Lies That Bind (Unabridged)
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4.3 • 3 Ratings
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- $12.99
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- $12.99
Publisher Description
A suspenseful story of three women who, in search of freedom from the lies that bind them, experience personal growth, discovery, and forgiveness.
Ten years ago, Stuart Carpenter was killed in a single-car accident after retrieving his daughter, Reese, from college. The first responders to the accident saw no evidence of her, and she’s been neither seen nor heard from since. A decade later, Reese’s mother, Eva, struggling to make it through her days, holds out hope her daughter is still alive.
Maggie, on the rebound after the breakup of a long-term relationship, rushes into marriage with a man she knows little about. On the surface Eric is a stable man and a good provider, but when his job takes them from Oregon to Virginia, his dark side begins to show. Eric is ready to start a family. Maggie is more interested in pursuing a career as an investigative journalist. Eric will do whatever it takes to get his way.
On a snowy Sunday in early March, Maggie befriends her across-the-street neighbor, Eva, who confides in Maggie about her missing daughter. The story intrigues Maggie, and she can’t stop thinking about Reese. When Eric’s controlling behavior turns abusive, Maggie uses the investigation of Reese’s disappearance as an opportunity to go undercover.
Maggie travels from Virginia to Ohio to Washington DC, unraveling the secrets of the dysfunctional family that drove a young woman to a desperate act of survival.
Customer Reviews
WHEN LIFE IS A LIE
Ashley Farley continues to exhibit her skills as one of the top women’s fiction authors in her latest release, LIES THAT BIND. This novel is perhaps her most emotionally intense and suspenseful one to date. I enjoyed this thought provoking book very much.The plot is extremely well thought out as it revolves around three separate women’s lives, how each woman interacts with the other as well as how all three interact together. While two of the women are close to the same age, they have led vastly different lives - except for one thing. Both have been betrayed in the worst manner possible by a man they thought was “the one”. The third woman is older, but definitely not wiser. Her actions have seriously impacted one of the other women. She truly “had it all” but didn’t know how to appreciate it or handle it and she lost it all. Dire circumstances bring strangers together. Desperate hearts want to help other desperate hearts. So many lessons to be learned from this novel. Don’t neglect what you have. Cultivate and nourish it with everything you have in you even if you don’t have a lot materially. Be kind to everyone and love your friends - even when the going gets tough. Pay it forward because you never know the difference it will make in someone’s life. Find your “family” even if it’s not your real family. Do your best NOT to take your real family for granted. Love them with all your might! Seize every moment of every day. Discover your gift and use it! Most of all remember - LOVE NEVER FAILS!
I was provided a complimentary copy of this novel. The opinions expressed here are completely my own and without influence.