False Memory (False #1): Fake Amnesia Romantic Suspense Woman In Peril Thriller

Meli Raine

Aug 2019 · False Book 1 · Meli Raine

About this ebook

It all started with the bereavement flowers with my name on them.

Not the best way to wake up, right? I work in a flower shop. I know a funeral arrangement when I see one.

I know a killer when I see one, too. And one is standing in my hospital room right now, straight behind the man who saved my life.

I can’t tell anyone the truth, because that’s the fastest way to really die. So I do the next best thing. I “lose” my memory. 

I fake my amnesia.

Pretending not to remember a brutal attempted murder has its perks. The killer is backing down, spending less time around me, loosening the noose.

The less I claim to recall, the more my rescuer, Duff, works to help me “remember.” I hate lying to him.

But he doesn’t understand that my memory is dangerous. To me. And to him.

Fooling everyone isn’t easy. It’s the hardest thing I’ve ever done.

Except it’s starting to look like I’ve been fooling myself.

In more ways than one.

Read Book 1 in the newest series from USA Today bestselling author Meli Raine.

“The first book in the False trilogy is a psychological thriller worthy of Hitchcock, keeping you guessing until the very end. Lily Thornton is the ultimate unreliable narrator — after waking from a 14-month coma, she struggles to remember the day she was shot. As Lily slowly recovers, she’s terrified when she recognizes the face of her would-be killer among her inner circle — but can she trust her own memory? With potential enemies at every turn, a twisty political conspiracy, and just a hint of romance, False Memory offers thrills that will delight both romance and mystery readers.” — Apple Books Editors

“…intrigue and dark humor on display in this thriller…”

While the immediate—and more compelling—tension in Raine’s (A Shameless Little Bet, 2018, etc.) heart-pumping series opener comes from Lily’s constant proximity to her would-be killer, the action takes place against a backdrop of secret government scandals. 

Fortunately, Lily’s voice is captivating, wry, and tough enough to sell this thriller. The novel ends with a cliffhanger that startles, if only because readers will have become so attached to Lily. 

— Kirkus Reviews

Praise for Meli Raine’s books:

“Fresh, riveting, and thrumming with emotion and romantic suspense, False Memory is absolutely unputdownable. You need this book!” - New York Times bestselling author Meghan March

“I accidentally lost a day to this trilogy! It is unputdownable. Apparently I'm on a dark-and-twisty binge, and this book is addictive.” - USA Today bestselling author Sarina Bowen (Harmless series) 

Ratings and reviews

Part 1 of a 3 part series, I got this from the Romance genre on Google, but it is more suspense/thriller. It was an okay story, definitely set up plenty of questions and not very many answers. It read like it could be part of another series/world with many references to characters/events that it didn't describe very well but seemed to assume the reader would be familiar with? Overall, not really what I expected from the romance genre and I wasn't really hooked enough to buy the rest of the trilogy, but it wasn't a bad story.

The premise behind this new, incredible series by Meli Raine is intensely unbelievable! The story is told from the point of view of our heroine, Lily, and she starts talking to the reader while she's still in a coma after someone tried to kill her! Since she technically can't "see" anything, she's trying to make some sense of what happened to her and why through listening to people as they come and go in her hospital room. When she finally does awaken, her main goal is to stay alive by convincing the everyone that she can't remember what happened, especially not identifying the person who tried to kill her. She's not sure who she can trust, including our Hero, Duff. Although this series is a standalone, one would get so much more out of the story by reading the Harmeless and Shameless trilogies first. Breathtaking start!

It's different and definitely a mystery to solve throughout, but I find that the story goes neither uphill or downhill? It's a flat line where the main character goes into circles questioning who did it, and the climax felt so rushed to me.

About the author

USA Today bestselling author Meli Raine writes romantic suspense with hot bikers, intense undercover DEA agents, bad boys turned good, and Special Ops heroes -- and the women who love them. Meli rode her first motorcycle when she was five years old, but she played in the ocean long before that. She lives in New England with her family. Visit her on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/meliraine Join her New Releases and Sales newsletter at: http://eepurl.com/beV0gf