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Beautiful Lies
Author: Lisa Unger

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Publisher: Shaye Areheart Books
Book Type: Hardcover

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ISBN-13: 9780307336682 - ISBN-10: 0307336689
Publication Date: 4/18/2006
Pages: 384

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After an act of heroism garners instant fame for 30-something New York freelancer Ridley Jones, she receives a faded photo of a man, a familiar-looking woman and a little girl along with a note asking, "Are you my daughter?" Shaken, she confronts her parents, who affirm she is theirs by birth; that same day, however, hot new neighbor Jake enters her life, and he's less sure. With breathless speed, Unger is off on an action-packed journey of treachery and intrigueand sex and romance. Jake turns out to have just as much at stake in discovering Ridley's past as she, but in the way are Ridley's controlling parents; her drug-addicted brother, Ace; her intrusive former boyfriend, pediatrician Zack; and the people protecting the legacy of her Uncle Max, a real estate mogul who used his influence to fund rescue houses for abused women and children. Following leads garnered from scrutinizing the operations of places Max's foundation supports, Ridley and Jake uncover a chilling scheme for taking infants and toddlers from violent homes; their relationship heats up, and Ridley's family gets very edgy. The premisethat there is a dark side to the safe haven lawis deep as well as clever, and Unger plays it out thrillingly.

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Tish O. (tish) - NJ wrote on 9/16/2007...

2 member(s) found this review helpful.

i really enjoyed this first try by the author and will be reading the series. the main character is thrust into the public eye when she does a good deed that is widely publicized. she is then sent into a world not of her choosing. she is on the run from a killer and the law all the time wondering if her parents are her real parents. good read

Ruth B. (rib) wrote on 1/11/2007...

2 member(s) found this review helpful.

If Ridley Jones had slept ten minutes later or had taken the subway instead of waiting for a cab, she would still be living the beautiful lie she used to call her life. She would still be the privileged daughter of a doting father and a loving mother. Her life would still be perfect -- with only the tiny cracks of any angry junkie for a brother and a charming drunk with shady underworld connections for an uncle to mar the otherwise flawless whole.

But that's not what happened. Instead, those inconsequential decisions lead her to perform a good deed that puts her in the right place at the right time to unleash a chain of events that brings a mysterious package to her door -- a package which informs her that her entire world is a lie.

Suddenly forced to question everything she knows about herself and her family, Ridley wanders into dark territory she never knew existed, where everyone in her lfie seems like a stranger. She has no idea who's on her side and who has something to hide -- even, and may especially, her new lover, Jake, who appears to have secrets of his own.

Jane K. (JanieK) wrote on 5/1/2008...

1 member(s) found this review helpful.

Loved it! This book had me on the edge of my seat for days, I couldn't wait to get back to it. Let me see...it's not a lot of blood and gore mystery, it's not a scary bad guy that really creeps you out story or even that it's nicely romantic with them on the run. It's that the story is really well told. You open knowing that something horrible has shifted the sands of her life and then she backtracks you and it goes methodically along with small things happening here and there until all of a sudden, there is not one person she can trust and I really felt that. The story is not so hard to figure out, it's just that it's told well and you really don't want what she sees happening, to happen, I guess. It really was different...for me anyway. To me THAT is very scary...that your life can blow itself out of the water because of one or two steps that you make; you lose control. It reminded me of how I felt about 'Paranoia' by Joseph Finder, which I also really, really liked.

Angela K. (angk) wrote on 9/10/2007...

1 member(s) found this review helpful.

Excellent read couldn't put it down. Had to start the second book Sliver of Truth right away

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Victoria (YSB) - IL wrote on 11/20/2009...

Initially, it was pretty good - definitely a different style and voice for the narrator of a thriller, but it became a rather tired tale very quickly. The plot was predictable with a solution lacking a basis in solid facts. Overall, it read more like a romance novel than a thriller. It was hokey, unimpressive and used unoriginal characters and relationships. All in all, I was rather disappointed. The most interesting thing was that the adoption motif of _Brothers & Sisters_ carried through to this book.

Allison G. wrote on 11/11/2009...

It took me about 100 pages to get into it, but once I was it hooked me.

Patricia N. (pehtdn) wrote on 11/2/2009...

Very good and involved
You need to read this one before Sliver of Truth
Both are excellent

Marcia K. (marwan) wrote on 2/17/2009...

Unger is a new author for me and I love this book. It was well done and kept me intersted until the very end. I was sad to find that she has not written very much thus far. Enjoy it.

Connie B. (angelwithoutwords) wrote on 2/15/2009...

This book was a really good book, Very suspencful and always keeps you on your toes.