With Gavin Renfrew still missing, Callie’s left to run Frenchurch Falls spa alone. But Gavin’s dirty dealings won’t stay buried for long. Now, the sharks are circling, and Callie’s in over her head. If she doesn’t play her cards right, she won’t just lose the business—she’ll lose everything.
A woman scorned…
Dawn Frobisher isn’t just Callie’s best friend—she’s a TV journalist desperate for a comeback. When a golden opportunity lands in her lap, it’s too good to pass up. But there’s one it means stabbing Callie in the back.
Betrayal runs deep…
Dawn’s played dirty before, but this time, someone’s ready to expose her. And if her secrets come out, both women could lose far more than their reputations.
One bad deed deserves another… (Synopsis courtesy of Goodreads.)
As with many of Evie Hunter’s books, Dirty Games provided a twisty turny thrilling ride through the darkest pits of misdeeds, with Gavin Renfrew at the center of it. He’s been gone for months, leaving his wife Callie to handle the majority of his dealings. Only, he’s done all he can to ensure she knows nothing about his side ventures, which leaves her vulnerable. For so long she’s looked the other way when he’s continually done things to threaten their marriage and their safety, but Gavin is irresistible. It’s hard to say no to him.
Despite sticking with her man, Callie doesn’t trust Gavin. The only people she feels she can trust are her best friend, Dawn, and her coworker Darren. But when deep secrets are revealed by both, it makes Callie re-evaluate everything in her life. It’s enough to make her want to walk away and leave everything behind, despite how unsafe that could be and what that might mean for her future.
The way Dirty Games is written wove each character’s backgrounds and situations into a tight, delicate web of deceit and understanding. Callie and Dawn have more that ties them to one another than they’d ever anticipated, and Darren feels he has no choice but to side on the error of caution when it comes to Gavin. He forms a fierce protectiveness for his employer, keeping an eye out for Callie way beyond what is required. Throughout the dirty mess of broken relationships was what I would come to expect from a crime thriller; strongarming, ambushes, and manipulation. Lines are drawn and Callie has to make a choice when it comes to the side she wants to stand on when the s*** hits the proverbial fan, because it will be chaos at its utmost finest.
I appreciated Callie’s grit, Dawn’s investigative nature, and Darren’s need to do the right thing, even when doing the right thing is the hardest thing to do. It was a thrilling read and one that kept me heavily engaged, wanting to continually know what would happen next for the three unique and in some ways, misfitted protagonists within this story.
Thanks to Rachel's Random Resources for the book in exchange for an honest review.
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Evie Hunter is a British author, who's spent the last twenty years roaming the world and finding inspiration from the places she's visited. She has written a great many successful regency romances as Wendy Soliman but has since redirected her talents to produce dark gritty thrillers.
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