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House Without Lies (Lily's House Book 1) Kindle Edition

by Rachel Branton (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.5 out of 5 stars 5,275 ratings

Her Dream Didn’t Include Falling in Love

Lily dreams of a big house, a place of refuge for runaway girls. She knows what it’s like to grow up feeling unloved, and she now fills every space in her tiny apartment with endangered teens. They don’t have everything they need, but together they have enough.

Or so she thinks—until she meets Jameson and glimpses the mysterious something between them that just might mean real love. Jameson, who works as a teen counselor, believes the only way Lily can really help the girls is by certifying as a foster parent and going through the system. But becoming legitimate may mean losing some of the girls to the families who threw them away, and Lily hasn’t worked hard to save the teens only to abandon them now. It seems Jameson will be one more entry on the very long list of things Lily has given up for the girls. What other choice is there when she is all they have?

When two of the teens’ fathers come looking for them, and another one’s mother plans to put her daughter in danger, Lily’s life spins out of control. They need a new home—and fast. A safe place. A house without lies.

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House Without Lies is a clean, contemporary romance with a satisfying ending (no cliffhanger). Feel-good, romantic book that lifts while at the same time addressing serious issues and deeper family connections. You will love Lily and her girls! There are sequels that tell the stories of other characters connected with Lily’s House. As one reviewer says, these are "Ideal for fans of Robyn Carr, Mariah Stewart, Sherryl Woods and Susan Wiggs."

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"Readers seeking inspirational women's stories with a broader focus than relationship-building moments will find House Without Lies just the ticket. It's filled with many different characters and diverse circumstances, but the overall plot holds true to its intentions and presents a vivid story made all the more immediate by Rachel Branton's choice of using the first person to capture Lily's daily life and feelings. Lily's accustomed to fighting for others: can she fight for herself, as well? An engrossing read, it's also a pleasure to add a note that while House Without Lies is part of a series, it's actually a fine stand-alone story that neatly concludes its plot. Readers will want more, but won't be required to hang off a cliff waiting for resolution – and that's a huge bonus to the first book in this series." –D. Donovan, Senior Reviewer, Midwest Book Review

Lily's House series

House Without Lies
Tell Me No Lies
Your Eyes Don’t Lie
Hearts Never Lies
Broken Lies
No Secret or Lies
Cowboys Can't Lie

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  4. Publication date
    January 12, 2016
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"A vivid story made all the more immediate by Rachel Branton's choice of using the first person to capture Lily's daily life and feelings.Lily's accustomed to fighting for others: can she fight for herself, aswell? An engrossing read, it's also a pleasure to add a note that whileHouse Without Lies is part of a series, it's actually a fine stand-alone story that neatly concludes its plot. Readers will want more, but won't be required to hang off a cliff waiting for resolution - and that's a huge bonus to the first book in this series. -D. Donovan, Senior Reviewer, Midwest Book Review

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B01AKQK0IA
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ White Star Press; 1st edition (January 12, 2016)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ January 12, 2016
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 601 KB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
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  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 266 pages
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    International bestselling author Rachel Branton has worked in publishing for over twenty years. She loves writing women's fiction and traveling, and she hopes to write and travel a lot more. As a mother of seven, it's not easy to find time to write, but the semi-ordered chaos gives her a constant source of writing material. She warns her children that if they don't behave, they just might find themselves in her next book! She's been known to wear pajamas all day when working on a deadline, and is often distracted enough to burn dinner. (Okay, pretty much 90% of the time.) A sign on her office door reads: Danger. Enter at Your Own Risk. Writer at Work. Under the name Rachel Branton, she writes romance, romantic suspense, and women's fiction. Rachel also writes urban fantasy, paranormal romance, and science fiction under the name Teyla Branton. For a free ebook and to hear about new releases, please visit http://www.RachelBranton.com.

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    International bestselling author Teyla Branton grew up avidly reading science fiction and fantasy and watching Star Trek reruns with her large family. They lived on a little farm where she loved to visit the solitary cow and collect (and juggle) the eggs, usually making it back to the house with most of them intact. On that same farm she once owned thirty-three gerbils and eighteen cats, not a good mix, as it turns out. Teyla always had her nose in a book and daydreamed about someday creating her own worlds. She is now married, mostly grown up, and has seven kids, including a five-year-old, so life at her house can be very interesting (and loud), but writing keeps her sane. Grabbing any snatch of free time from her hectic life, she escapes to her office to write. She loves guns, martial arts, and belly dancing. Teyla writes urban fantasy, paranormal romance, and science fiction. She also writes romance and romantic suspense under the name Rachel Branton. For a free ebook and to hear about new releases, please visit http://www.TeylaBranton.com.

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Customers find this book to be a clean, inspiring story filled with love and a sweet romance with a happy ending. The writing is detailed and refreshing in its absence of coarse language, while the characters are compelling, with one review noting how they overcome their fears. Customers appreciate the book's heartwarming approach to caring for and helping others, and one review highlights its insights into the child care system. Customers enjoy the humor, with one mentioning it combines love, humor, mystery, and drama.

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357 customers mention "Readability"357 positive0 negative

Customers find the book readable and enjoyable, describing it as a clean and inspiring tale.

"House Without Lies is a good read. It is well written and edited. The story is of a young woman who follows her dream of helping homeless girls...." Read more

"A pleasure to read about Lily and her girls as this young women collects stray girls she wants to help...." Read more

"I loved this story. This story was something very different from anything else I've read before. It was clean, well written and edited...." Read more

"For the most part, this is a pretty good book. The writing is straightforward and clean, and the editing is well done...." Read more

199 customers mention "Romance"196 positive3 negative

Customers enjoy the romance in this book, describing it as a sweet story with a happy ending and feel-good moments.

"...The situations work out well for the most part and the story ends on a happy note...." Read more

"...It was also very riveting, and filled with so much love and compassion for kids that needed a champion to fight for them, in a time when they..." Read more

"...The story is interesting and flows smoothly, and the characters are varied...." Read more

"...This is a clean romance." Read more

110 customers mention "Thought provoking"90 positive20 negative

Customers find the book thought-provoking, with one customer noting it addresses real-life situations and deals with deep issues.

"...The book is well written and the characters were realistic and believable. I enjoyed reading it and would like to read other books in the series." Read more

"...Believable characters with distinct personalities. Thought-provoking dialogue. No desire to re-read this story...." Read more

"...While this definitely has some discussions about abuse and several of the characters come from hard backgrounds, this doesn't have the depth I was..." Read more

"...House Without Lies (Lily's House Book 1) is an uplifting and clean tale, with a good portion of drama, romance and warmth...." Read more

86 customers mention "Character development"79 positive7 negative

Customers appreciate the compelling characters in the book, with one customer noting how they unfold throughout the story and another mentioning how they overcome their fears.

"...The book is well written and the characters were realistic and believable. I enjoyed reading it and would like to read other books in the series." Read more

"...Jameson is a fun hero and his father was one of my favorite secondary characters...." Read more

"...Flexible procedures, actions and reactions. Believable characters with distinct personalities. Thought-provoking dialogue...." Read more

"...I do love the hero and heroine, but the romance wasn't the focus of the story. But the drama side of it wasn't super dramatic, either...." Read more

79 customers mention "Writing quality"73 positive6 negative

Customers praise the writing quality of the book, noting it is well detailed and easy to read, with one customer highlighting its refreshing absence of coarse language.

"House Without Lies is a good read. It is well written and edited. The story is of a young woman who follows her dream of helping homeless girls...." Read more

"...The plot could be very dark at times. The book is well written and the characters were realistic and believable...." Read more

"...It was clean, well written and edited...." Read more

"For the most part, this is a pretty good book. The writing is straightforward and clean, and the editing is well done...." Read more

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Customers find the book heartwarming and inspirational, appreciating its focus on caring for and helping others.

"...Jameson also has a big heart and enjoys helping teens. He is kind and has a way with everyone...." Read more

"...has tackled a sad subject - that of homeless and abused girls - with grace and warmth...." Read more

"...I applaud her courage and selflessness...." Read more

"This story has lots of ups and downs. Great morals & endings. Would recommend to a lot of people who would enjoy it." Read more

30 customers mention "Support"30 positive0 negative

Customers appreciate the book's portrayal of foster parenting and supportive family dynamics, with one customer noting the heart-rending stories of children's lives and another highlighting the insights into the child care system.

"...Jameson also has a big heart and enjoys helping teens. He is kind and has a way with everyone...." Read more

"...to the girls who live with her, her romantic interest and her family are interesting...." Read more

"I cried so much during this book. Lily is a woman after my own heart. So young yet so wise beyond her years...." Read more

"...basic desire--often unfulfilled--in most people for a loving, supportive family...." Read more

28 customers mention "Humor"28 positive0 negative

Customers enjoy the book's humor, finding it funny and entertaining, with one customer noting how it combines love, mystery, and drama, while another mentions experiencing both laughter and tears throughout the story.

"...It was entertaining, just a little too fluffy for the subject matter." Read more

"...HOUSE WITHOUT LIES is a sweet romance that's both entertaining and inspirational. *..." Read more

"...Truthful and honest, written to inspire and entertain! 4 1/2 stars." Read more

"A real life story depicted with fluid scenes mixed with love humor mystery and drama. I savoured it trying not to finish the book too fast...." Read more

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  • Reader 781
    5.0 out of 5 stars This Book is an Inspiration
    Reviewed in the United States on May 21, 2018
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    House Without Lies is a good read. It is well written and edited. The story is of a young woman who follows her dream of helping homeless girls. Lily, who had grown up in an affluent home, is looking for love and giving the love that she feels she never had growing up. She has been accomplished enough to go to school on academic scholarships instead of using her family's money. Finding homeless girls is her passion and she meets a like minded handsome young man who helps her fulfill her wish of becoming approved for foster care. Many rules of the foster system are bent in this book to make it work out for each of the girls. Parents are portrayed as either abusive or weak, or in the case of Lily's parents, distant and unaware of the true nature of Lily's personality, passions or needs. Lily considers herself saved by her older sister who stays mostly in the background and helps when needed. Lily also has a friend who has rescued a baby brother from her drug addicted stepmother. As a retired social worker, the back story of each girl is believable to me. The situations work out well for the most part and the story ends on a happy note. It is a story of good triumphing over bad, which is most every social worker's dream and hope. Things almost never work out this well or smoothly in the real world but it's a wonderful escape.
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  • BJP shopper
    4.0 out of 5 stars Heartfelt
    Reviewed in the United States on July 29, 2024
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    A pleasure to read about Lily and her girls as this young women collects stray girls she wants to help. Her desire to make the world a better place is heartfelt. How wonderful it would be it more of us had a desire to help those in need. Very hard to read about the abuse the runway girls experienced but it
    will remind us their are many in need of help.
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  • J Y.
    5.0 out of 5 stars An inspiring, clean story of love and hope!
    Reviewed in the United States on April 24, 2019
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    Lily has a dream of a future with a house filled with love and family, unlike the mansion she grew up in with her sister, Tessa. She has devoted her life to helping homeless girls even if it means putting her education on hold or living hand-to-mouth. She has no time for relationships until she meets the cousin of a young grocery clerk who has been helping with expired groceries. Mario Jamison Perez is unlike any man she has met before. Like Lily, Jamison wants to help and volunteers at a non-profit for troubled children. Unlike her, he comes from a large, loving middle-class family.

    The storyline weaves a story about the lives of neglected and abused children and the dangers they face. The chemistry between Lily and Jamison is undeniable but Lily’s commitment to her girls is more important than romance. The plot could be very dark at times. The book is well written and the characters were realistic and believable. I enjoyed reading it and would like to read other books in the series.
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  • CINDY F.
    5.0 out of 5 stars Every child needs love and compassion.
    Reviewed in the United States on December 6, 2018
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    I loved this story. This story was something very different from anything else I've read before. It was clean, well written and edited.

    It was also very riveting, and filled with so much love and compassion for kids that needed a champion to fight for them, in a time when they needed it the most. Lily was that champion for all of them, and more. She protected them, fought to keep them safe from harm. She fed them, clothed them, put a roof over their heads, and went to the mat fighting to keep their abusers from ever getting their hands on them again. But most of all; she loved them all. And she did it all by sacrificing her own wants and needs. Mario was another definition of a Hero, at least in my book.....and Lily's, too, for that matter. He stood by her side through both the good times, and the bad.

    This may have been my first book by this author, but it won't be my ladst!
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  • Olesilverfox
    5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful clean read.
    Reviewed in the United States on November 19, 2024
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    Lily loved helping young abused runaway girls. Her lifestyle did not fit her wealthy parents plans so they were in conflict. Her only help and hope came from friends and her sister until she met counselor Jamison at Teen Remake. They became a team protecting these poor girls from the system that often favored the abusive parent(s). Full of love and friendship that was plagued with fear and threats, they became a close knit mixed group that fought for each other against all odds.
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  • L. Braun
    3.0 out of 5 stars Good but I didn't like the protagonist
    Reviewed in the United States on September 27, 2019
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    For the most part, this is a pretty good book. The writing is straightforward and clean, and the editing is well done. The story is interesting and flows smoothly, and the characters are varied. It has enough that I should’ve liked it; but I couldn’t because I am so tired of the overbearing parent cliche.

    I’ve seen it so many times before, sometimes humorously, and its purpose is to make the parent into the antagonist. The us verses them. The parent verses the child. And in this case, the capitalist verses the humanitarian. Of course, the readers must side with the humanitarian daughter who only wants to live her own life. Surely they recognize that all the rich parents care about is money, so they must be in the wrong. Right?

    Ah well. It would have been nice to see the daughter grow up and see her parents as human beings. You have to remember that in first person POV, everything is filtered through the narrator. Everything the parents say, everything they do, is filtered through Lily. We're fed a continuous stream of her perceptions; and right up to the end, she still interprets her parents' words and actions through the eyes of a teenager. She’s in the right, they’re in the wrong, and she really hopes that one day they’ll admit it.

    I can see why some might like this story, but I’m giving it three stars for its tired cliches and lack of growth in the protagonist.
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    5.0 out of 5 stars Lilly's house
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 24, 2019
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    Lilly had help somewhere runaway girls by taking the in of the streets. Each had their own horrible past. Lilly met Jameson a cousin of her and girls who help out with groceries. Soon Jameson and lily became more than friends he helped her out with the girls even getting them help and Lilly a job. The author has everything in this story line upset anger romance disappointment and frustration when things go wrong and one of the runaways is given back to her abusive father. Jameson and Lilly fight to get her back, they decide to visit but her father attacks them and finds that Elsie has run away again. Upset and angry they leave to look for her . They find her hiding in the park she has been attacked by her father and is covered in bruises. Jameson contacts his colleague and she inturn brings the police in the meantime Elsie mother come to give much needed evidence against Elise's father. She is really united with the other girls. Jameson asks Lilly to marry him and they buy a run down house to fit the ever growing foster kids. In some places in this book I ended upset for the girls especially when Elsie was taken back by her father. This book keeps you reading highly recommended people to read this book.
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  • kara
    2.0 out of 5 stars Book of survival not really romantic.
    Reviewed in India on January 28, 2019
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    I find this book is more about survival of vague lily (main female character) than a romantic story. While reading i was more afraid about what they will eat next day than being excited about the next romantic scene. This book is more about managing ur budgets in tight financial situation than reading romantic fantasy or lovers relationship.
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  • Squady Petez
    5.0 out of 5 stars very good read!
    Reviewed in Canada on March 7, 2024
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    This is such a great book! Very nice story line. Can’t wait to see what’s coming up in the future books in series 😀
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  • Hoener, Birgit
    3.0 out of 5 stars perhaps a bit overly dramatic?
    Reviewed in Germany on April 29, 2019
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    I do not know enough about Child Protection Services in the U.S.A. to say if the occurrences in this book were realistic or not, but they did seem a bit unrealistic and made-to-fit to me. The same feeling applies to the main protagonists, Jameson and Lily, who seemed younger in their behaviour and actions/reactions than they actually were.
    The plot was a good one, though, although again a bit much on the unreal side - Lilly single-handedly initially saving all those young kids, later with the help of Jameson; Bea seeming to bend all rules to make this possible, and give Lilly the legality she needs, and other incidents.
    The love story between Lilly and Jameson - again, very fast, all doubts and problems solved nearly instantaneously, like a miracle, or a fairytale.
    And still - something in this book drew me in and kept me reading, I just wanted to know how she solved all the problems with the kids.
    On the whole, although highly unrealistic in my opinion, a likeable and well written story. And yes, I would like to get my hand on more in this series.
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  • Marion Howard
    5.0 out of 5 stars An amazing lady
    Reviewed in Australia on January 9, 2019
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    A young lady from a wealthy family without love from her parents and her ability to foster girls .Her love for the girls is amazing and she struggles to feed them and keep them safe.Her parents are wealthy but doesn’t like what she’s doing.A lovely story hard to put down
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