A review by alisonalisonalison
Private Truths by C.B. Lewis

4.0

I really enjoyed this. It's an engaging contemporary romance about Edward, a very charming and debonair celebrity viscount (who's also quite amusing), and Jack, an earnest army vet with both physical and mental scars. Contemporary romance isn't my go-to genre, but I'll always try it from a favourite author and I was definitely not disappointed. Lewis writes the excellent Out of Time time travel series ([b:Time Waits|25422188|Time Waits (Out of Time, #1)|C.B. Lewis|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1429923261s/25422188.jpg|45180342] is the first book and it's awesome), so I was very keen to try this new book out. It's a lovely and full story, rich with detail and emotion. The two main characters are both really endearing and their romance is delightful and heartwarming. I also liked that both main characters are a little older--Edward is in his forties and I'm fairly sure Jack is as well. This story deals a lot with issues of privacy and paparazzi and class and PTSD and it's very engaging and very involving. There's also a lot of quiet humour and Edward, in particular, made me smile a lot. The writing is smooth and bright and easy-to-read. It's worth mentioning the cool secondary characters--they are all very well done. The ending is very quiet and low key, and some might want a bit *more*, but it's still a lovely and very satisfying HEA. This is a wonderful book and I look forward to reading whatever this author writes in the future.