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The perfect timing of a fairy tale is tied to its tragedy…
Journalist, Meadow Graham, is invited to interview death row inmate, Vincent Mercier. Given three days to hear his sordid confession, Meadow seeks to learn why a wealthy hotel owner killed four people, including her twin sister.
Sensually exotic and enigmatic, Vincent details his deception while bragging about the amusement he took in manipulating Meadow’s sister.
Their interview is a battle of wills.
His story is a twisted web of coercion and lies.
And the tragedy is too perfect to be real.
Will Meadow discover all of Vincent’s secrets while she fights to protect her own?
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Lily White is a dark writer who likes to dabble on the taboo side of eroticism. She is most known for her Masters Series (Her Master’s Courtesan and Her Master’s Teacher), Target This, Hard Roads, and Asylum. She’s co-authored Serial (a four part serial series). When she isn’t writing as Lily White you can find other books by her under M.S. Willis where she has penned the Control Series, the Estate Series, Because of Ellison (contemporary romance), and Standard Romance Story (Romance Comedy). Lily enjoys stretching her writing muscles by continuing to challenge herself with each book she publishes.
In addition to writing, Lily is an avid reader, gummy bear slayer, and a gold medalist in puppy naps.
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5 Quid Pro Quo Stars!!!
I don’t know how Lily White does it but she does. This book has now moved The Director by Lily White out of first place for my favorite books by this author. Like I’ve said before… with Lily White books, you have to read them word for word. Take in the meaning of each and every word typed. You will thank me in the end!
You don’t know fear until you’ve traipsed through darkness. You don’t know desolation until you’ve been tossed to the wolves.
You don’t know pain until you’re shown just how disposable you are…
Meadow Graham has waited for this day to come! Finally granted an exclusive interview with Vincent Mercier. The man who brutally murdered her sister and 3 others.
Will 72 hours alone with Vincent Mercier bring the closure that Meadow is hoping for? Or will Vincent manipulate Meadow just like he did her sister and the others?
I totally pictured during this interview, Jodie Foster and Anthony Hopkins in The Silence of the Lambs… Vincent gave me the chills yet was a total turn on at the same time. While Meadow was the head strong, tough as heck back bone journalist who blushes at comments that Vincent makes…
I absolutely loved reading both sides to the story. As I felt like we got even more to this great story by hearing how each felt at the time.
What I didn’t expect in this story was the way it chained me to my couch… As I could not stop reading this one. As the story unfolded right in front of us, the layers peeling back, the emotions that were revealed…I could not stop reading.
What blindsided me was the letter. Insert box of Kleenex here… The tears were flowing…
What would a person do for the ones they love? Besides sheltering the Monster in the basement allowing only certain people to enter…would you give it all up in the name of Love?
If you love books that get your mind thinking…understanding that things are not always black and white. In the society that we live in, there has got to be grey too. This is a page turning romantic suspense book that was done perfectly!!!
I don’t know how Lily White does it but she does. This book has now moved The Director by Lily White out of first place for my favorite books by this author. Like I’ve said before… with Lily White books, you have to read them word for word. Take in the meaning of each and every word typed. You will thank me in the end!
You don’t know fear until you’ve traipsed through darkness. You don’t know desolation until you’ve been tossed to the wolves.
You don’t know pain until you’re shown just how disposable you are…
Meadow Graham has waited for this day to come! Finally granted an exclusive interview with Vincent Mercier. The man who brutally murdered her sister and 3 others.
Will 72 hours alone with Vincent Mercier bring the closure that Meadow is hoping for? Or will Vincent manipulate Meadow just like he did her sister and the others?
I totally pictured during this interview, Jodie Foster and Anthony Hopkins in The Silence of the Lambs… Vincent gave me the chills yet was a total turn on at the same time. While Meadow was the head strong, tough as heck back bone journalist who blushes at comments that Vincent makes…
I absolutely loved reading both sides to the story. As I felt like we got even more to this great story by hearing how each felt at the time.
What I didn’t expect in this story was the way it chained me to my couch… As I could not stop reading this one. As the story unfolded right in front of us, the layers peeling back, the emotions that were revealed…I could not stop reading.
What blindsided me was the letter. Insert box of Kleenex here… The tears were flowing…
What would a person do for the ones they love? Besides sheltering the Monster in the basement allowing only certain people to enter…would you give it all up in the name of Love?
If you love books that get your mind thinking…understanding that things are not always black and white. In the society that we live in, there has got to be grey too. This is a page turning romantic suspense book that was done perfectly!!!
All fairytales that have the Princes riding on White steeds to rescue the Damsels in distress....well Lily has upended them ALL! because she created her own Beauty and the Beast(s). A master storyteller redefining the distressed and the rescuers. Never thought I'd see the day to see myths shattered and Fables reinvented!
" In this particular fable - although there is a prince, there is a maiden, there is a villain, there is a kiss, and there is a sunset - the perfect timing is tied to its tragedy.”
I bet Lily doesn't have Cookie Cutters in her kitchen drawers, cause they ain't any in her writing shelves!!! Trust her to deliver one stunner after the other and all super mind bogglers. That's the only constant and consistent ingredient in her books -ample amount of shock factor and generous dosage of mindfucks...enough to give you Heartburn. Cause she doesn't create simple asshole alpha men, no sirreee....she makes them sometimes frustratingly indestructible (Aidan) or coal-hearted unredeemable(Joseph). Then there are times when an "almost tender" side of hers comes to light, she can also create the beautiful colourful soul of Holden Bishop and now we get Vincent Mercier. I don't know how people will respond to this character but for me he was a weighed down soul.
Vincent is an arrogant ass of a business man, transplanted, rather reluctantly from his beautiful Paris home in a concrete jungle in the states.Though Lily doesn't wanna name it, I'll call it Chicago. And as all typical assholes go, he's an overconfident, ruthless dominant, taking pleasure in cutting down his opponents to size and bringing women to their knees.
Other people would refer to him as a sadist, a plague, a scourge that should be eradicated from the world for having so thoroughly polluted the men and women he ran across, but he was simply a scoundrel, one who could tantalize with a secretive smile, one who knew how to stroke and kiss, to mold and shape those who had the misfortune of knowing him.
On a constant lookout for his next thrill, next readily submitting object of sexual gratification, and a missing Je Ne Sais Quois piece of the puzzle, an entity from his life .
The story has so many facets to it, so many interactions that happen between 3 main characters, it's tough to demarcate the boundaries, because they're intermingled. One dynamic has repercussions on the next one. All their lives are enmeshed together and interdependent. It's like a Hall Of Mirrors, if it makes sense. What you see from an angle has another image hidden, visible from only another vantage. Very fluid and constantly morphing relationships, from lascivious to revivifying, pleasures of the skin clashing with remedies of the soul....its a constant tussle. I was rooting for all 3 at one point or the other.
In the midst of it all is a Game of Mexican standoff being played between Vincent and Penny. They're both sitting down at the game of chess of secrets. Each move involves divulging truths and this dangerous Quid Pro Quo will bring the skeletons tumbling out of the closets. I had many a WTF moments listening to both recounting the fateful incidents that would forever change the lives of Penelope and Vincent and the people attached to them. I was looking for closure, turned out I opened Pandora's Box and was so surprised at the troubles that poured out!!
Out of all the characters , i fell head over heels for tortured Vincent the hardest. He was a wounded soul trying to right the wrongs that had been done to him and his family. His volunteering for the Cross to bear was heart-rending and agonising to watch(read)
I bawled, real loud at the some scenes and that drove my hubs crazy with worry. He thought I was having chest pains. Well...i was having them, but for entirely different reasons !!*eyeroll*.his opinion-It's just a book !*gasp* (I need a new bookish husband!)
Vincent is the most fascinating a character in Lily's stable of alphas. He's a rogue, a rascal, a handsome
Other people would refer to him as a sadist, a plague, a scourge that should be eradicated from the world for having so thoroughly polluted the men and women he ran across, but he was simply a scoundrel, one who could tantalize with a secretive smile, one who knew how to stroke and kiss, to mold and shape those who had the misfortune of knowing him. I seriously had my heart stolen by him, crushed by him and bleeding FOR him , all in a matter of a few hundred pages. A very memorable person I've ever read.
Penelope or Penny was a butterfly, spreading her wings in borrowed sunshine
un papillon dans le vent. she's a breath of fresh air, innocent and sometimes naive at heart, very compassionate and gracious. Her growth from a homeless girl to a homemaking soul was steady and gradual. Unaware of her own strengths, she became a crutch for others to lean on and that's her hidden talent
There are a couple of other, very crucial characters that you have to read the book, to meet.
This book stands apart in Lily's Treasure Chest,because it simply overflows with emotions. It soaks into your soul and flows out through your eyes and that's a refreshingly different side of hers we get to see, and I LOVED it !!!
And then at the centre if it all is the Wishing Well ! Filled with so many pennies & so many secrets. Around it trysts take place, kisses are stolen,secrets are buried and identities are lost.
“Tu faites un vœu, et espérons que cela devienne réalité.”
You make a wish, and hope it comes true... just be careful what you wish for
I need to mention something here, I was expecting Vincent to turncoat or renege on some situations, and was horribly surprised by Penny turning over an old leaf !! This unusual change of characterisation is novel, yes. Unexpected , yes. And was it welcome, not by me !!!
So I'll throw a penny and wish that Lily writes another book, cause even though it's a complete standalone book, I want more !!
So buy the book, meet the indomitable Vincent Mercier, but be careful falling in love with him. Cause A) has MINE !! & B) he WILL shatter your heart in a million pieces, for sure !
A monster...
A beast...
A man too dangerous for the world...
Oh Come on now, would you expect any less from a #LilyCraft book !
Every book by her is anxiously awaited and acutely read, it's with absolute, utter delight that I closed the BEST BOOK by her ,
5 "Everything comes with time" stars
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