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Deception
2011
First Published
3.86
Average Rating
382
Number of Pages

The house is watching. Connor Tremaine believes she has found the life she’s always wanted. When she agrees to marry widower Clay Sumner, she leaves behind everything familiar for Oaklawn—his grand estate tucked deep in the Alabama countryside. Surrounded by towering trees and steeped in history, the house seems like the perfect place to begin again. But something about Oaklawn isn’t right. As Connor settles into her new home, small disturbances begin to ripple through the household– unsettling and impossible to ignore. Connor came to Oaklawn to build a life. Now she’s beginning to wonder if someone is carefully trying to unravel it. And as the truth begins to surface, Connor realizes a terrifying possibility– that she may not survive long enough to escape it.

Avg Rating
3.86
Number of Ratings
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5 STARS
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Author

Carolyn Haines
Carolyn Haines
Author · 58 books
Carolyn Haines is the USA Today bestselling author of over 70 books. In 2020, she was inducted into the Alabama Writers Hall of Fame. She was the recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Alabama Library Association, the Harper Lee Award for Distinguished Writing, the Richard Wright Award for Literary Excellence, as well as the "Best Amateur Sleuth" award by Romantic Times. Born and raised in Mississippi, she now lives in Alabama on a farm with more dogs, cats, and horses than she can possibly keep track of.
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