If Ridley Jones had slept 10 minutes later on or had taken the subway rather than waiting for a cab, she’d be living the beautiful lie she utilized to call her life. She would still be the privileged little girl of a doting dad and a caring mother. Her lifestyle would be perfect-with just the tiny splits of an upset junkie for a brother and a charming drunk with shady underworld connections for an uncle to mar the usually flawless whole.

But that’s not really what happened. Instead, about Beautiful Lies: A Novel those inconsequential decisions business lead her to execute a good deed that puts her in the right place at the proper time to unleash a string of events that brings a mystical package deal to her door-a package which informs her that her planet is a lay.

Suddenly pressured to question everything she is aware of herself and her family, Ridley wanders into dark place she never knew existed, where everyone in her lifestyle appears like a stranger. She’s no idea who’s on her behalf side and that has something to hide-even, and perhaps especially, her brand-new enthusiast, Jake, who seems to have secrets of his own.

Sexy and fast-paced, Gorgeous Lies is a genuine literary thriller with one of the freshest voices and heroines to reach in years. Lisa Unger takes us on a breathtaking ride where every choice Ridley makes produces a whirlwind of consequences that are difficult to imagine . .