A thrilling novel from Sunday Times Number One bestseller Penny Vincenzi: ' Cleverly plotted twists & revelations' Daily Mail All Francesca Channing had to do in order to keep her marriage alive her children safe her life intact was to tell a lie. One simple straightforward lie. But it wasn't that simple or straightforward at all. Her life as Bard Channing's third wife was very far from easy. He was charismatic powerful & rich
- & he adored her. He was also manipulative & scheming with a family as large & complex as his business. But it was an emotional crisis of her own which finally put Francesca's dilemma into perspective & made her wonder if she loved Bard enough to lie for him...