Broken By Lies

By: Rebecca Shea

Narrated by: Vikas Adam, Erin Mallon

Length: 6 hrs and 59 mins

Publisher's summary

I had no idea how much I would love Alex the day he walked into my life. He changed everything. The way I breathed. The way I thought. The way I loved. He brought me back to life. He gave me strength and a safe place to land. And then he broke me.

Finding Emilia was a chance to do something good for once in my life. I wanted to change. She believed I was her savior. I ached to be. She found her way into my heart and claimed it as her safe place. I should be telling her the truth about me.... Instead I break her with lies.

©2015 Rebecca Shea Author, LLC (P)2015 Audible, Inc.

fulll of twists..

couldnt stop playing the audiobook. was awake all night, so much twist and turns, so excited to start book two..

Wild ride

This book starts with a bang and ends with a bang. So many mysteries and secrets uncovered. Emilia travels to Arizona, after her mother's death, in search of her father. Once she arrives in Phoenix, she meets Alex who takes her in after she receives less than a warm welcome from her dad. From here there is action and excitement, romance and heat.

Rebecca Shea did an amazing job writing a story that is so full of movement, you can't seem to turn it off. This is my second time listening to this audio and it won't be my last.

Vikas Adam was amazing as both Alex and Sam. The emotion pours through his voice and the suffering and hurt as well as the longing and desire seep from his voice. Erin Mallon is a favorite of mine and she doesn't disappoint as the voice of Emilia.

Keeps you on your toes!

So many twists and turns that will keep you turning the pages or just playing the one more chapter game. I was unsure about the story in the beginning, but everything fell into into place and made sense, even some things that just blew me out of the water. Definitely worth the read/ listen.
The performances by Erin Mallon and Vikas Adam were perfection. Lots of emotional scenes that were just amazing. This was actually my first full book narration for Vikas. I asked a friend to recommend her favorite to me and I was not disappointed.

Angst-filled read! I was on the edge of my seat!

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

Yes, it kept me captivated and I had to find out what happened next!

What was one of the most memorable moments of Broken By Lies?

When Emilia realized Alex truly loved her and would sacrifice everything for her.

Which character – as performed by Vikas Adam and Erin Mallon – was your favorite?

I loved Alex. He hated himself, but could not see the good man he truly was.

If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?

The lies that break you.

Well done crime suspense and romance!

Wow, this is great. Dirt poor and recovering from her mother's unexpected and uncharacteristic death, Emilia leaves her small town Illinois trailer park for Arizona to find/meet her Father. I love how she is written! Refreshingly strong, and anything but helpless despite her poor circumstance. Em has a pride and strength that makes her identifiable, and doesn't play her as a victim. The male lead, Alex, meets her randomly in passing at her Phoenix motel, immediately drawn to her naiveté. He takes her in after learning of her poor circumstance and failed family connection, feeling immediately protective of her. Alex is a bright business school graduate, raised in wealth, who is forced to run his massive family drug smuggling/illegal immigration operation after his kingpin father is jailed. He hates it, and attempts to instill some humanity in he cold-blooded criminal operation despite the circumstance. The author weaves the complication of the crime story with the build of Em and Alex' relationship expertly, and the alternating narratives performed by these two great readers bring the story to life nicely. Fair warning, it is a cliffie, continued in Book 2. Well worth it!

Book one

Murder & mayhem...twist and turns of lies and deception.this is a cliff hanger.Need to read. 2nd book. Drug cartel and the ❤️ love of a woman deeply involved but unaware of her involvement. Narrator good. Try it u might like it....

Freaking loved every second of it

This Book had to me captivated from the first few words till the very last. The perfect narrators voice to right amount of suspension and sex combined with an epic story

Wow! Just Wow!

This is the first book I read that is written by Rebecca Shea and I absolutely love it! The story, the suspense, the emotions, the characters, and the excellent narrations from Vikas Adam and Erin Mallon made this book so worth reading until the wee hours of the morning to finish it in one sitting.
Truth be told, the initial reason why I downloaded this book is that I am a big fan of Erin Mallon. Both Rebecca Shea and Vikas Adam were new author and narrator to me, respectively. I wasn't expecting it to be a great read. I'm pleasantly surprised that it turned out to be an excellent read!

GREAT BOOK!!!

It's been a while since I made it all the way thru a book. I usually get bored & switch but I didn't on this one:)
Basically, she falls in love w/ the head of a family drug cartel. His dad's in prison so he's stuck running the more gruesome side of the show (instead of just the $ & investments.)
There's also another hot, government man in the picture that's actively pursuing her on a daily basis, as well. Both men are head over heels for her.

Definitely worth a credit in my humble opinion! :)

Broken by Lies takes the cake and then some!

Where does Broken By Lies rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?
In the top 20!

What did you like best about this story?
That it was suspenseful and trilling!

Which scene was your favorite?
When Alex said how he truly felt!

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?
The ending!! I was screaming!

Any additional comments?
Holy Smokes Batman!!!
Talk about a mind f**k!! Broken by Lies takes the cake and then some!
If you know anything about me. Then you would know that I’m a ride or die mafia book whore! Yup!!
So, I was a bit leery of reading a book based on the Mexican Cartel. Especially since it has the glimpse into the Mexican Culture and the Catholicism. Which I am both! I wasn't sure it would be true to form.
But Heck Broken by Lies broke all my misconceptions! It steamrolled over it all! Rebecca Shea lead us on a suspenseful romance thriller that will boggle your mind! Hold you captive and trying like hell to compute, what just occurred! You might even want to throw your iPad across the room! Scream shout and even yell! Since the goddam plot twist is at every corner. I could have gotten whiplash from it all! That rush of endorphins will be pushed me to keep reading or in my case listening to the audiobook! Which seemed to heightened my experience to a new dynamic level!
WTF??? I screamed!!! OMFG!!! That cliffhanger????
Just left me speechless and feeling like a mindless twit!