NO TIME TO LIE | BY LEXI BLAKE

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MY REVIEW:

Another great book from Lexi Blake.

Here we’re getting Drake’s story. Now he’s been in the McKay-Taggart universe for some time, but we didn’t know much about him besides that he worked for the CIA and he was super intelligent and young.

We learn more about Drake here and what makes him tick. At this point he’s been in the agency for about a decade and has seen his fair share of crap. Also he was betrayed by his own sister so you can understand why he doesn’t trust anyone.

He realizes that he has no real friends or anyone that he can trust because if his job.

Enter Taylor, she isn’t on the same level as Drake in the agency but they have reason to believe that maybe she’s not trustworthy because of her ties. But Drake wants so bad to trust her and believe that she’s honest with him.

They spend sometime with each other really getting to know one another and then Taylor is accused of things she did not do and not only does Drake let them take her he doesn’t go after her.

Now it’s some time later and Drake and Taylor are once again thrown together but this time Taylor is not going to fall for Drake, not again.

But Drake is determined to have her and he won’t stop until she’s his again.

“It’s good to see you again, Sailor Moon. I’m sorry I was an a**hole. That afternoon meant a lot to me, and I’m not good at being myself. I would like very much to be myself around you.” “Do you know who yourself is? I sometimes wonder.” This was why they’d fit together so beautifully that day. They understood each other’s lives. “Sometimes I think I’ve spent so much time hiding who I am that I don’t know me.”

He’s also been in the game for so long he doesn’t know how to navigate relationships and how to show the people around him he cares.

“Show her she can count on you. Be vulnerable to her but not so much she truly understands what a whiny man baby you can be. I’ve learned it’s best to keep that inside until you’ve got a ring on her finger and you’ve put a couple of babies up in her. Then she’s trapped and you can let your man baby out from time to time.”

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I loved how he knew what he wanted and that was Taylor he was done playing games and wanted her to be his. And he would do anything to have her. I also loved how self aware Drake was. And I absolutely loved the groveling.

“You know I like to be bossy about s*x. But this time, I’m asking because I need to hear you say yes. I missed you, Taylor. Not in a ‘hey, I wish my friend was here’ way. I missed you in a ‘my life isn’t whole’ way. I need to hear the word.”

Taylor has been through a lot and having Drake just discard her like she was nothing really hurt. She opened up to him in a way she didn’t usually do with people. She shared things with him for him to turn around and distrust her.

She was heartbroken and she wasn’t going to get herself in that position again no matter all the sweet words that Drake was using on her.

I love how strong she was and she didn’t take crap from no one. She was tough in the field too. I like that she was strong and could protect herself.

Taylor and Drake together was so sweet, I love the fact that he also after some convincing didn’t try to stop her from her mission. This was another great read for me.

But let me tell you the next book is the one I have been waiting for forever! Since Maebe and Kyle were brought into the books I have wanted their story.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

New York Times bestselling author Lexi Blake lives in North Texas with her husband and three kids. Since starting her publishing journey in 2010, she’s sold over three million copies of her books. She began writing at a young age, concentrating on plays and journalism. It wasn’t until she started writing romance that she found success. She likes to find humor in the strangest places and believes in happy endings.

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