from her awful situation and offering her somewhere to stay as she has practically not a penny to her name.When he proposes marriage after a whirlwind romance Poppy feels like the princess in a fairytale.When he proposes leaving their past baggage out of the equation and concentrating instead on the now Poppy feels like she has been offered a lifeline. with her past sins laid bare she is convinced Drew won't feel the same way about her.Poppy knows what she's hiding but what about Drew just what is he keeping buried and hidden from her.This switches between two narratives the past told from Poppy's previous employer Caroline's POV and the heart of her big-secret and the present told from Poppy's.This swings back and forth building a sense of anticipation but also trepidation.It's well written and managed to hook me almost instantly.This is a story about secrets and though I thought I had this all worked out (and I mostly Did) there was still an instance at the end of this that just came out of left field shocking me.Finally, I really appreciated that finale.This really was a great read that I enjoyed very much.I voluntary reviewed a copy of Truth Hurts.Reviewed By Beckie Bookwormhttps://www.facebook.com/beckiebookworm/www.beckiebookworm.com

Oh wow, this book was so good, when I started reading it I just didn’t want to stop so, even spare minute I had I was reading it. It was sometimes creepy but, most of the time it kept you guessing until the twist at the end.I hadn’t read this author before but I see she’s written another one so I’ll be looking out for that one soon.My thanks to NetGalley and the publishers for giving me the opportunity to read this book in return for an honest review.

Pretty Woman meets Rebecca in this deliciously dysfunctional tale of a marriage gone wrong! It may start sweet and romancy, and I was briefly wondering if I had misinterpreted the “thriller” description that made me pick this book off the shelf, but as I got deeper into the story it became obvious that this could not end well!Twenty something nanny Poppy finds herself stranded in Ibiza after confronting her (horrible) employer and getting fired on the spot. With no return ticket and hardly any money to her name, she is indeed in trouble. Enter handsome, forty-something Drew, a wealthy businessman holidaying on the island, who chats up the downcast Poppy in a bar she has sought refuge in. Hearing of her tragic circumstances, he offers her to stay with him in his luxury apartment – and BAM! A steamy one night stand later, Drew declares his undying insta-love for Poppy, who is also smitten by her rich and gentle lover. In a whirlwind romance they get married. But of course there is a catch – there would be, right? Drew does not ask for a prenup, but he asks that the condition of their marriage is that the past must never be spoken of. Shady, right? Well, our lovely Poppy has her own secrets, so she is not totally opposed to that plan. Until she finds herself installed in the old mansion in England Drew bought for her as a wedding present – and discovers that there may be some secrets in Drew’s past that have come back to haunt them.THE TRUTH HURTS was the type of fast, entertaining and surprisingly fun popcorn read I love to relax with. Best enjoyed with a cold bevy in one hand whilst sunning yourself on a deckchair and escaping into a world where you know that things are screwed up but you don’t care because it’s fun to watch these characters gradually get more and more entangled in their lies and slowly implode. I liked Poppy, who is energetic and plucky and just had an energy I enjoyed, so the story quickly swept me along and kept me entertained. Just as I thought I knew how it would all end, BAM! The author inserted another twist I had not seen coming.In summary, pick up THE TRUTH HURTS when you’re in the mood for a fast, fun entertaining read chockablock full of characters who tumble headlong into disaster but who are still enigmatic enough that you want to root for them. With an energetic young lead, the story will sweep you off on a fantasy ride that is perfect for a beach or holiday read, with a G & T in one hand whilst lounging in a deck chair in the sun. 3.5 starsThank you to Edelweiss and Harper Perennial for the free electronic copy of this novel and for giving me the opportunity to provide an honest review. *blog* *facebook* *instagram*

The Truth Hurts by Rebecca Reid may be a slow burn, but it was one that I just did not want to put down. The entire time I was reading I was just waiting for a bombshell, because really, who gets a rich, handsome older man that quickly when there isn't something shady going on? And of course I had to wait the whole book for it, but the end was definitely worth it, and even more than I had bargained for! I also loved the switches between the past and present day, although I thought the past was a tiny bit predictable. Not all of it, don't get me wrong, but a small part was.I thought that Reid did a great job of building suspense in The Truth Hurts, and it was definitely engrossing. I could see this easily being a one sitting read for a lot of people and if I would have had the time it would have been for me as well. The burn was slow, but the pacing was excellent, and it kept me interested the entire time. Also, the setting for a lot of the book was positively creepy!! Thursday House gave me all the weird, spooky vibes which I love so much.The Truth Hurts is definitely on the lighter side of thrillers and would be perfect for someone who doesn't want all the gore and heavy topics most thrillers include (although there is still a warning here for abuse and suicide). I am definitely going to be reading more books from Reid and this book does raise the question - would you be willing to marry someone that doesn't want to talk about the past?Thank you to the publisher for providing me with an advance review copy of this book, all opinions and thoughts are my own.

I think this is a 3.5 rounded up? I'm unsure where to land on the ending. Up until the very end The Truth Hurts is a pretty pitch perfect modern British domestic suspense Gothic. It even literally references Jane Eyre and Rebecca as books our young nanny has read, and we get said nanny-turned-wife to older rich man who won't talk about his past wondering if her house is "out to get her." It builds and builds and builds and had me turning pages.And then it attempts to stick QUITE the landing. It was an emotional shock and I'm just not sure it worked for me? Haven't dipped into other reviews but I'd bet a lot of people had issues with the ending. I'll discuss that more with spoilers shortly. Regardless: 95% of this book is an excellent suspense read if you like ridiculous rich Brits, enigmatic old British manor houses, Keeping Up With the Joneses social torture (the kind where the fish out of water MC tries desperately to hold her own against the upper class set), that Gothic feel, and a slow burning GET OUT GIRL SOMETHING IS WRONG feeling. I was immediately drawn in and keen to return to the pages each evening. Though one quibble I have with the ARC formatting that I assume was fixed for the final printed copies--the prologue was BEFORE the table of contents and not actually IN the table of contents so I was a third into the book when I realized I had missed the prologue! Once I read it, it completely changed the suspense build of the book. The characters are vivid, I definitely cared about multiple of them, and as mentioned there is some delicious social torture moments. We're also going back and forth between past and present, and past chapters are from the POV of a mum with a young nanny, and you catch on pretty quick this MUST tie to Poppy (our former nanny character) and it's a slow build of "what the hell happened" to the end. One note, however: I found it ultimately very odd that both Poppy and Gina in two different spots were referred to using POC words but... I don't think they are POC? I literally went back and double-checked--neither is EVER fully described in terms of their appearance beyond hair color for both, and some freckles for Poppy. We know Poppy is beautiful and ginger but not much else, which wouldn't matter since everyone in the book defaults to white... except twice in the Ibiza scenes the author describes her skin as brown? Look there are 100% POC gingers, but given no where else does it ever come up that Poppy is non-white (and I think in this world it would?) so I think this was the author's hamfisted way of saying Poppy was tan from being in Ibiza... bad form! Don't call a white person brown b/c they are tan! And Gina is described by another character in a single scene late in the book as "exotic"... and I was like "wait wtf is she POC?" and I went back and reread both her introduction scenes--the first one on the phone in chapter one and the first time she physically appears at Thursday House and there is NEVER a physical description of her beyond "dark curly hair" and that she's tall and very thin. So I'm left over here like... if Gina is a POC it's poorly done which ultimately... no she can't be; she's defaulted to white. ARGH. I'm typically not a stickler for this, but when you use words that are coded to mean "POC" but otherwise your characters 100% default to white... it's weird. That said, I read an ARC and perhaps this was fixed before final copies.Now onto my feelings about the ending... First, non-spoilery, because of the direction it goes in, it did feel like there were a few dropped plots, IMO. Or just things that didn't satisfactorily conclude. (view spoiler)[Essentially what did happen with the bath? The windows? Because either Poppy was not right in her mind or someone did it? The "is someone trying to hurt her" or even "is the house" aspect was just... dropped. I was expecting a logical explanation/callback but no. And then... I mean that ending. Holy shit. It just felt like a pile on of HUGE character shifts for Poppy that came on quick and then the book just punched you in the face with the ending and ran. I'm just not... sure I buy it? Like Poppy went from simple co-dependent to sociopathic murderer real quick! Team Gina. (hide spoiler)]One more thing I was moderately uncomfortable with and it relates to mental health depiction so I wanted to note that outside tags, and discuss more fully with spoilers. There is a plot conceit/twist that ties to mental health and I am just not sure it is a responsible depiction of said thing. It might have been with further deconstruction, but it's like there's one mini-beat missing that could have been put in to address it and wasn't. (view spoiler)[I am uncomfortable with Poppy's ENTIRE guilt/character arc hinging on her "making" Jim kill himself. That is... not how depression works, and I think it's really kind of gross to have Caroline and also Poppy put this forward. That because she told a lie that she "made" someone kill themselves; that it is her fault. That she is a murderer?! No, that's stupid. It takes away all agency from Jim, the depressed person. While, yes, there could be cause and effect as depicted in the book... everyone including Caroline, familiar with her husband's suicidal depression, would seriously blame Poppy to the degree of opening an inquest?! What? What police jurisdiction would even allow that? Though frankly I also kind of don't believe Jim wouldn't even TRY to speak to his wife. He just jumped right to suicide with that accusing note? Again: this to me smacks of demonizing a character with depression and using him as a plot device. I would have liked to have seen a scene where maybe Jack tracks her down and tells her it's not her fault or something?And the issue is Poppy being a "murderer" (and Drew agreeing!) is the SOLE REASON the "twist" works... but I'm not sure it does. It's a paper thin foundation for Poppy turning full sociopath with Drew and just meh. Also 100% people would figure out they murdered Gina (she had a loving family! Multiple people saw her at the house!), the end. (hide spoiler)]

The Truth Hurts is a light domestic suspense novel, and I think it's a perfect pick for a summer read. It kept me interested, and I really enjoyed reading it. It has some gothic tones, and I could totally see this being a miniseries show. I hope to read more from this author!CW - suicide, sexual harassment

This has got to be my fastest read to date as I just couldn’t put it down. I really can’t believe this expertly crafted thriller is only her second book.It has everything I love in a thriller, secrets aplenty, a dual narrative timeline, and a house where something is not quite right.I loved the main protagonist Poppy who is a very naive nanny kicked out after offending the mother of her latest family. She is then rescued by Drew and after a whirlwind romance they marry. This is definitely a case of he seems too good to be true and after they make a pact to never ask of each other’s past you know damn well they both have some juicy secrets they don’t wish to share.As the tag line suggests “all secrets surface eventually” you can’t help but be caught in the riptide.The pacing is perfect, building the tension right up to the complete and utter mouth gaping shock inducing explosion of an ending. All I can say is bravo as I really didn’t see that coming.