How Could That Be a Lie‪?‬

Clara Presley has ascended to the rank of captain within the County Mayo Clan, but her throne is made of thorns. Her marriage to the brilliant, obsessive John Carrington has been exposed as a beautiful lie, leaving her to question her independence and the future of a union she thought would last forever.

Then, a mystifying entity—a mirror image of Carrington—manifests in the theater of Clara's mind, blurring the line between an apparition and a psychological collapse. Before Clara can decipher the truth, Carrington is abducted, forcing her to mobilize a desperate army of allies.

Once she and Carrington are reconciled, Clara's brush with the supernatural triggers a chain of events that defy logic. Are she and Carrington merely flesh and blood, or are they the ancient echoes of Hades and Persephone, cursed to relive their tragic myth across a thousand lifetimes?

While Clara grapples with her mind and future, Mark Kennedy—her former lover and loyal confidant—is taken by the same shadowy forces who kidnapped Carrington. As Clara fights to rescue Mark, she confronts a doomsday of repressed emotion and must decide whether she is destined to choose Carrington as her soulmate or simply condemned to him.

Author's note to readers:

HOW COULD THAT BE A LIE? is the fifth installment of a seven-book saga—a modern-day gothic psychological reimagining of the Hades and Persephone myth. This book features an obsessive British tycoon, an unreliable narrator struggling with Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD), and a forced marriage that spirals into a high-stakes psychological thriller. Told in first-person POV, the series explores the thin line between love and control. For fans of genre-blended romantic suspense, psychological realism, dark literary fiction, dark romance, and paranormal romance featuring a Victorian/Gothic antihero in a contemporary setting. Reader discretion is advised.