Quotes About Lies And Deception Novels & Stories

Lanaya lost her parents in a horrific car accident when she was a baby, tennis stars sent her to live with them as a kind of repayment. It took fifteen years of cruelty and neglect before she was ultimately saved by a guy more dangerous than her foster parents on the night of her 18th birthday. His place in the Marchetti line of succession means he has little time for women, let alone women who faint when they see trouble. When he wants something, he does whatever it takes to get it, and if people have to die in the process, what? Why is his touch so kind when he's with a certain abused princess, a buddy of violence and death? In the wake of her rescue, Lanaya is eager to begin a new life, but owing to the Mafia is a significant undertaking. The Underboss seemed to be interested in her as well. Secrets, deception, and death taint their relationship. She may not be able to tolerate finding out the truth about her parents' accident or lack soon. Despite this, Salvetti and Lanaya's unusual sentiments blossom, and she's determined to battle for happiness by letting them grow. A difficult one, including a great deal of suffering, healing, and even some violence.

Mia James needs a lifeline—fast. Accused of stealing company funds, she’s on the brink of losing her job when billionaire Adrian Knight offers her an unexpected way out: a contract marriage. Marrying him will clear her reputation, and for Adrian, it means silencing rumors, handling the press on his terms and fulfilling his grandfather's last wishes. It’s strictly business... or so they both say. Their plan seems simple enough: smile for the cameras, keep the story airtight, and definitely don’t fall for each other. But when Mia’s furious ex crashes their first press conference, she's forced to get closer to Adrian than she'd ever imagined. Suddenly, staged kisses feel dangerously real, and “pretending” becomes harder with every look they share. Now, Mia’s balancing a fake marriage, a very real connection with Adrian, and the risk of her entire world unraveling. With secrets on both sides and her heart on the line, can she keep her cool—or will they both get swept up in the game they started? In this rollercoaster of passion, scandal, and deception, Mia and Adrian are about to learn that in love and life, nothing ever goes exactly as planned.

BLURB/DESCRIPTION I never meant to witness the murder. At seventeen, seeing my uncle kill my parents should have gotten me killed too. Instead, he framed me for their deaths and made me a prisoner in my own pack. Five years of beatings, starvation, and slavery taught me to keep my head down and my mouth shut. Then Alpha Ryker arrived—a man with ice-blue eyes and a reputation for crushing anyone who crosses him. He didn't come for me. He came for a treaty with my uncle. But something about my broken scent caught his attention, and he refused to leave without me. Now I'm in his territory, and he's claiming I'm his contracted mate. But my uncle's lies run deeper than anyone knows, and the truth about my parents' death could destroy everything. If I can survive long enough to uncover it.

VOWS WRITTEN IN SILENCE He never signed the divorce papers. She never stopped dreaming about the night he destroyed her. Raiyan Al Mansoor built an empire, raised their daughter alone, and practiced hating Zoya Al Fayez every morning for eight hundred days. Zoya became the most feared barrister in the country, raised their other daughter alone, and never told anyone his name still lived in her chest like something that refused to heal. They were separated by lies neither of them knew were lies. By forgeries. By silence. By seven words he said that he cannot take back. Now she is prosecuting his family. Now they are in the same city. The same courtroom. The same war. And everything they buried is about to surface. Including the children. Including the truth. Including the fact that you cannot hate someone this specifically unless you never stopped loving them.

She ran from an arranged marriage... and into the arms of a stranger. Now she's pregnant with his child and he's back to claim them both." When Mira Alvarez defies her powerful family's expectations, one reckless night changes her life forever. Pregnant and alone, she's ready to face the world as a single mother until Luca De Silva, the cold billionaire with secrets darker than his past, offers her a contract she can’t refuse. But can a relationship built on lies and protection turn into something real… or will the truth about Luca destroy everything?

Freya didn't expect to die one day at the hands of the people she cherished the most, but when she opened her eyes again - she's back in the past. Freya Ancajas did everything to find out the truth about the people that pushed her off to her death and while doing so, she found herself tangled by surprising events, unexpected truths and getting the interest of the three men whom she never met before. Will she succeed in her plan of finding the true agenda of her enemy - her sister - or will she get in trouble for believing the truth that lies in her past?

27-year-old Lilith Hill has never been with a man. When her friend pushes her to get into a secret relationship with the sexiest man alive, billionaire Kai Rivera, she jumps at the opportunity. But powerful men come from powerful families and she is just a little author who has no one backing her. What will she do when an unexpected pregnancy rocks the world. Will Kai forgive her for her deception? [Warning: Mature Content]

Sharon thought she could leave her past behind after a terrible heartbreak. She had a one-night stand with Davis, and decided to relocate. But when she returns home with her son, Davis is now the fiancé of her sister Isabella. The sisters' friendship breaks as secrets fall apart, betrayals surface, and manipulations are revealed. While both Sharon and Isabella must struggle with their decisions in this tale of love, family, and atonement, Davis must negotiate the complex web of deception to find the truth.

She came to kill him. He was supposed to be her enemy. But the bond they built on lies might be the only real thing either of them has ever had. Zara Merrick has one mission: seduce the Alpha who murdered her sister, earn his trust, and drive a silver blade through his heart. She endures an agonizing ritual that rewires her very biology — altering her scent, implanting false recognition signals, creating an artificial mate bond designed to make the most powerful Alpha in the region believe she is his fated one. She walks into his territory like a weapon wearing a woman's face, and it works perfectly. Ryker Bloodmoon falls for it completely. Or so she thinks. Because Ryker has secrets too — secrets about the night Mia Merrick died, about what her sister really was, and about the truth The Covenant has been hiding from Zara for five years. And when his Beta runs her blood and the lie unravels, Ryker doesn't kill her. He keeps her. Now Zara is a prisoner in the fortress she came to destroy, hunted by the organization that sent her, and haunted by the possibility that everything she believed about her sister — about werewolves, about the war she dedicated her life to — was a carefully constructed lie. Worse, the fake mate bond is dissolving. And what's replacing it feels terrifyingly real.

* Adrienne wakes in 1513 Scotland — trapped in the body of Janet Comyn, a woman whose life is controlled by her cruel father, Red Comyn. Forced to play a role she never asked for, Adrienne must navigate a deadly world of power, obedience, and deception, or risk losing everything. * Sidhawk “Hawk” Douglas, the legendary warrior of Dalkeith-Upon-the-Sea, is as commanding as he is feared. Fierce, honorable, and unmatched in skill, Hawk becomes Adrienne’s shield, her challenge, and the only man she can trust. Possessive, cunning, and loyal, he faces treachery, assassination attempts, and enemies from both human and supernatural worlds. Their mutual tension ignites into trust, desire, and passionate love — a bond tested by danger, deception, and the deadly secrets surrounding Adrienne’s identity. * Adam Black, handsome and confident, is no ordinary smithy. A fairy in human guise, he manipulates events at the command of the jealous fairy king Finnbheara, stirs conflict, and provokes Hawk’s jealousy. Adrienne uses him to taunt her husband — but her heart belongs only to the man she married by proxy. In a world of magic, intrigue, and deadly schemes, Adrienne must survive, protect her freedom, and navigate the irresistible pull of the legendary Hawk.