“H. Hunting pens a heartbreaking tale that leaves readers absolutely breathless from beginning to end. One of her best books yet!”
- Stacey Lynn, author
Little Lies, an all-new, angsty and emotional new adult romance from New York Times bestselling author Helena Hunting writing as H. Hunting is out now!
I don’t want you.
You mean nothing to me.
I never loved you.
I turned my words into swords.
And I cut her down.
Shoved the blade in and watched her fall.
I said I’d never hurt her, and I did.
Years later, I’m faced with all the little lies, the untruths, the false realities, the damage I inflicted, when all I wanted was to indulge my obsession.
Lavender Waters is the princess in the tower. Even her name is the thing fairy tales are made of.
I used to be the one who saved her.
Over and over again.
But I don’t want to save her anymore.
I just want to pretend the lies are still the truth.
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Excerpt
The front door swings open, and the never-ending nightmare that is this day smacks me in the face like a long-expired sausage. Kodiak stands in the doorway wearing only a pair of swim shorts, wet hair sticking out all over the place, water dripping on the damn floor. But God, is he ever glorious. Muscle layered over muscle, thick biceps flexing as he holds the doorjamb, a mischievous grin popping the dimple in his left cheek.
My heart seizes and gallops. I miss this version of him: the one that smiles and doesn’t hate me.
He ruins everything a moment later by bellowing, “Who’s fucking in the driveway?”
His gaze moves to Dylan, who looks as horrified as I feel, but as it shifts to me, his smile drops and my stomach tightens.
“You should really go,” I tell Dylan.
“I’ll see you around.” He disappears into his car and barely has the door closed before he’s backing out of the driveway and screeching down the street.
I adjust my backpack on my shoulder and head for the house, steeling my spine and my nerves because Kodiak is still standing in the middle of the doorway, his face a mask of indifference. I try to brush by him, but he stays where he is, making it impossible.
I sigh, exhausted beyond belief. I just want to go upstairs and have a good, cathartic cry. I try to mirror his apathy. “Can you move so I can get into my house?”
His brow furrows as his eyes move over my face. He lifts his hand, like maybe he’s thinking about touching me. There’s no way I can handle that. I jerk back and swat his hand away. “What are you doing?”
“Your lip is bleeding.”
“Don’t act like you actually give a shit, Kodiak.”
“Tell me what happened.” His voice is low and soft, and for whatever reason, that makes me even angrier, so I lash out, wanting to wound him the way he keeps wounding me.
“You, Kodiak. You happened, and you ruined my goddamn life. Now get the hell out of my way.” I elbow past him, almost tripping over several sets of running shoes.
I head straight for my bedroom and lock the door behind me. I slide down the wall until my butt hits the floor and close my eyes, taking deep breaths.
I imagined the concern in his voice.
I imagined the pain that sat heavy behind his eyes.
We see what we want to, not the truth, especially when it hurts.
About Helena Hunting
New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of PUCKED, Helena Hunting lives on the outskirts of Toronto with her incredibly tolerant family and two moderately intolerant cats. She writes contemporary romance ranging from new adult angst to romantic sports comedy.
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Pucked will forever be the number one Hockey romance novel in my opinion. Anytime I can get a snippet in to Alex and Violets fictional life I am all in. But I have to admit I was a little bit wary with jumping so far into the future and reading a story that features one of their children. Well I should of had more faith in this brilliant author because there happened to be many flashbacks that featured not only Kodiak and Lavender but most of my favorite past characters as well.
What I took away from this book was that Kody and Lavender are literally two peas in a pod. They absolutely belonged together but were too young to grasp what that really meant. Their parents interfered - which turned out to be for the best - so after several years they finally get their chance to be with each other.
Exceptionally well written as always and I really do hope that there will be more books to come featuring the Pucked series children. I voluntarily reviewed an advanced readers copy of this book. ~Sharon
Lavender Waters and Kodiak “Kody” Bowman, we meet their families in previous books, come together to save one another in one of the best of books of 2020. Little Lies was such an emotional roller coaster of emotions, angst, heartbreak, fear, hate, confusion and of course learning to love not only yourself but others as well.
Lavender deals with a crippling anxiety and PTSD from a previous ordeal from her childhood. Kodiak, he used to be her safe place, but has unfortunately become a stranger to her, Lavender is a constant reminder of the complicated times in his life. Their story is a beautiful journey of love and hate, and realizing to find peace in on another
This book is very different that what we normally read from Helena Hunting, it was also great to catch up with past characters. Can’t wait to see what’s next! ~Stephanie
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