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Book Review of Beautiful Lies (Ridley Jones, Bk 1)

Beautiful Lies (Ridley Jones, Bk 1)
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Helpful Score: 1


A strange tale of a twisted organization, but all too believable. Scary! It also speaks to that tiny place in all of us that wonders why we don't seem to fit in perfectly with our families, why we always seem to be the odd man out...

From back cover: 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 an 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 life seems like a stranger. She has no idea who's on her side and who has something to hide--even, and maybe especially, her new lover, Jake, who appears to have secrets of his own.