The Lies We Keep (ONGOING)
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Last published Tue, Jan 24, 2023
Writer Berdie Keatings had one goal in life, to write the great American novel. And ten years ago, she started writing about her life. But after her husband is murdered, she puts the pen and her scribblings away...for good.
But then she's reunited with a man from her past. And Berdie feels like she has only one choice. Write the ending to the book as the story of this part of her life seems to be coming to a close fast.
The more she completes her book, the more she unveils the lies she told ten years ago. Her past seems to be coming back to haunt her, her lies seem to be becoming unveiled, and when the truth finally comes out, it reveals a dark side that Berdie has tried to hide after all these years.
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