Download or read book Thin White Lies written by K. L. Kreig and published by . This book was released on 2023-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are all lies equal in measure?It's been six years since the woman I loved was mine. What Maverick and I had was brief. A gasp. A shooting star, so real, so vivid. Just out of reach.But lies meant to protect my family, her, forced her into my brother's arms instead of mine. And I'm left to pick up the destroyed pieces of my soul all alone.I don't want to love again. I can't. The part of me that was capable is too thickly scarred. My brother's wife is still the shadow behind the blink. The scorch in my lungs with every breath. But then she walks into my life, and I'm thrown.Isla McClain is innocuous. Intense. Unexpected. Random and variable. She drowns out the rumble of past failures like blessed white noise. And she is the only woman who can totally eclipse the one before her.Until I discover the true weight of a lie.
Download or read book White Lies written by Anna Salter and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2001-02-21 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Forensic psychologist Michael Stone injected a fierce intensity into Anna Salter's riveting novels Shiny Water and Fault Lines. Now, embroiled in an explosive sexual-harassment case, this unforgettable heroine is thrust into the murky waters of long-buried memories, where shocking accusations can have deadly consequences. When noted anesthesiologist Reginald Larsen consults Michael Stone for therapy, Michael soon learns that Larsen, suspended from his hospital, is being investigated for claims of sexual impropriety. Although Larsen is confident and eager to fight the charges, Michael senses that disturbing truths are hidden beneath his calm exterior. But just as the Larsen case heats up, Michael is consulted by a colleague whose client is a victim of past sexual abuse. When the client confronts her father with her shattering recollections, it is a choice with violent and lethal results. Now, with a deadly predator ensnaring her in a frightening pursuit, Michael remains determined to protect those most vulnerable -- even as her walls of defense collapse around her.
Download or read book Little White Lies written by Jennifer Lynn Barnes and published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2018-11-04 with total page 588 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scandal, scheming, and secrets abound in #1 bestselling author Jennifer Lynn Barnes’s Little White Lies, packed with “page-turning tension, witty humor” (Jennifer L. Armentrout), and “characters as devious as they are southern-belle glamorous (E. Lockhart). "I'm not saying this is Sawyer's fault," the prim and proper one said delicately. "But." Eighteen-year-old auto mechanic Sawyer Taft did not expect her estranged grandmother to show up at her apartment door and offer her a six-figure contract to participate in debutante season. And she definitely never imagined she would accept. But when she realizes that immersing herself in her grandmother's "society" might mean discovering the answer to the biggest mystery of her life—her father's identity—she signs on the dotted line and braces herself for a year of makeovers, big dresses, bigger egos, and a whole lot of bless your heart. The one thing she doesn't expect to find is friendship, but as she's drawn into a group of debutantes with scandalous, dangerous secrets of their own, Sawyer quickly discovers that her family is not the only mainstay of high society with skeletons in their closet. There are people in her grandmother's glittering world who are not what they appear, and no one wants Sawyer poking her nose into the past. As she navigates the twisted relationships between her new friends and their powerful parents, Sawyer's search for the truth about her own origins is just the beginning.
Download or read book White Lies written by Julie Salamon and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2014-08-19 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: White Lies is the eloquent story of one woman’s narrow escape from the confusion of her time. With insight and humor, White Lies follows Jamaica’s struggle for survival and integrity in an age of anxiety as she tries to reconcile herself to the overwhelming inauthenticity she feels in the face of her mother and father’s lives. Dr. and Mrs. Just came to America from the death camps of Europe and secluded themselves in the Bible Belt, determined to shield their daughters from the horror they had survived. They wanted to live and to forget—but that wasn’t always possible. Sometimes the fierceness and the pain were revealed but never explained. Only with the unintentional assistance of an intimate stranger does Jamaica begin to grasp how her parents were able to make peace with their past.
Download or read book Little White Lies written by Nital Sheridan and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2006-09 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thirty-something India native Mina Kumar returns to her former home of Madison, Ohio, to face her tragic past and move forward with her life. Everything is going well for Mina-she has a new job, a new home, and a new love. After securing a position as a secretary at a law firm, Mina is set up by her boss on a blind date with attorney Rob James. The relationship progresses quickly, and the two are soon engaged. But Mina hears things from Rob's friends and family that cause her to doubt him. She must learn the truth about Rob before she repeats the mistakes from her past and becomes a victim of abuse again. Told through a combination of telephone conversations, e-mail messages, and diary entries, this fascinating story of lies, deception, and cruelty takes you through one woman's journey to redemption.
Download or read book Thin White Female in No Acute Distress written by Nancy Anne Nicholson and published by Nancy Anne Nicholson. This book was released on 2006-11 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the medical reports she transcribes for a living, Nancy Anne Nash would be identified as a athin white female in no acute distress.a In reality, she is in moderate distress and leading a troubled life, loving unsuitable men for all the wrong reasons. At work for Seattle-based Professional Dictation, she shines and is a leader in her field, while back home her life is complicated by boyfriend Tim, an alcoholic, twice-divorced father of two whom Nancy becomes determined to afix.a Along the way she enlists the aid of Timas daughter, Angela. Unfortunately, the emotional scars left from a childhood of chaos and instability prove too powerful to fix, and Nancy slowly self-destructs in a vortex of poor choices, good drugs, and very bad people, among them a self-absorbed female boss who destroys the one place where Nancy finds strength. Despite the odds, will she triumph and learns along the way that love isnat love if it hurts?
Download or read book The Truth About White Lies written by Olivia A Cole and published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2022-03-08 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For fans of I'm Not Dying with You Tonight, this gripping YA novel digs into the historical and present-day effects of white supremacy and the depths of privilege. Shania never thinks much about being white. But after her beloved grandmother passes, she moves to the gentrifying town of Blue Rock and is thrust into Bard, the city's wealthiest private school. At Bard, race is both invisible and hypervisible, and Shania's new friends are split on what they see. There's Catherine, the school's queen bee, who unexpectedly takes Shania under her wing. Then there's Prescott, the golden boy who seems perfect...except for the disturbing rumors about an altercation he had with a Black student who left the school. But Prescott isn't the only one with secrets. As Shania grieves for the grandmother she idolized, she realizes her family roots stretch far back into Blue Rock's history. When the truth comes to light, Shania will have to make a choice and face the violence of her silence.
Download or read book The Improvement Era written by and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 688 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Little White Lies written by Gemma Townley and published by Random House Digital, Inc.. This book was released on 2006 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the author of the topseller "When in Rome . . ." comes a new novel about finding true love after opening someone else's mail.
Download or read book White Lies written by Linda Howard and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2016-03-01 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Available digitally for the first time ever, White Lies is a classic novel of romantic suspense from New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Linda Howard. Jay Granger is shocked when the FBI shows up on her doorstep, saying her ex-husband has been in a terrible accident. She keeps a bedside vigil, but when Steve Crossfield awakes from his coma, he is nothing like the man Jay married. Ironically, she finds herself more drawn to him than ever. She can't help but wonder who this man really is, and whether the revelation of his true identity will shatter their newly discovered passion. An Avon Romance Featuring an excerpt from TROUBLEMAKER, Linda Howard’s new hardcover novel!
Download or read book Nothing But the Truth and a few white lies written by Justina Chen and published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2012-10-02 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Half Asian and half white, Patty Ho has never felt completely home in her skin. When a Chinese fortuneteller foresees a white guy on Patty's horizon, things go from bad to worse in this novel by acclaimed author Justina Chen.
Download or read book White Lies written by Jessie Daniels and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-01-08 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: White supremacist groups have traditionally been viewed as "fringe" groups to be ignored, dismissed, or at most, observed warily. White Lies investigates the white supremacist imagination, and argues instead that the ideology of these groups is much closer to core American values than most of us would like to believe. The book explores white supremacist ideology through an analysis of over 300 publications from a variety of white supremacist organizations. It examines the discourse of these publications and the ways in which "whites," "blacks," and "Jews" are constructed within that discourse.
Download or read book White Lies and Tiaras written by Marilyn Kaye and published by Hodder Children's Books. This book was released on 2012-09-06 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alice Henshaw thought she'd got over her first love, Jack. Even an invitation to his wedding doesn't get to her - well maybe just a little. But Alice has a new boyfriend now, and she's going to put the past behind her . . . Arriving for the weekend at the stunning Chateau near Paris where the wedding will be held, Alice and her best friend Lara, their boyfriends in tow, are all set for a romantic few days in the city of lovers. But weddings have a way of shining a light on relationship issues, and it isn't long before Alice is questioning her feelings for her boyfriend Cal, along with those for the bridegroom Jack . . . not to mention her growing unease with Jack's fiancee Nathalie.
Download or read book Dark Secrets White Lies written by Ellen Williamson and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2011-02-10 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We often live in an agony from which we wish to be free, and then, when the situation changes it is not as wonderful as we expected. The grass is not always greener on the other side of the fence but we go to great effort to climb that fence, only to realize our predicament is worse than before. We go through the steps we took and then moan if only I had done it differently. Darlene Hawkins finds herself in an abusive relationship and for the sake of her and her children, she seeks for a way to get out. She is not prepared for the unfortunate events that happen as she makes her escape, nor for the heartache that follows. Her heart longs for the child she left behind and then an unexpected tragedy prevents their long anticipated reunion. This book is set in the nineteen forties when the world was engaged in the conflict of World War II, the introduction of the Atomic Bomb and the struggle to overcome the devastation of the Great Depression. The hills of Tennessee in the area that was to become Oakridge, Tennessee, Kilgore, Texas and Abilene, Texas are the geographical settings of the story. Darlene Hawkins struggles to provide for her family in a community steeped with traditions and the dominance of the man over his wife. The opening of the mysterious manufacturing plant in the hills of Tennessee and the introduction of women to the working world give Darlene a means of escape.
Download or read book Little White Lies Deep Dark Secrets written by Susan Shapiro Barash and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2009-01-06 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the bestselling author of Tripping the Prom Queen comes a fascinating and provocative look at the reasons behind female deception. Little White Lies, Deep Dark Secrets reveals how society doles out mixed messages to women, fostering the lies they tell. Among the liars are: •A woman who shoplifts, and has it "down to a science" •A woman who tells her husband she is working late in order to be with her lover •A woman who lies about her children's achievements to her friends •A woman who pretends her husband is doing well when they are going broke •A woman who has covered up her husband's emotional abuse for years •A woman whose secret is her misery in being a stay-at-home mom in suburbia •A woman who lies about loving her partner, deciding it's better to stay than be alone •And many other secrets and deceptions Honest and even outrageous, Susan Shapiro Barash is fast becoming the author who explores issues that are important to women—issues that they are loath to talk about . . . until now.
Download or read book White Lies written by Jayne Ann Krentz and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2008-02-05 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE PHENOMENAL NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Bestselling author Jayne Ann Krentz takes us beyond the everyday boundaries of the mind—and the heart—in the second Arcane Society novel. Level-ten parasensitive Clare Lancaster has resigned herself to the fact that she may never find a suitable mate. A human lie detector, any falsehood—no matter how subtle—sets her blood racing. And most people, to one degree or another, hide behind a façade. Including her business titan father’s new “consultant,” Jake Salter. His careful conversation walks a delicate line between truth and deception, revealing and resisting. But it is with his help that Clare begins to unravel a web of conspiracy and murder involving the powerful Arizona family that she just became a part of seven months ago. Caught in a dizzying storm of secrets, lies, and half-truths, Clare and Jake will plunge into an investigation that demands every bit of their special gifts, as something more than mere attraction sparks and sizzles between them…
