The Almost Truth

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From the author of Unraveling Isobel and The Education of Hailey Kendrick, a smart, romantic novel about a teenage con artist who might be in over her head.

Sadie cant wait to get away from her backwards small town, her delusional mom, her jailbird dad, and the tiny trailer where she was raisedeven though leaving those things behind also means leaving her best friend Brendan. Sadie wants a better life, and she has been working steadily toward it, one con at a time.

But when Sadies mother wipes out Sadies savings, her escape plan is suddenly gone. She needs to come up with a lot of cashand fastor shell be stuck in this town forever.

With Brendans help, she devises a planthe ultimate conto get the money. But the more lies Sadie spins, the more she starts falling for her own hoaxand perhaps for the wrong boy. Sadie wanted to change her life, but she wasn't prepared to have it flipped upside down by her own deception. With her future at stake and her heart on the line, suddenly it seems like she has a lot more than just money to lose...

Author Bio

Eileen Cook spent most of her teen years wishing she were someone else or somewhere else, which is great training for a writer. She is the author ofThe Almost Truth,Unraveling Isobel,The Education of Hailey Kendrick,Getting Revenge on Lauren Wood, andWhat Would Emma Doas well as the Fourth Grade Fairy series. She lives in Vancouver with her husband and dogs. Visit her at EileenCook.com.