These Lies

A jilted woman plots revenge. She moves next door to her ex-husband and his new wife, intent on wrecking their lives. An unscrupulous neighbor pretends to have cancer to get back at her ex-husband for leaving her, and she spins lies during an ill-fated birthday dinner. Jacklyn Stone suspects something is wrong two doors down, but the truth is far worse than she imagined. She is pulled into her neighbors' drama and dives in to help a friend discover the facts. Jacklyn s plans to build beautiful homes with views are thwarted when she runs into new roadblocks. She must decide whether to risk everything and build houses on a hillside, or if a different dream is calling for her future. She s torn between pursuing her deceased husband s dream, or creating a project of her own with tiny homes and a fenced dog park. Meanwhile, Jacklyn s friend Irena struggles to raise her traumatized teenage daughter, who wants to attend a one-room schoolhouse on another island, but Irena doesn t want her to go. Is Jacklyn's neighbor pretending to have cancer to take her ex-husband's money? Or is she truly ill?Dive into a tangled tale of treachery and read These Lies!* These Lies can be read as a standalone.