First Lie Wins

Written by Ashley Elston

A woman with a secret identity must outsmart her past to secure her future.

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352 pages

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Evie Porter, a woman with a fabricated identity, is tasked with a new job by her enigmatic boss, Mr. Smith. Her target, Ryan Sumner, complicates things as she starts to dream of a different life. But Evie's past threatens to catch up, and one mistake could unravel everything. Can she stay ahead of her secrets and carve out a future, or will her real identity be her undoing? The stakes are high, and Evie must navigate a dangerous game of deception and desire.

From the publisher

REESE’S BOOK CLUB PICK #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “This fast-paced read has everything you could want in a thriller: secret identities, a mysterious boss and a cat &amp; mouse game that kept me guessing the whole way through.”–Reese Witherspoon Evie Porter has everything a nice, Southern girl could want: a perfect, doting boyfriend, a house with a white picket fence and a garden, a fancy group of friends. The only catch: Evie Porter doesn’t exist. The identity comes first: Evie Porter. Once she’s given a name and location by her mysterious boss Mr. Smith, she learns everything there is to know about the town and the people in it. Then the mark: Ryan Sumner. The last piece of the puzzle is the job. Evie isn’t privy to Mr. Smith’s real identity, but she knows this job will be different. Ryan has gotten under her skin, and she’s starting to envision a different sort of life for herself. But Evie can’t make any mistakes–especially after what happened last time. Because the one thing she’s worked her entire life to keep clean, the one identity she could always go back to–her real identity–just walked right into this town. Evie Porter must stay one step ahead of her past while making sure there’s still a future in front of her. The stakes couldn’t be higher–but then, Evie has always liked a challenge…

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