The Lies Between Us
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Last published Thu, Aug 14, 2025
When twenty-seven-year-old Rowan Blake receives a cryptic email from someone claiming to know the truth about his sister's disappearance fifteen years ago, he returns to his hometown for the first time since she vanished. As he digs into old secrets, he discovers that everyone - his childhood friends, his parents, even the police - has been keeping pieces of the truth from him. But the biggest twist? Rowan's own memory might be the most dangerous lie of all.
Chapter 1 sneak peak:
The email arrived at 3:17 a.m., six words long, and ruined the version of my life I'd been pretending was true.
I know what happened to Iris.
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