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| Debutantes Book 1 |
"I'm not saying this is Sawyer's fault," the prim and proper one said delicately. "But."
Eighteen-year-old auto mechanic Sawyer Taft did not expect her estranged grandmother to show up at her apartment door and offer her a six-figure contract to participate in debutante season. And she definitely never imagined she would accept. But when she realizes that immersing herself in her grandmother's "society" might mean discovering the answer to the biggest mystery of her life-her father's identity-she signs on the dotted line and braces herself for a year of makeovers, big dresses, bigger egos, and a whole lot of bless your heart. The one thing she doesn't expect to find is friendship, but as she's drawn into a group of debutantes with scandalous, dangerous secrets of their own, Sawyer quickly discovers that her family isn't the only mainstay of high society with skeletons in their closet. There are people in her grandmother's glittering world who are not what they appear, and no one wants Sawyer poking her nose into the past. As she navigates the twisted relationships between her new friends and their powerful parents, Sawyer's search for the truth about her own origins is just the beginning.
Set in the world of debutante balls, grand estates and rolling green hills, Little White Lies combines a charming setting, a classic fish-out-of-water story, and the sort of layered mystery only author Jennifer Lynn Barnes can pull off.
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My Review: 5/5 Stars
Jennifer Lynn Barnes has a talent for mystery and suspense in her books. Every time I pick up one of her books, I end up reading it all within the day. There is never a good place to pause, because it feels like every chapter ends on a cliffhanger. Then I am constantly trying to figure out the answer to the mystery she has set for us. In this book, there were many. When Sawyer's grandmother ends up on her doorstep giving her a deal that could help her not only get through college, but finally give her the answer the answer her mother has denied her, she takes it. That mystery? Who is her father. Little does she realize that the life of her grandmother's "society" is a lot messier than it appears. Scandals left and right, felonies, blackmail, and the occasional makeover or two surround Sawyer. And she is soon dragged, or maybe a bit blackmailed, into a situation that is getting more and more crazy the deeper she is pulled in. Really awesome book. Definitely kept me on the edge of my seat the entire time. Like I said, I was determined to find out the truth and I was happy to hear there will be a sequel, especially since there were so many unanswered questions and unresolved issues left.
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