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Sep 23rd Twisted Lies by C.B. Clark

Welcome C.B. Clark, a sister Wild Rose author and fellow pantster with her new release Twisted Lies. Pull up a chair, grab a drink of your choice from the cooler, a Chocolate Chip or Peanut Butter cookie from the plate, and let’s find out a little about C.B., and her Twisted Lies. Good to see you C.B.

Thank you for hosting me on Author’s Secrets, Tena! I’m thrilled to be here.

Anyone who tells you writing is easy is selling you a line of drivel. Writing is hard. Very hard. It’s especially challenging when you don’t plot out your story before you start. Yep, that’s right. I’m a pantster, one of those quirky writers who start with a first sentence and a germ of an idea and run from there. I enjoy not knowing what’s going to happen next and letting my characters lead me. Since I write romance, I know that no matter what trials and tribulations my main characters face, they’re going to have a happy ending.

In Twisted Lies, my heroine, Athena Reynolds, was the impetus for the story. Her battle with alcoholism is an important thread. She has a will of her own and provoked many unexpected twists and turns, some heart wrenching, others heart-warming. I rooted for her to find true love and happiness, and I hope you will too.

Tells us a little about Twisted Lies:

Athena Cooper’s tragic past drives her to seek solace in a bottle. The addiction threatens her legal career, and she risks spiraling out of control. When her dog engineers a meeting with an all-too-handsome hunk, it’s lust at first sight…until she discovers his identity.

Businessman Russell Crawford is desperate to find the woman who cheated him out of his inheritance. His shock when she turns out to be the gorgeous red head he had a brief encounter with is only surpassed when she claims his father was a murderer.

Athena and Russ declare a truce and join forces to investigate the mystery of her parents’ disappearance from an isolated island off the rugged Northwest Coast of British Columbia. Russ promises to be her safe harbor as they uncover long-buried secrets that rock her very foundation. Can she overcome a lifelong distrust and open her heart to love?

How about a peek between the pages of Twisted Lies?

How was it possible? After all these years? The past she’d been running from had found her. The nightmare was back. The envelope fell from her shaking hands. Her legs wobbled as she rose and stumbled out of the living room and down the short hall to the kitchen.

Afternoon sunlight streamed through the window above the sink. The cozy kitchen, with its walls painted a cheerful butter yellow, and the well-scrubbed laminate countertops, gleamed. The steady hum of the refrigerator and ticking of the antique clock on the wall were the only sounds in the silent house. The pungent smell of fried onions and roasted garlic from last night’s homemade spaghetti sauce hung in the air.

The efficient kitchen, with its breakfast nook and view of the tidy, fenced backyard and the rolling, grassy foothills and snow-crested Rocky Mountains beyond, was the reason she’d bought the small rancher. This was her favorite room—the place she sought refuge when life overwhelmed her. How many times had she sat there in the evenings after work, sipping a glass of chilled white wine, watching the birds at the feeder on the back porch, breathing in the sweet smells of flowering Saskatoon bushes, regrouping until she was ready to face the world?

These days, her drink of choice was a cup of herbal tea or unsweetened apple juice. Alcohol was off the table…had been for twenty-one unendurable days.

But today, all bets were off.

Buy Links:

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About the Author::

Twisted Lies is award-winning author, C.B. Clark’s seventh novel published by The Wild Rose Press. When she’s not busy traveling around the globe or hiking and camping in the wilderness near her home in northern British Columbia, she can be found in front of her laptop plotting the next story.

Social Media Links:

Facebook: cbclarkauthor@facebook.com

Twitter: https://twitter.com/cbclarkauthor

Blog: https://cbclarkauthor.wordpress.com

Goodreads Author Page: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/15029617.C_B_Clark

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cbclarkauthor/

Amazon Profile Page: https://www.amazon.com/C.-B.-Clark/e/B01BK61TQG/ref=sr_tc_2_0?qid=1517868402&sr=1-2-ent

Book Bub: https://www.bookbub.com/profile/c-b-clark

It’s been great having you with us today. Good luck with Twister Lies!