Deceptive Truce

Bay Ridge Royals, Book 3

By: Heather Long

Narrated by: Brooke Daniels, Noel Harrison, Toby Scott, Adam Gold

Life has been a series of exquisite disasters…

Do you ever lie to yourself?

I do. Making friends has been the cruelest choice I ever inflicted upon myself. I like to say I don’t regret it, and for the most part that’s true.

I resent it.

I despise him because he left me behind, following another battle in this war we’ve been waging. I thought we were partners, best friends, allies, and that he would always have my back as I’ve fought to have his.

I hate her because she’s perfection and everything he’s ever wanted, untouchable, brilliant, and capable. Yet, I want her too. Need her. Still, she gave herself to someone else.

Telling myself one taste would have to be enough even when I knew it never could be is just another deception I sold myself on this trail of disaster.

No matter what I do, I’m not enough for them, for my family, for this world we inhabit. Now—alliances are shifting, and our enemies are closing in.

I know the difference and I know I need to leave them to face it all on their own. That’s the choice I should make. That’s the choice I have to make.

Or at least, that’s the newest lie I tell myself.

DECEPTIVE TRUCE is a full-length mature dark, new adult romance with enemies-to-lovers/love-hate themes. Please be aware some situations may be uncomfortable for listeners. Trigger warnings can be found in the foreword should you require them. This is book three in a six book series that is a why choose with multiple new adults exploring and coming to terms with their evolving sexuality, identities, and relationships.

©2024 Heather Long (P)2024 Heather Long

Addicting!

The protagonist I love to hate became the character I hate that I love. So much character revelations in this novel but still no definitive clues or obvious foreshadowing clues as to how this series will resolve. Mild cliffhanger warning.
This is a a secret society, contemporary, reverse harem in the same world and with overlapping characters as the 82nd St Vandals.

Great storyline

If it weren’t for the male narrator for Adam and Ezra this would be a full 5 stars. His voice sounds like a much older man which detracts from the quality of the listen. Other than that I would be fully absorbed into this series. It’s got a unique storyline with lots of twists and turns.