UNTIL THE LIE LOVED ME
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Until The Lie, Loved Me
by Elle Targaryen
Celeste Monroe's picture-perfect marriage was a lie. Behind the doors of her luxurious home lived a man who controlled her, broke her, and left her mourning three lost pregnancies in silence.
Then he had an accident.
When he wakes from a coma, he's not the same. The cruelty is gone. In its place is tenderness, protectiveness-and a love she never thought she'd feel. For a while, Celeste lets herself believe in miracles.
Until she uncovers the truth: the man in her home isn't her husband. He's a spy sent to erase her.
Now, Celeste must play a dangerous game-caught between the man who stole her heart and the mission that could end her life.
"How do you escape the man sent to destroy you-when your heart is already his?"
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