House of BS & Lies by Lani Lynn Vale (5 Star Book Review) Small Town, Bad Boy Ex Con

Title: House of BS & Lies

Series: Don’t Date Him #1

Author: Lani Lynn Vale

Genre: Romantic Suspense

Tropes: Bad Boy Ex Con/Small Town

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Release Date: January 13, 2026

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My 5 Star Book Review:

5 stars for Romeo (Meo) and Mable’s story! (Romeo is Dru’s brother from the last series.)

Lani Lynn Vale does it AGAIN. And again, and again, and again. Writing books I can’t get enough of.

Lani has written an amazing and relatable romance book that gave me all the feels and had me sitting on the edge of my seat.

This is a delicious slow burn that gave everything I wanted in a romance book while setting the scene and secondary characters for the books to come in this new series. I can’t WAIT for more books in this series.

Without giving too much away you get a FMC who is struggling through life with her extra crazy and mean family and an MMC who is hiding from his past but is intrigued by a certain someone. Add in plot TWISTS that keep you craving more, swoon worthy moments and hot chemistry and spice…perfection!

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BLURB
She was enraptured by the man they called Romeo the moment that he turned those butterscotch-colored eyes her way.

What wasn’t to love about a big, burly, plaid-wearing lumberjack?
He was tall, gorgeous, and knew how to wield a chainsaw better than Leatherface. He could fell a tree in seconds, had thighs that were as thick as said trees, filled out a pair of Wranglers better than any cowboy ever, and didn’t care that she could operate heavy machinery better than him.
He was everything a girl like Mable could ask for.
The caveat? He was a convicted felon that’d just escaped from prison, faked his death, and ran from his home in Texas to the mountains of Montana.
At first, Mable didn’t know what kind of man he’d been before coming to her small, mountain town. He led Mable into a false sense of security, made her fall madly, deeply, and irrevocably in love with him, and then shocked her by sharing his darkest secret.
Now, she’s left reeling, thinking life couldn’t get more complicated.
Until she finds out her stepmother knows Romeo’s secret and plans to exploit him. To make matters worse, Romeo goes on the run to protect Mable from himself, and she realizes that she has a dark side, too. One that’ll stop at nothing, not even murder, to make sure that he can live free.
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Releasing February 10

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AUTHOR BIO

Lani Lynn Vale is an American author of humorous romantic suspense novels. Born in the Great State of Texas, she has lived the majority of her adult life in East Texas where most of her novels are based. She’s married to her high school sweetheart whom her readers refer to as “LLV’s Bearded Half.” She published her first novel, Boomtown. in the summer of 2013 after the birth of her third child. She’s gone on to publish over 100 novels, with most of them going on to become USA Today Bestsellers.

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