Title: Field Of Lilies
Series: Bouquet Of Lies Duet
Author: DV Fischer
Publisher: Love N Books Press
Release Date: 20th January 2026
BLURB
Some sins don’t stay buried.
I’ve always had a weakness for the wrong kind of man—red flags and all. But I never thought I’d actually kill someone. And I definitely never thought I’d end up being hunted.
Running a quiet B&B in Fairview was supposed to be my peace. My escape. But that illusion shattered the night everything went wrong.
Now someone’s hunting me.And I’m not sure if the man staying in my B&B is here to protect me… or ruin me.
Killian is rough. Closed off. Hiding something dark. He says he’s just passing through. But trouble follows him like a shadow—and I’m about to find out what it means to stand in the path of a storm.
REVIEW
I love the cover and how well it complements bk 1. I love the theme of flowers! It’s the chains on the cover that hint at sinister/scary elements.
The book begins with Tori driving her car in torrential rain, which makes visibility poor. When her mobile phone slips to the floor, she would normally leave it but the floor is wet and who knows she might need the phone to hand in this weather so she reaches for it, glancing away from the road. When she looks back up she see’s a black van and then suddenly a woman is running into the road directly in front of her. Tori is unable to stop her car in time and hits the woman. Tori immediately jumps out of the car and shouts for the black van driver for him to help, but the figure in the orange raincoat simply climbs back into the van and speeds off, leaving Tori alone, she rushes to the woman’s side, its then she notices that the woman is visibly quite far along in her pregnancy. Tori touches the woman to check for a pulse but sadly and devastatingly for Tori there is no pulse. Tori has hit and killed the woman. Tori calls the Police and its not long until the newly appointed Sheriff Pierce Hilton arrives, like a knight in shining armour. Tori has history with Pierce, she slept with him once, and now he wants more and she doesn’t so the way he tries to comfort Tori feels awkward. The only person Tori wants is her best friend Tegan, so Pierce calls her and its not long before Tegan and Cole turn up to offer sympathy, and emotional and practical help for Tori.
Killian Savage strolls into town, a mysterious loner who happens to walk into Derek’s store and ask about a play to stay. Derek directs Killian to Tori as she has a small studio type accommodation behind her home that she rents out. When Cole sees Killian, he recognises the attitude and dangerous air around him and isn’t afraid of expressing his immediate dislike for the man. Killian arranges to meet Tori and fills in the relevant forms to rent the property. Killian sees a tired, troubled woman in front of him and likes what he sees but he isn’t there in the Fairview area for romance he is there tracking the man who killed his wife and children and nothing is going to get in his way of vengeance.
Though tired and distracted because of the accident Tori can’t help but notice how “easy on the eye” Killian is, though she gets the feeling he is hiding a secret or two. Tori ponders that Killian may be the distraction she needs right now, because she only wants the one-night stand kind of relationship, she isn’t the marrying kind and she certainly doesn’t want children.
If Tori doesn’t have enough to deal with, she is dealing with the new Pastor, Kent Hilton who happens to be Sheriff Pierce Hilton’s Uncle. Where Pierce likes Tori and wants to be around her more his Uncle Kent despises what Tori stands for. Tori has a pagan shop which Pastor Kent accuses her of leading people astray and says her shop is the devil’s work. Pastor Kent also happens to be in the realtor business so in direct competition with Tori with that too.
Sheriff Pierce reveals to Tori that he cannot find out the identity of the woman she collided with. Rather sinisterly the woman’s finger prints have been burned off and her teeth removed. The only possible identifying mark on the woman is the lily on her wrist, which Tori finds rather ironic as the accident occurred at the side of the field of lilies that were planted in the memory of Neil Wordon. Tori describes the man in the orange raincoat and that he was the same build as Pastor Kent Hilton. Sheriff Pierce shrugs off the description of the build of the man in the orange raincoat, saying Tori is jumping to conclusions as she doesn’t get on with his Uncle and that Derek has a whole store full of orange raincoats he is selling to anyone he can.
I immediately fell for the quiet, moody, long haired, steamy hot Killian. I really like the character quotes/statements within the book such as “I'm not the marrying type. I'm not the happy-ever-after guy. Not anymore. ~ Killian Savage” Which kind of makes him a male version of Tori as she isn’t the marrying kind either”
It's not long before Tori and Killian are giving into temptations at every opportunity and Tori is breaking both her only once rule and her they don’t sleep in my bed rules! Killian slowly opens up to Tori about his past and why he is in Fairview, when he mentions the relevance of a Lily brand/tattoo Tori contacts Pierce. Tori doesn’t know if it’s the stress from the accident or if she really is being followed. Its not long before her stalker makes themselves known by living a Lily in her house. Killian immediately knows what this means his past and present are about to collide. He vows to protect Tori from the man he is hunting. However, despite all his efforts and those of her friends, efforts to keep her safe, Tori is kidnapped and is forcibly given her very own lily brand/tattoo. Can Killian, Cole and Pierce work together to find and free Tori, and what state will she be in by the time they find her. After a discussion with Cole, Killian realises he has feelings for Tori, he loves her and wants a future with her, but has he realised this too late?
The book is of a medium/fast pace, I soon became hooked and didn’t want to put it down. I easily grew to love the characters and I even enjoyed hating the bad guys! The book had a great twisted plot and I loved all the world building and back story of the Fairview area. There are some explicit scenes within the book, but if they aren’t your thing you can skim over them. They are within the context of the plot. I’ll admit they were a little too explicit for my usual taste but they didn’t spoil the overall enjoyment of the book.
My immediate thoughts were that Field Of Lilies is an action-packed story with mystery, suspense, danger lurking, steamy explicit scenes.
Summing up I love the characters in this duet/series and the darkness that seems attracted to, and enjoys lurking in the Fairview area. I loved the hint of humour within the explanation of why the field of lilies were planted, that Tegan thought Neil would have had enough of Roses. I adored and immediately fell in love with the tough, previously broken but ready to be fixed (though they may not know it until they meet the right woman) main male characters of this book duet. I fell in love with Cole first in Bed Of Roses, then Killian in Field Of Roses, I even grew to quite like Pierce in Field Of Lilies.
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