LOVE, LIES & OTHER COLORS

For six years, Elias "Eli" Navarro believed he had the kind of love people spent their whole lives searching for. Sebastian Laurel was charming, affe…ctionate, successful-and seemingly devoted to him. Then Eli fell down a flight of stairs. He survived with a bruised body, a wounded dignity, and one completely ridiculous side effect: He could see lies. Whenever someone speaks with powerful emotions or hidden intentions, colored smoke escapes from their mouth-smoke that only Eli can see. 🖤 Black for deception. ❤️ Crimson for desire. 🤍 White for sincerity and loyalty. 💛 Gold for genuine love. At first, Eli thinks he's hallucinating. Until Sebastian says he's working late... and black smoke pours from his lips. Suddenly, six years of trust begin to unravel. But the cruelest part? Whenever Sebastian whispers, "I love you," the smoke turns gold. His love is real. So are his lies. Determined to uncover the truth before confronting him, Eli secretly follows Sebastian and prepares himself for the possibility of another man. What he doesn't prepare for is meeting that man... and discovering that he has been betrayed too. Now two heartbroken men must decide whether to destroy each other-or join forces against the boyfriend who somehow managed to live two love stories at once. Between disastrous revenge plans, suspicious excuses, unexpected friendship, colored smoke, and one irritatingly sincere stranger who slowly enters Eli's broken world, Eli is about to learn something his supernatural gift can never tell him: Seeing the truth is easy. Learning to trust it again is another story. Love can be gold. Desire can burn crimson. Lies always leave smoke. And sometimes, the messiest heartbreaks create the most unexpected colors. Read more