Deceived

WL Knightly

Jan 2020 · The Child Collector Series Book 1 · BrixBaxter Publishing

About this ebook

After working the past five years as a private investigator, former law enforcement officer, Shae Sawyer gets the call that she’s been waiting for.

Her longtime acquaintance and ex brother in blue, Detective Cam Murphy has a case and a pair of victims unlike anything he’s ever seen.

Despite the horror of seeing a child ripped from his mother’s womb, Shae has seen it before, and knows it can only mean one thing, the Baby Thief is back and on the prowl.

Knowing that pregnant girls with no place to go aren’t safe as long as the killer is still out there, Shae will partner with Cam with hopes that they can solve the case before the Baby Thief chooses another victim.

Ratings and reviews

TLDR: The authors writing style is very compelling, the concept itself pulls me in, but the way legitimately all of the males are written bothers me a lot and honestly ruins the story tbh. The premise itself is a very interesting one honestly. I really was attempting to enjoy the book but I REEEEEEALLY dislike how every single male character in this book either is just made to be a genuinely bad, incompetent, morally reprehensible, or overbearing person. It is legitimately the main reason I had to keep putting the book down. Legit one of the female characters in the book has her bf leave with a dealer, her father was never in her life, and when attempting to find a job was asked to preform sexual acts if she wanted to get in.

A thrilling new series by WL Knightly that kept me intrigued. The characters have depth and secrets that are unexpected. Shaelyn (Shae) is a private investigator in Louisville. She was on track to become a detective but was suspended so she quit the force. Cameron Murphy is a detective in Columbus, Ohio. Cameron and Shae went on a date together but she turned him down for a second date. Leah is a complex character that takes us on a roller coaster ride with twists and turns you won't see coming. This was very well written and the storyline was extraordinary. I voluntarily reviewed an Advance Reader Copy of this book.

Starts out with a surprise and ends the same way Shae, a private investigator, gets a call from Cam, a police detective, about an open case from when she was on the police force. As the story progresses we get a glimpse of the motive, more than a few new questions are raised beyond the case, and unraveling it all could become a wild goose chase. W.L. Knightly’s newest series starts out with a surprise and ends the same way. The flirty banter, the witty quips, and the secrets kept and revealed draw the reader in from the beginning. I am looking forward to seeing this mystery can take on a life of its own. I received a free copy of the book from the author. I had the opportunity to review or not.