The Five Year Lie by Sarina Bowen is an entertaining psychological suspense novel with dual time lines and multiple POVs. This is my first book by Sarina Bowen and I enjoyed the mix of romance and suspense. This book has dual time lines and is told in the past (5 years ago) and the present.

Ariel and Drew meet as coworkers and engage in a secret relationship since she is the daughter of one of the CEO's. One day Drew ghosts Ariel and then she reads his obituary shortly after. He is never far from her mind and when she gets a text from him 5 years later her mind spins and she goes down a rabbit hole trying to find out why he ghosted her. Along the way, secrets are revealed and you are left wondering who is responsible for the illegal and corrupt activity.

I felt the beginning was a little slow but the second half was more fast paced and kept me intrigued and engaged in the story. Overall I recommend this book if you like corporate corruption, romance mixed with suspense, technology, and illegal activity, I give this book 3.5 stars rounded up to 4. Thank you NetGalley and Harper Perennial and Paperbacks for an advanced digital copy of this book. I read it and gave an honest review.