When We Lied

Fairview Hockey, Book 2

By: Claire Contreras

Narrated by: Stephen Dexter, Janine Granda

Length: 13 hrs and 47 mins

Publisher's summary

A brand new hockey romance standalone from New York Times Bestselling Author Claire Contreras set in the same world as Until I Get You...

Finneas Alexander Barlow is a walking thirst trap. Tall, hot, and broody. Tousled brown hair, chiseled jaw, alluring green eyes, perfect teeth, well-groomed beard, broad shoulders, and lips good enough to bite. He’d look like a Disney prince if the prince was a broody ahole.

Four years ago, a fated meeting led to an inevitable hook-up. Just one. It’s his rule. One-time hook-ups, no information exchanges, and no repeats. I knew that even before he established his boundaries, and he kept his promise. I hadn’t seen or heard from him since.

A year ago, when tragedy struck, he came back to town and sought me out. Gone was the disarming grin and the innuendos he’d once used to make my knees go weak. Unfortunately, his ire was equally debilitating. Now he’s back as the face of Fairview’s brand new professional hockey team and he’s looking for answers I don’t have. Finn won’t accept that, though. He’s as determined to uncover my secrets as I am to keep them. He pushes as hard as I pull. It’s only a matter of time before the rope snaps. Now I can only hope I'm the one left standing.

©2024 Claire Contreras (P)2024 The Wicked Pen

Claire Contreras never disappoints!

Another great story from CC. I may love Finn even more than Lachlan. This was my 1st narration by Stephen Dexter and he’s definitely going on my fav narrator list.

Absolutely Loved Every Moment!

Give me all that spice with all the swoon!! There was absolutely no part of When We Lied by Claire Contreras that I did not love!

This hockey romance with darker themes had all the spice, character growth, plot, relationship development, and second chance elements that I will devour time and time again!

There is a reason this author is one of my favorites and it's because her stories are never a miss for me with what I am looking for emotionally!

Claire's stories are a consuming roller coaster of fun banter, angst, swoon, spice, intrigue, twists, and that's exactly what I got from Finn and Josslyn's story

The way my heart ached for them, I love them so! Watching Finn struggle to understand and process his own feelings, gahhh all the feels!

I listened to When We Lied on audio as I read along on my kindle and the narrators were amazing! I have loved stories narrated by Janine Granda and this was a wonderful first listen for me of Stephen Dexter!

Hockey Romance
Obsessive/Possessive MMC
Contemporary with darker themes
Second Chance Elements

When we Lied is set in the same world as Until I Get you, but can be enjoyed as a standalone story.

Didn't disappoint

such a great story. I know it is probably greedy of me but I wish we would had gotten 2 more chapters. lol but the audio was great.

Hooked from the beginning

I was hooked from the beginning! The plot and all the twists and turns were amazing. I did NOT expect the ending 👏🏽 can’t wait for more!

Best book I read this year!

The smut is 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️ from the very first chapter I was entrance! But the story plot was SOO GOOD! I love how the love story is between Jocelyn & Finn. How possessive and in love he is without him releasing at first. How genuine & kind Jocelyn is warmed my heart! The banter between characters had me laughing so hard in so many parts I truly loved it all! It had romance, drama, & comedy. But the plot twist lord!! I did not see that coming at all! Overall I truly loved the story line and the narrators did a great job on there part.

Sexy

She's one of my favorite authors- love her writing style. This book is sexy, suspenseful, great story, love the characters.

Until I Get You Universe Perfection

Wow, was I happy to be back in Fairview with When We Lied, especially after Until I Get You, both incredible books and can both be enjoyed as a standalone. AND Thank You Claire Contreras for bringing us Finneas (Finn) Barlow And Josslyn (Joss) Santos In this wonderful Sports/ Influencer romance with that edge of suspense and mystery as well as including our past favorites Lachlan And Lyla and their adorable family, from Until I Get You. I absolutely devoured this book starting off strong with every bit of that longing for these two characters, and keeping me in a chokehold till the very end. Finneas is a professional hockey player, bad boy, and typical playboy, only looking to hook up and doesn’t do relationships and Josslyn a talented college basketball player and a popular influencer. When tragedy strikes in Finn’s family, he comes back to Fairview looking for answers thinking Josslyn might be the one who has them. I loved the suspense in this story as well as the major angst. When Finn and Josslyn hook up one night she knows she won’t hear from him again and moves on, but years later when they see each other again she knows she can’t say no to a second time. The chemistry these two have is unreal. Not only was it sexy as hell but they had raw, honest, mature conversations and built a friendship, a friendship Finneas didn’t even realize he needed. Janina Granda Narrated Josslyn and did an incredible job, she brought out the fierce, confident woman Josslyn is but then in the same breath could express the fragileness she had in her heart. Josslyn was tough and would defend anyone she loved but she also had a soft heart for the tragedy and trauma she has had to go through. I could tell right away that Janina Granda was the perfect voice for Joss and she really brought her to life for me. Stephen Dexter had this dark broody voice that just captivated me as he narrated Finn and who doesn’t love a cocky hockey player falling in love with a girl he just wanted a one night stand with? Me I do! I loved the way Stephen could really express Finns feelings towards Josslyn, the struggles he was facing being around his family and the person he was on the ice. When We Lied was narrated in Dual and once again the way each narrator can voice both characters is serious talent!


Thank You Netgally for the opportunity to Listen and Review.

3.5

This was a good read but it did start out slow. Josie was very naive. There was one point close to the end where she said something about the water bottle already being opened but the she still drank it.

Overall I enjoyed this story and will continue reading more of this author.

Holy smokes 10/10 would rec.

This book just had me captivated from the very moment I started reading it. The plot was absolutely amazing! The characters were ,WOW, just so thoroughly, slowly developed right there for us, the reader, to get to know !!! 👏 The narrators did an amazing job!! So, so good!!!
This book has it all.
-romance
-hockey players, 💜 (really all sports)
-plot twist/mystery
- GREAT spice
- strong FMC
- HEA
Really, what more could you ask for???
I would rec this book over,and over to everyone. Enjoy!!!!!!

Amazing book

this was a great book. I would 100%recommend this to anyone who likes hockey x basketball romance.