So, the series. At the heart of the series is a set of love stories, like always, but this time, the stories are caught up in a conspiracy so huge that the whole world is in trouble. The first book, Whispered Lies, introduces us to many of the main players for the series. Ex FBI agent Elizabeth James is searching for the people responsible for her father's death. When Vice President Birch Stratton becomes the President, he discovers that State secrets are being sold. He had worked with Lizzy's father, and so he turns to Lizzy and helps her to build a team to discover what is going on. And what they uncover is monumental. Lizzy sets up a team with the help of President Stratton that includes the President, his Chief of Staff, Humphrey, tech guru and hacker extraordinaire Alex, White House Press Secretary Tate James, Pararescueman Dalton Cage, ex DEA agent Valeria McGregor, and Marine One pilot Crew Dixon. Whispered Lies sets the stage, and it manages to bring Lizzy and Dalton together.
Rouge Lies is the story of Tate and Birch. Tate lands right in the middle of the trouble with the secret group Mollia Domini, and uses her position in the White House to investigate the group. It becomes obvious that some of the big players are in the media. Of course, the electricity crackles between Tate and Birch! Through the book, we uncover more of the players in the web of secrets that has been building from the first book. Tate has to put herself in some interesting positions, but it all works out in the end. It becomes more dangerous and more frustrating to the characters as they try and bring everything down. During this book, Valeria disappears with no warning to, as we later discover, follow the money.
The series finishes with Shattered Lies. When Valeria is found out by the Mexican cartel, she needs to get out fast. At the same time, Lizzy and Dalton are in Europe following a lead and Tate and Birch are injured. Lizzy and Dalton do what they can for their comrade, who is running for her life in Mexico. Their solution? Sending in Dalton's former comrade Grant Mckay. With the information Valeria has gathered in Mexico, the team finally has some solid leads. However, once again, those leads are pointing to Birch Stratton's oldest friend. Is Sebastian Abel running Mollia Domini? You'll have to read to find out!So on to the details. Like I said, Kathleen is one of my favorite authors. I love her characters and the worlds she creates are so real. It doesn't feel forced, but rather like something that could actually happen. The characters have their own sets of skills and fears and goals. Even the secondary characters are well fleshed out. They might be characters that show up in every book, like Buzz and Snip, two old ex-military barbers, or they could be characters you only see for a few moments, like Janet Stirling, the head of the DEA (she's in the last book for maybe the last quarter, and she is freaking hilarious. I'd like to be her when I grow up). I will admit, it took me a while to actually sit and read these books. I bought them when they came out, but I was always jonesing for Keeneston, so I waited. Then I got the audible version of Whispered Lies because it was on sale and I listen to a lot of audio books when I drive. And I finally started the series. It still took a little bit to get into for me, but once I did, I was in. Web of Lies wasn't the romance with a little danger that I had come to expect; it kept me much more on the edge of my seat. These are definitely worth the read, and when you're done, head over to Keeneston for some more fun!
Links to the books on Amazon can be found by clicking on the individual titles.
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