Wretched Lies

Name: Wretched Lies
Author: Anna J. Valentine

113 pages

Wretched Lies is the third interconnected standalone in the darkly addictive Wretched series, featuring the stubbornly possessive, morally grey Griffin brothers. It’s a steamy enemies-to-lovers romance with a sunshine-billionaire hero and a black cat heroine on a collision course with betrayal that will test family loyalties to their limits. Perfect for fans of Sadie Kincaid, K A Tucker and S J Tilly.

Quinn Jamieson isn’t who she claims to be.

And even though Reid Griffin knows she’s lying through her teeth, she still manages to steal his heart.

But when her betrayal puts his family in the crosshairs, Reid faces an impossible choice:

Walk away, or fight for the one person who makes him believe he could be a hero.

“If you lose your way, I’ll find you, Quinn. All I have to do is follow my heart because you have it. Every beat of it.”

Wretched Lies is an interconnected standalone. It can be read on its own, but if you want to follow the overarching story and avoid spoilers, please read Wretched Heart and Wretched Soul first.

Quinn:

The first time I lay eyes on Reid Griffin, I want to kill him. We might have a shared enemy, but this is my fight. I don’t need the Griffins interfering. I’m the one with most to lose.

I’m about to infiltrate a human trafficking ring, and the last thing I need is an overzealous billionaire with golden-boy charm getting in the way. The youngest Griffin brother risks derailing plans that have been a year in the making.

So we fight.

And it gets very hands-on. Our bodies fit together in all the wrong ways.

I warn Reid off, but he keeps showing up. Keeps driving me crazy. Keeps making me feel things I don’t have the emotional capacity to feel. There’s a part of me that wants to accept the help he offers, but there are some secrets I can’t share. There are some things I have to do a lone.

If only I wasn’t falling for him.

If only I didn’t have to betray him.

Reid:

Everyone sees me as the Griffin with a soft center and zero edge. A half-brother who’s been sheltered from the Griffins’ darker dealings with the mafia for too long. It’s time to prove my worth.

My first mission is seemingly straightforward – to go undercover and snoop around the luxurious estate of our nemesis. The mansion is still under construction, and I’m not expecting trouble. Not until Quinn Jamieson tackles me to the ground.

Quinn is as devastatingly beautiful as she is sharp.

And she’s lying about who she is.

Does she think I don’t know that?

It doesn’t matter that she kisses me like she’s tasting her next victim. I’ll fight by her side.

Even when she breaks my trust.

Even when my brothers tell me I have to choose.

Because I can’t imagine a future without Quinn.

And she’s stolen more than just my heart.

Continue the Wretched series with Wretched Truth—where the past finally catches up with Ash Griffin.

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