The Lying Woods beautifully broken still reeling from his cousin's

still reeling from his cousin's mysterious death a decade earlier

and most technologically advanced in the world—and they always uncover the truth

Franklin "snatched lightning from the sky and the scepter from the tyrants" -- in that order

at last count

fallen in love with a beautiful resistance fighter

The Lying Woods beautifully broken still reeling from his cousin'sA riveting, atmospheric, multi generational, high stakes mystery by Ashley Elston, New York Times bestselling author of First Lie Wins! Owen Foster has never wanted for anything. Then his mother shows up at his elite New Orleans boarding school cradling a bombshell: his privileged life has been funded by stolen money. After using the family business, the single largest employer in his small Louisiana town, to embezzle millions and drain the employees'