A Perfect Lie

When an attempt to thwart an international criminal goes horribly wrong, Jace Mullein doesn't hesitate ... He abandons his mission to save an innocent woman's life... but in doing so Jace is forced to return to the home he left and the family he betrayed ... Cut off from her wealthy, high achieving family, Ashlyn and Jace battle a vicious enemy. Ashlyn learns to trust Jace and then, when it's too late to guard her heart, in one horrifying moment she discovers the truth about his past... She is now forced to question everything about him... does she mean anything to him at all, or is Jace using her only to exact revenge for past slights and injustices... "When her attempt to thwart a gang of international artefact thieves goes horribly wrong, curator of the Katherine Bay Art Gallery, Ashlyn Mullein barely escapes with her life...she never factored in being caught...Snatched from the clutches of a sadistic gangster, in a dark alley in the dead of night by Jace Mullein, Ashlyn decides he's the lesser of two evils...and flees with Jace, hiding out in the rugged ranges of the Coromandel...In a ruthless gangster's sights, cut off by her wealthy high achieving family, Ashlyn accepts Jace's offer...he'll be her bodyguard twenty-four-seven-if she marries him... a two edged sword as she's thrust into the midst of the baffling undercurrents within the dynamics of Jace's dysfunctional family...Ashlyn quickly learns to trust Jace to protect her from her demanding family and an ever increasing danger... Then, in one horrifying moment she learns about Jace's past... it's too late for her to retreat, but now she is forced to question everything about the man she has come to love. Does she mean anything to him at all? Or is Jace using her only to exact a twisted revenge for past slights?."-- Provided by publisher An attempt to thwart thieves goes horribly wrong and Ashlyn Pritchard is forced to flee. Cast off by her wealthy high-achieving family, and with an international criminal on her trail, she accepts Jace Mullein’s offer of protection, but it comes with strings. He'll be her bodyguard, twenty-four-seven—if she marries him.As the danger escalates, Ashlyn learns to trust Jace. Then she discovers the truth about his past. It's too late to retreat, but she needs to question everything about the man she has come to love. Does she mean anything to him at all, or is Jace using her only to exact revenge for past slights?