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just finished reading Helene Young's BURNING LIES, and, as with all her stories so far, really enjoyed it, After first opening the book, I took it everywhere with me, waiting for the next opportunity to find out what was going to happen to Kaitlin and her loved ones.
A well crafted, well written story with just the right amount of adventure, romance and action, Well done Helene! I think this book was my favorite of the trilogy! I felt a little more connected to this book than the previous two.
Kait is trying to maintain her lifestyle, working with Border Watch and bringing up

heryears old son, with the assistance of her Mum.
Kait lost er husband, her father and her home to an arsonist, and is determined never to be that unprepared again, So when she builds her fire proof bunker house in the bush she is horrified to hear that an arsonist is on the loose in the area that may test all that she holds precious.


Characters for the previous books make cameos in this one, however it is Ryan that gets under her skin, This relationship felt truer to me than the other books, alittle more gritty, and I really enjoyed reading the burgeoning of their romance, Looking forward to more from this author! probably three and a half, Kaitlyn Scott lost her father and her husband in a fire in Canberra as a result of arson, Her husband Chris was believed to be the arsonist, who due to misjudgement got caught in his own fire, Kaitlyn never believed that of him, but still the stigma was enough for her to move, She moved with Julia, her mother, and young son Daniel to the Atherton Tablelands, When she meets the man known as Brad Ryan she is attracted, but wary of trusting anyone again, Especially when some things about him dont seem to add up, Who is he really and what is he up to
The story line was good and action packed and keeps the reader turning the pages.
It is full of suspense and a few twists, with lots of research and detail about fire fighting backing it up, The characters were complex, so why didnt I give it a higher rating as many others have
Even though the story grabbed me, there were times when I considered giving up on this book purely because I was sick of the overload of language.
It's a testament to the rest of the story that I didnt, I could perhaps understand the language from Nemesis, the bikie gang or perhaps Ryan, but just about everyone, except Julia and Daniel but including Kaitlyn used it.
I know people say it is the language of the day and in common usage but the people I mix with dont use it and I found it offensive and hard to read.
For me this spoilt what could, given the plot and characters, have been an excellent book, If repeated language is not a problem for you, then you will enjoy it, Readers of Bronwyn Parry will probably enjoy it,
My second Helene Young book, I was lucky enough to win this one,

Helene writes of the Australian fire fighting services with authenticity and authority, The clever plot unfurls and kept me reading on whenever I could squeeze reading time in, The relationship between Kaitlyn and Ryan is convincing and her doubts about 'the real him' bubble below the surface, Will read more Helene Young, Caitlyn is a strong heroine who is out to protect her family and start a new life, The hero Ryan, was multilayered and sexy, a quintessential Aussie hero, so lifelike I went to Cairns hunting for a sexy Aussie male, Didn't find one!
Luckily I had Burning Lies to retreat back into,
Helene is a wonderful writer who will have a long career,
Cathleen Originally posted sitelinkhere,

The premise of Burning Lies definitely attracted me, as like so many people around here I was caught up in the middle of the sitelinkbushfires in Canberra, and knew plenty of people who lost their homes.
To see a book like this begin in Canberra, and then continue to involve a pretend version of what happened here less than a decade ago was very interesting to me.


Hélène Young is one of those writers who makes sure she gets her facts right, down to the little details.
Sometimes youll read a book in this genre and you just know that the author was making it up on the go not the case here.


Though this book holds up one hundred percent on its own, it is the third book in a looselylinked series that features the men and women working for Border Watch.
There was a development with book one pair Morgan and Rafe that was completely unexpected to me!, I do love how Young updated the characters without wading right back into their lives for gratuitous followup storylines that overtake the book, I really dislike when a series struggles to move on from past characters,

Australian suspense is a very different beast I mean “beast” in the best possible way! to what youll find coming out of America.
A major factor is that the balance of romance to suspense is usually completely different: Australian books are heavier on the suspense and lighter on the romance.


Im not saying I have a preference for either kind simply that therere some big cultural differences I have noticed, Of course, therere always exceptions to the rule too!

This very authentically Australian book would appeal to crime fiction readers as much as to the romantic suspense crowd.

I finished Burning Lies back in May, and can finally put my review up! I absolutely loved it! The old I could not put it down was so true for me.
. . what a wonderful, gripping, suspenseful and riveting read!

Kaitlyn is now part of the Border Watch team, along with Lauren and Morgan, after moving to the Tablelands with her mother, Julia, and son Dan, to try to escape the horror of the past.
The death of her father, Stephen and husband Chris, in the bushfires in Canberra, where it pointed to Chris being an arsonist, and him murdering his fatherinlaw were too much for them all to bear, and getting away seemed to be the only way to deal with their grief.


But five years later, the past threatened to catch up with them again, Kaitlyn was part of the Rural Fire service, with Speedy in charge of their group, and he was also the local school run bus driver.
When a new man arrived on the scene and moved into old Jerrys house at the end of Kaitlyns road, and also joined the Fire service, Kaitlyn wasnt sure what to think of Ryan.
The fact that he was reported to be on sick leave from Sydney, but didnt seem to know a lot about being a firie, made her suspicious.
The attraction was immediate, but she didnt give trust easily, She was suspicious of everyone, and needed to check him out first, in more ways than one,

It seemed the arsonist was working in her area too, and it brought the horror to the surface again all too readily.
Between being away for long stretches at a time with her job in Border Watch, and getting called out to the increasingly frequent number of fires in the area, she wasnt spending as much time with Dan and Julia as she wanted.
Her family was her life, but it seemed she had more problems to try to work through,

Would Kaitlyn find the arsonist before he killed again, would she ever get over the terrible loss of her father, and the grief of not knowing if her husband was really the Canberra arsonist The more she found out, the more she needed to find out, and with Ryan seeming to not be who he said he was, her nerves were strung so tightly she couldnt think straight.


Following on from Wings of Fear and Shattered Sky, Burning Lies is a brilliant novel from an Australian author right at the top of her game.
The twists and turns of this story, the suspense and fear, along with a hint of romance make for a wonderful read, one I would highly recommend.


Kaitlyn Scott is trying to be all things to all people and not really succeeding with any of it, She has unbelievable tragedy in her recent past and has fled from Canberra to the Atherton Tablelands in the hope of a fresh start.
Her mother Julia and son Daniel are part of the fragile life she has created for herself in the heart of the bush, Kait is able to pretend she has put her past behind her until the community begins to suspect an arsonist is at work on the Tablelands.


Hunky but troubled undercover cop Ryan is sent to investigate and takes up residence on the property next door, He is immediately drawn to Kait and her family and begins to imagine a life where safety doesn't depend on a lie, But Kait is more involved with the arsonist than she could have predicted and soon all their lives are under threat,

We're used to damaged heroes in romance, and Ryan is definitely one of them,but damaged heroines aren't so common, Kaitlyn is one such lady, trying hard to 'fix' her life so the pain of the past can't hurt her again, She's only half alive as she battles to recover from the past and build a new reality for herself and her son, Guilt is a big motivator for her and she is willing to sacrifice time with her son to battle bushfires in the belief that by doing this she can right the wrongs of her dead husband.


I really came to understand Kait through the book and was fully invested in her future by the end, Ryan was a lovely hero whom I immediately felt empathy for, There were so many small elements that came together to complete the story eg Uncle Jack's diary, Much thought has gone into this book and the technical details felt so accurate, The ending is bittersweet with sadness and more loss for Kaitlyn, Ryan and Kait do get their HEA but tempered with the ever present threat of Ryan's undercover past, Good job Helene!.