Perfect Lies

by Liza Bennett

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  GONE TOO FAR…

  Meg had never intended to have things go this far. She’d just wanted to make sure Lucinda was treated fairly. The last thing she really wanted was to be saddled with the difficult teenager. To have her already pressure-filled life complicated even further by someone else’s problems and needs. She hadn’t asked for this. It had been the same thing with Ethan; she had never asked for that. He had pushed himself on her, demanded her attention, turned her world upside down. Her mistake, though, was that she hadn’t had the courage to stop him. And so he had come between Meg and her sister—tearing to shreds their love for and trust in each other. It crossed her mind that if she did the right thing by Lucinda she could somehow make up for the wrong she’d allowed Ethan to do.

  Meg knew she had already made a choice—to prove Lucinda’s innocence. And now, there was no going back….

  “Liza Bennett creates extraordinary characters—as smart and savvy as your favorite friends, as vulnerable as your secret self—and dares to explore their forbidden fantasies. She is a mesmerizing storyteller who keeps you turning pages at breathtaking speed until you close the book.”

  —Ellen Feldman, author of God Bless the Child

  Thanks to Police Chief Carl Cooper, who

  kindly shed light on the workings of a small

  town police force and how it coordinates its

  efforts with state detectives to solve violent crimes…

  Supreme Court Judge Nicholas Figueroa

  who took time out of his busy

  schedule to explain the dynamics of the

  courtroom and the intricacies of the legal

  system… Maurice Sieradzki who gave generously

  of his time, experience, and sheer love

  of the law throughout the conception and

  writing of this book. His enthusiasm for the

  project and for reading in general

  has been an inspiration.

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  This is a work of fiction. The characters, incidents, and dialogues are products of the author’s imagination and are not to be construed as real. Any resemblance to actual events or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

  Copyright © 2000 by Liza Bennett

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  ISBN 0-06-101373-0

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