Laced in Lies

A Shelby Nichols Adventure, Book 10

By: Colleen Helme

Narrated by: Wendy Tremont King

There are times when a satisfying lie is better than the awful truth.

Meet Shelby Nichols, mind reader extraordinaire.

Working for a mob boss, helping the police expose a violent drug ring, and running her own consulting agency can get complicated, especially considering she has a husband and two kids.

Keeping her mind reading skills a secret is even harder, and involves telling lies that can get her in more trouble she likes to admit.

Then there’s Ramos, a hitman with a past who comes knocking at her door with troubles of his own.

Of course, facing death has a way of putting things into perspective, if only she can stay alive long enough to appreciate it....

USA Today and Wall Street Journal best-selling author Colleen Helme offers a clever mix of mystery, laugh-out-loud humor, and pause-resisting adventure in the highly acclaimed Shelby Nichols Adventure Series.

©2017 Colleen Helme (P)2017 Colleen Helme

Holy Wow!!!!

it never ceases to amaze me how much Colleen Helen can pack into a book! Shelby is a freaking Superwoman the way she can juggle all the adventures she has going! And while i think I'm hatd to surprise, there were definitely some twists here!! loved it!!! as usual! Great job Colleen and Wendy Tremont King!!!❤❤❤❤❤

Love it! Can't wait for the next book

i really enjoy this series, it is fun, relaxing, and perfect to listen while driving long distance

Another Great Adventure for Shelby

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

Most definitely! I actually recommend the whole series and to begin with the first book, Carrots, for the best experience.

What did you like best about this story?

I really enjoyed how this book shares a lot more of Ramos' backstory and how it expanded the circle of family (real and not).

What does Wendy Tremont King bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

Wendy Tremont King is wonderful. I could (and actually have while medically recovering) listen to her all day long. I have a few favorite narrators and she quickly rose to the top.

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

Not as much as in a few of the previous books, but I did appreciate some of these story lines in this particular book more than in some others since it added a lot to the world of Shelby, Ramos, and Uncle Joey. The backstory of Ramos that is shared, the outcome, and the repercussions of events in his story were the most emotional to me. I truly want some love and happiness to come to Ramos really soon!

Any additional comments?

Other than the underlying formula used throughout this series of Shelby being asked to help, then getting into some major trouble, and finally being saved by Ramos (but all in a variety of ways/scenarios that I appreciate)... this book breaks away from that in both of the main story lines in this book for awhile and expands the character development quite a lot. This slowed it down a bit for me, but I was then rewarded with more "meat" to my current favorite series.I received a copy of this audiobook for free in exchange for an honest review. I have, however, purchased the previous 9 audiobooks as well as the first book also in Kindle form. I am definitely looking forward to book 11. I cannot wait to see where this story goes from here.

fun

Great read and fun story. she can keep out of troubled looking forward to book number 11

Loved it!

I love how each book doesn't follow a standard formula for the series, many other authors have a set pattern to their books and simple just change the events & people. Helme doesn't do that she keeps the reader guessing what trouble Shelby is going to get into next. Loved it!

This review doesn't lie it is good.

I really enjoyed this book. You learnt a lot more about Uncle Joey and I think it is setting it up for another great story line in the next book. I do think you need to have read or listened to other books in this series as it helps with keeping all the characters straight as there is a lot of reoccurring fun characters and story lines. It is still a good story if you have because there is so much going on and Shelby is so much fun and gets into so much trouble that you find yourself thinking 'only Shelby could do that and get away with it!'.
Shelby is once again torn between helping the police solve a sudden influx of drugs into the city and working for Uncle Joey by following his right hand man and getting to the bottom of what is bugging him. She is also jet setting off to New York with Joey's son when he attends an audition for a part in a Broadway show. A show in New York should be simple right? Wrong Joey has family there which complicate things no end. With drug dealers, TV crews and rival gangs dogging her heels Shelby has to pull out all the tricks her mind reading skill give her to stay alive.
I normally really like the narrator but I wasn't to sure of her singing talents in this book, there is only on small verse so don't let it put you off, the voices were good tho.

More Heartfelt

Even though there were a few plot holes the overall story was sweat and very emotional. I would love to see Ramos have a love interest in the next book. Maybe even a spin off book series about him!

Good Read

It's such a great book. Shelby is so loveable. I can't wait for the next book.

my favourite of the series so far!

all i can say is … Miguel!!! i love the element of family in this story, that Miguel finally has the large family he’s always wanted. it makes me think of my own large, and close, family. although the size of our family grows smaller over the years, the love never does. Shelby is finding that, mob family or not, the love is truly there.
honestly? if i was in Shelby’s place, i think i would have accepted that fact much sooner, and been a little more willing to be a part of Uncle Joey’s family. he may be a mob boss, but he really does care for Shelby, Chris, and their kids. he’s thought of them as part of his family a lot longer than Shelby realizes, i think.
as long as i didn’t have to do anything Super sketchy or illegal, i think i’d be happy to have an Uncle Joey of my own!;)
💞💞💞

Love me some Shelby!!!

Where does Laced in Lies rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

That might be unfair to some audios as this is one of my favorite series so they always rank pretty high. :)

Who was your favorite character and why?

Shelby of course but Ramos is a close second. :)

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

If I could just sit and listen to a book all day this would definitely be one!

Any additional comments?

I am huge fan of this series and the author does such a great job. I don't think I have been disappointed with any in this series so far. I love the characters and the continuing story arc between all the books with Shelby working for Uncle Joey (mob), Dimples (police) and her own consultant agency. I do think it's all starting to catch up with her though as her kids are getting old enough to figure out who Uncle Joey is, they know the didn't have an Uncle Joey before and Shelby is getting tired of lying to them.

I liked that we get a little bit of past information about Ramos as an old girlfriend's brother is in town and Ramos is sure it's just plain trouble. He doesn't want to ask Shelby for help but she gets involved anyway. :)

I love all the characters from the good guys (Shelby, her family, the police) to the not so good guys (Uncle Joey, Ramos, etc) although it's hard to not let Uncle Joey and especially Ramos to grow on you...lol.

Great book, fantastic series and if you haven't tried it you should!!!