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But when he tells her who called him, the stranger’s name, Alan Grayson, strikes fear in his otherwise fearless sister.

So at the beginning of the book, it is not Jamey but a mysterious stranger who calls Reece to a murder scene. She has used his abilities for cases before, but never for murder. Being a pacifist like all empaths, even thinking about murder is difficult for Reece, and his sister protects him from such crimes. Reece is an empath whose sister, Jamey, is a detective on the police force. Liar City begins in a world where empaths exist, but are feared, persecuted, and controlled. Don’t get me wrong – the DNA of a romance is there, but I was anticipating it in the first book. I waited and waited and then the last page of the novel hit me in the face like the back of a door. What expectations did I have? Romance, of course. Liar City is the first novel in her latest paranormal series and is set firmly in contemporary times. Do you ever read a book with a certain expectation based on the way it is marketed, only to be disappointed, and yet … still love the book anyway? That is what happened to me with Liar City by Allie Therin.