MWSA Review
Love and Lies: Call Me Eve has the right combination of romance, intrigue, and suspense to keep a reader hooked. It is a love story about two people meeting in an exotic location. Mark is interested in Eve, who leaves out important details about her life. This sets the plot in motion for a series of conflicts for the main characters both on the island and when they return to their normal lives in the United States.

The authors set scenes beautifully without over describing. The initial story setting put readers into the scenes and allowed them to escape to the tropical paradise where the two main characters lived at that moment. The characters had their own personalities from the beginning, but the authors left enough detail out to keep readers guessing about their true goals and motivations.

The writing was superb in several ways. The authors, Sandi Hoover and Jim Tritten, provided subtle clues to the bigger plot but let the reader discover it as the story evolved. For example, on page one: “Well, that's swift. Sun crashes into the ocean without a breath.” This short passage provides an important clue about Eve’s mindset at the time and foreshadows an important event. The authors also did an excellent job describing each of the characters in their inner and outer dialogue and their displays of emotional body language. Throughout the story, the authors showed how the lovers’ brief encounter helped them learn more about themselves and their true desires over the next year.

Hoover and Tritten wove a full and interesting love story into a mere fifty pages, not wasting a word. This novella is highly recommended for romance readers and for those who enjoy discovering the nuances of good writing.

Review by Valerie Ormond (February 2021) 

Author's Synopsis
“She sipped her well-chilled, dry martini, taking extra time before answering. What . . . how much do I tell him? Just want a distraction. Something to fill an evening.”

Eve was sipping a Fiji Moonrise, the house specialty at Fiji’s Natewu Bay Resort’s water’s edge bar, when an unfamiliar baritone asked, “May I buy you a refill? The evening is far too pleasant to spend alone.” Mark Adams proves to be an irresistible diversion during Eve’s trip home from a conference. But when playtime’s up and planes are departing, Eve doesn’t play fair.

Upon her return, Eve receives an unexpected life-changing event and regrets having lied. Mark is faced with a wounded heart and a nearly insurmountable challenge. Join an exciting adventure where true feelings are the catalyst to propel two star-crossed lovers to find each other … again.

ISBN/ASIN: B08SXZ6SFB

Book Format(s): Kindle

Review Genre: Fiction—Romance

Number of Pages: 50