Her Lovely Lies: Twisted Lies Duet Book 2

Contents Cover About This Novel Also by Kelleigh Clare Title Page Copyright Dedication Contents Epigraph Epigraph Prologue Chapter 1 She Began to Fly Chapter 2 Angry, Broken Hearts Chapter 3 Wonderful Liar Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Little Girls and Boys Chapter 6 Only Words Bleed Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Kiss from a Rose Chapter 10 Chapter 11 Chapter 12 Chapter 13 Chapter 14 Wicked Games Chapter 15 Chapter 16 Chapter 17 Chapter 18 A Criminal Mind Chapter 19 Chapter 20 Chapter 21 Chapter 22 Monster Under My Bed Chapter 23 Chapter 24 Chapter 25 Beautiful White Lies Chapter 26 Chapter 27 Chapter 28 Walking Among Ghosts Chapter 29 Chapter 30 Chapter 31 The Last Secret Chapter 32 Chapter 33 Beauty and Her Beast Chapter 34 Chapter 35 Chapter 36 Chapter 37 Epilogue About Kelleigh Clare Cover About This Novel Also by Kelleigh Clare Copyright Contents Beginning 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 About This Novel
 
 
 
 
 
 Her Lovely Lies is the second book in the Hastings Brothers series. It’s also the second part of the Twisted Beautiful Lies duet. The duet begins in Twisted Beautiful Lies and features Will and Ellie’s complete story.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Also by Kelleigh Clare
 
 
 
 
 
 HASTINGS BROTHERS NOVELS
 
 Twisted Beautiful Lies (Duet book one)
 Twisted Beautiful Lies: Extended Epilogue
 Her Lovely Lies (Duet book two)
 Two Pretty Lies (Standalone)
 Two Pretty Lies: Extended Epilogue
 
 SAVAGE SYNDICATE NOVELS
 
 Wicked Rivals
 Merciless Empire
 Cruel Vows
 
 For more info, visit
 www.klclare.com.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Copyright © 2019 by Kelleigh Clare, K.L. Clare.
 All rights reserved.
 www.klclare.com
 
 No part of this book may be reproduced, scanned, transmitted, stored, distributed, or recorded in any form or by any means without written permission from the author. Please do not participate in or encourage piracy of copyrighted materials in violation of the author’s rights.
 
 Her Lovely Lies is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locations is coincidental.
 
 Published by White Rose Press
 www.whiterose.press
 978-1-7355575-0-2
 April 2022 Edition
 
 Editors: Katrina Diaz Arnold, Jovana Shirley
 Cover design: © The Pretty Little Design Co.
 Photo: © Michelle Lancaster
 
 
 
 
 
 
 For my sister, who introduced me to my first brotherhood.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Contents
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Prologue
 
 
 Chapter 1
 
 
 She Began to Fly
 
 
 Chapter 2
 
 
 Angry, Broken Hearts
 
 
 Chapter 3
 
 
 Wonderful Liar
 
 
 Chapter 4
 
 
 Chapter 5
 
 
 Little Girls and Boys
 
 
 Chapter 6
 
 
 Only Words Bleed
 
 
 Chapter 7
 
 
 Chapter 8
 
 
 Chapter 9
 
 
 Kiss from a Rose
 
 
 Chapter 10
 
 
 Chapter 11
 
 
 Chapter 12
 
 
 Chapter 13
 
 
 Chapter 14
 
 
 Wicked Games
 
 
 Chapter 15
 
 
 Chapter 16
 
 
 Chapter 17
 
 
 Chapter 18
 
 
 A Criminal Mind
 
 
 Chapter 19
 
 
 Chapter 20
 
 
 Chapter 21
 
 
 Chapter 22
 
 
 Monster Under My Bed
 
 
 Chapter 23
 
 
 Chapter 24
 
 
 Chapter 25
 
 
 Beautiful White Lies
 
 
 Chapter 26
 
 
 Chapter 27
 
 
 Chapter 28
 
 
 Walking Among Ghosts
 
 
 Chapter 29
 
 
 Chapter 30
 
 
 Chapter 31
 
 
 The Last Secret
 
 
 Chapter 32
 
 
 Chapter 33
 
 
 Beauty and Her Beast
 
 
 Chapter 34
 
 
 Chapter 35
 
 
 Chapter 36
 
 
 Chapter 37
 
 
 Epilogue
 
 
 
 
 About Kelleigh Clare
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 But we loved with a love that was more than love.
 Edgar Allan Poe
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Don’t bend; don’t water it down; don’t try to make it logical; don’t edit your own soul according to the fashion. Rather, follow your most intense obsessions mercilessly.
 Anne Rice
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Prologue
 
 
 
 
 
 Ellie James’s heart was still beating. I watched breath move in and out of her body.
 The rear studio entrance of the Stonington Fine Art Gallery was wide open, and I could not walk away.
 The paintbrush in her hand swept over the canvas in a delicate rhythm, and the faint scent of lavender drifted outside into the alleyway. She was breathtaking as she sat before the easel and whispered the refrain of an old love song, the words floating from lush lips that I was desperate to taste.
 Ellie didn’t know it yet, but she was mine. I would take her home to the UK with me when the time was right. I would claim every beautiful piece of her. And I would destroy anyone who stood in my way.
 Sweat beaded on my forehead and ran down the sides of my face. While England’s climate could be quite humid, late July in Stonington, Connecticut, was worse.
 “You disregarded my advice and came for her anyway, refusing to consider that you could be in love with the idea of her, not with the woman herself. Yet you’ve hesitated for weeks. It’s time to come home,” my older brother, Ethan, said.
 “Screw you and your psychoanalytic bullshit, Ethan.” I bent to scratch the head of a thin retriever mix, who had planted himself at my feet. “I’ll approach her when I believe she’s ready. Why are you here? You had no role in that meeting yesterday. It was nothing more than a formality for