Not a Single Lie
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(This is an original story that I wrote after getting a book idea while I was doing laundry lol. THIS ISNT A FAN FICTION.)
Not a Single Lie is a haunting psychological mystery that follows Nova Everhart, a once-quiet girl thrust into the center of public ridicule after her most vulnerable secret is exposed-by the person she trusted most.
What begins as betrayal spirals into isolation, obsession, and quiet rage. Set in the shadowed corners of a small-town high school, Nova's world fractures into silence and surveillance, therapy sessions and whispered rumors. But underneath her careful composure, she's keeping notes. Building a plan. And choosing her moment.
Told entirely from the point of view of the betrayed, Not a Single Lie is a sharp, unsettling descent into the mind of a girl who refuses to be forgotten-and who's willing to go further than anyone ever expected.
In a place where truth is just another version of a story, Nova knows one thing for sure: not every villain is born. Some are made.
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