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My rating: 7 /10 (Enjoyable) Lauren and Ryan have been together for eleven and a half years.  Over the years their relationship went from an amazing love and respect for each other to a dull and resentful marriage.  The reader enters the story at it's peak of resentment and then we are taken back to the beginning of the relationship.  We learn bits and pieces of how their love has evolved and came to where it is today, to the point of no return.  Lauren and Ryan decide to live a year apart, with no contact.  Anything goes, in one year they will revisit their marriage in the hopes of being able to find their way back to each other and save their marriage. I have to admit when I first picked this book up I was annoyed by the premise.  Being a newlywed, I can't imagine not loving my husband to the ends of the earth.  But I've also been divorced so I know how a marriage can go downhill and resentful fast.  I never got the feeling that Lauren an...

Two Truths and a Lie by Ashley Stoyanoff My rating: 7/10 stars (enjoyable), 3.5/5 rounded to 4 on Goodreads/Shelfari A well written romantic suspense manages to have it all and more.... 1) A sexy, strong, alpha male lead who gets to be the hero. 2) A storyline that has mystery, intrigue and danger. 3) complex characters with troubled pasts 4) a great supporting cast 5) a good woman who needs saving 6) sexual tension that you can cut with a knife ... To name a few. When you find a good one, there really is nothing better for me. Two truths and a lie by Ashley Stoyanoff has all of this.  Elena is on the run from her "fiancé" cop boyfriend.  In hiding, She has been missing for a year now and ready to stop running.  She wants her life in New York back and her family back, but she needs help.  A helpful friend she met along the way has lead her to Jason, a man with a team, who can help anyone in a jam.  Their first meeting doesn't go so well, but...