The Brutal Truth

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Australian crime reporter Maddie Grey is out of her depth in New York, miserable, and secretly drawn to her powerful, twice married, media mogul boss, Elena Bartell, who eats failing newspapers for breakfast As work takes them to Australia, Maddie is goaded into a brief, seemingly harmless bet with her enigmatic boss where they have to tell the complete truth to each other It backfires catastrophically A lesbian romance about the lies we tell ourselves.108,000 wordsThemes Australia media mogul boss New York newspaper reporter New Read The Brutal Truth author Lee Winter For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr Ylva Publishing ARC received in exchanged for my unbiased review What makes this book such an enjoyable,informative and deceptively uncomfortable read at times are the author s frequent and powerfully credible assertions that in advocating for the true potential of professional women or how many working women retreat from being truly at the table in corporations that could not succeed without their largely unheralded abilities as seen in this storyline one of the leads owning and managing Ylva Publishing ARC received in exchanged for my unbiased review What makes this book such an enjoyable,informative and deceptively uncomfortable rea...This book made me feel good I still have a smile on my face as I type this review Every time I read a Lee Winter book, I say to myself this is a damn good book I just love the way Winter writes, it just clicks for me I m happy to say this book was right on par with all her others it was a great read Maddie Grey has moved to New York City, from down under, to fulfill her dream of being a reporter Things are not going well She is not fitting in, and works the graveyard shift for obits This book made me feel good I still have a smile on my face as I type this review Every time I read a Lee Winter book, I say to myself this is a damn good book I just love the way Winter writes, it just clicks for me I m happy to say this book was right on par with all her others it was a great read Maddie Grey has moved to New York City, from down under, to fulfill her dream of being a reporter Things are not going well She is not fitting in, and works the graveyard shift for obits and crime When the small newspaper she works for is taken over by media mogul, and notorious shark, Elena Bartell, Maddie knows her days ...There s just something about Lee Winter s writing style that appeals to me Every time I read one of her novels, it ends up capturing my full attention, and for just a few hours I feel like I m a part of the story.I mean, this was a strai...This book is an unabashed homage to that most intriguing of character tropes the uber successful, all powerful, untouchable ice queen No doubt inspired by the two most famous ice queens in lesfic fandom Miranda and Regina And of course, where s the fun in thawing ice queens if the thawer isn t one of the lowliest and least powerful underlings around I ve noticed that the author loves to explore these kinds of relationship dynamics featuring such extreme power imbalances Newbie vs Pro The This book is an unabashed homage to that most intriguing of character tropes the uber successful, all powerful, untouchable ice queen No doubt inspired by the two most famous ice queens in lesfic fandom Miranda and Regina And of course, where s the fun in thawing ice queens if the thawer isn t one of the lowliest and least powerful underlings around I ve noticed that the author loves to explore these kinds of relationship dynamics featuring such extreme power imbalances Newbie vs Pro The Red Files , Prey vs Predator Requiem for Immortals and now PA vs CEO I ve also realized how much I love such stories no wonder all the books got 5 stars from me and never get tired of it I don t know.there s just something so incredibly compelling and satisfying about the whole idea of having an ordinary nobody finding the key to cat...The Brutal Truth 108,000 words is a rewrite of a DWP fanfic of the same name 54,505 words The fanfic version was great, but this published one is just brilliant.5 starsFeb 17, 2018Something about this didn t click for me Yes, it s competently written and there are good parts to it but the rhythm was all over the place There s a getting to know you phase, estrangement, a move across the world,estrangement, asevere estrangement, a platonic wooing, estrangement again, one sided romantic interest conveyed, another move across the world, then both romantically interested but separated, another move across the world, and finally a coming together with very little Something about this didn t click for me Yes, it s competently written and there are good parts to it but the rhythm was all over the place There s a getting to know you phase, estrangement, a move across the world,estrangement, asevere estrangement, a platonic wooing, estrangement again, one sided romantic interest conveyed, another move across the world, then both romantically interested but separated, another move across the world, and finally a coming together with very little time of the couple being in a relationship romantically The two leads were okay and, of the two, I preferred Maddie but I found the most interesting ch...This is my first book by Lee Winter I m a sucker for a May December romance so I knew this book would be right up my alley It s a well written slow burner but it s worth the wait This is one of those books that definitely leaves you feeling good and I m looking forward to readingfrom Lee Winter.What is it about an ice queen that makes a story so delectable I mean truly, I have a thing for this character trope Judge away, I do not care I am always intrigued by that main character with that frosty alpha bitch exterior When you think about it, or at least when I do, some of my most beloved characters and books in the lesbian romance genre have that ice queen that will thaw only for her one true love theme Why am I rambling on, because Lee Winter writes ice queens like nobody else What is it about an ice queen that makes a story so delectable I mean truly, I have a thing for this character trope Judge away, I do not care I am always intrigued by that main character with that frosty alpha bitch exterior When you think about it, or at least when I do, some of my most beloved characters and books in the lesbian romance genre have that ice queen that will thaw only for her one true love theme Why am I rambling on, because Lee Winter writes ice queens like nobody else Elena Bartell is a downright shark, this media mogul has a reputation taking no prisoners You are eit...5 Stars When I read the synopsis and the reviews, I thought this sounds familiar and definitely an uber Devil Wears Prada DWP fanfic When I bought it and put it in my Calibre Library I realized I actually read the fanfic about two years ago and it was written by RedCharcoal who I found out is Winter s pseudonym I sorta remember that it was OK and never reread it I decided to not look at the fanfic before reading the published novel After finishing the novel, I went back to re read the 5 Stars When I read the synopsis and the reviews, I thought this sounds familiar and definitely an uber Devil Wears Prada DWP fanfic When I bought it and put it in my Calibre Library I realized I actually read the fanfic about two years ago and it was written by RedCharcoal who I found out is Winter s pseudonym I sorta remember that it was OK and never reread it I decided to not look at the fanfic before reading the published novel After finishing the novel, I went back to re read the fanfic version Wow Now this is how you convert a fanfic into a published novel Winter took the fanfic as the backbone but really filled it in with character development In the DWP, the readers do not need an introduction to the main characters Miranda,...Fun interaction I was walking to a burrito place for lunch today while listening to this audiobook, and much to my delight the sex scene came on I slowed my steps, obviously super pleased Get to said burrito place and hit pause as I order my naked burrito tee hee, blush blush, wink wink when all of a sudden a delivery guy leans down over my feet and goes GIIIIRRRLL.YOUR SHOES Your shoes are AMAZING We call that HEAT YOU GOT THE HEAT GIRL Damn Then walks into the kitchen with Fun interaction I was walking to a burrito place for lunch today while listening to this audiobook, and much to my delight the sex scene came on I slowed my steps, obviously super pleased Ge...

The Brutal Truth
  • English
  • 08 September 2019
  • ebook
  • 339 pages
  • Lee Winter
  • The Brutal Truth