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Jessica Knoll meets Megan Miranda in this superbly captivating, psychologically warped thriller about what it’s like to be in love with a trained liar who manipulates people for a living.

It’s 2006 and Annabelle Astley is a rising star at a cable news network in New York City. She is ambitious and hungry for the next step in her career. She’s so close to the top she can taste it. The only thing missing is a great guy to share it all with.

But Annabelle’s job is too demanding - she doesn’t really want a boyfriend. Until she meets Ryan Wyatt.

Almost everything he tells you is a lie.

Ryan is different. It’s in the way he speaks, the way he carries himself, the way he holds himself apart, the way the air in the room changes when he walks in.

You cannot believe a word he says.

Ryan is an undercover operative in the CIA. But all Annabelle knows is that he’s a consultant, and that he makes her feel like no one else has before. Ryan has a possessive streak. He wants her all to himself. He pulls her in, and the walls quickly start to close around her.

As Ryan’s lies start to come to light, Annabelle is gripped with paranoia. She questions herself, Ryan’s intentions, and her friends’ motives. No one else can understand what she is going through. And do they truly want what’s best for her? She’s starting to lose her grip on the tightly wound, structured reality that will launch her to the career of her dreams.

Breathe.
Breathe.
Breathe.

She doesn’t know who to believe anymore. Everything inside her is screaming RUN, but is it too late?