Welcome to the book tour for The Greatest Lie of All by Jillian Cantor.
Blurb:
A glamorous romance novelist and an aspiring starlet share an unexpected secret in this addictive story about love, ambition and how far we’re willing to go to protect our hearts
Fledgling actress Amelia Grant is at rock bottom when offered the opportunity of a to star in a biopic about the world-renowned romance author Gloria Diamond, who used her own tragic love story as inspiration for her bestselling books. To prepare for the role, she’ll spend a week with Gloria at her secluded Washington estate. It’s a chance to get out of LA, away from her cheating ex-boyfriend, and to make her recently deceased mother proud.
Amelia’s excitement is short-lived, however, once she actually meets Gloria, who is cold, verging on rude and mostly unavailable. If not for Gloria’s frustratingly handsome son Will, the visit might be a complete waste of her time. But when Amelia stumbles upon a secret from Gloria’s past, she realizes Gloria’s life story is more fiction than fact. And as the movie’s filming date draws nearer, Amelia must decide how much she’s willing to sacrifice to uncover the truth.
Review:
I will say I enjoyed watching this whole story unfold. I liked all the characters (yes, even Gloria), and I am a sucker for a dual-timeline story.
I also love a good mystery.
One question I'm anticipating is: This book is being compared to The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo--is it like that novel? Well, not exactly. But in some ways it's similar in that there are so many secrets!
I wasn't sure this "greatest lie of all" would be a surprise, but it was. I had an inkling, but not the whole story. If you like to be surprised, this is a great novel to choose.
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Thank you to the publisher and the author for an eARC of this novel for review. All thoughts are my own.
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