The Lie of Love

Darcy Blake has always been the good girl - loving wife, dutiful daughter, caring mother - but sometimes it's hard to stay good. Her daughter is crippled by cerebral palsy and her son is rebelling, living in the shadow of his sister's needs. Not only that, but support from her self-absorbed husband, Ged, is in short supply.

But Darcy won't be beaten. When her daughter, Sophie, is given the chance of a life-changing operation, she embarks on a furious fundraising campaign to pay for the trip to the US specialist. Darcy is determined to give her daughter the future she deserves, with or without Ged's help. Sophie’s plight catches the imagination of the whole community as friends and strangers alike get involved in organising events to help the cause.

At one such event Darcy catches the attention of Harry Simmons, son of an old friend, Julia. Darcy hasn’t seen Harry since he went off to university and she is shocked by the change in him… and by her attraction to him. But Harry is seventeen years her junior and strictly off limits.

The fundraising campaign continues to run at full steam, but Darcy’s frantic activity and absence from home drives a wedge between her and Ged. Feeling increasingly isolated from her husband and starved of affection, Darcy begins to succumb to Harry’s flattering attention. For a while, Darcy manages to juggle both home and love life, but the situation soon spirals out of control. Darcy stands to lose everything, and if their affair comes out both families will be torn apart.

She knows all this, but being good is harder than it looks.

THE LIE OF LOVE IS A FULL LENGTH STORY

ALSO BY BELINDA MARTIN:

**LOVE UNDER THE LEMON TREES (Love and the Jones Sisters #1)**

**ADORE ME UNDER THE OAKS (Love and the Jones Sisters #2)**

**WEEP FOR ME UNDER THE WILLOWS (Love and the Jones Sisters #3)**

**MARRY ME UNDER THE MAPLES (Love and the Jones Sisters #4)**

**BURY ME UNDER THE ASH (Love and the Jones Sisters #5)**

**CHRISTMAS ON THE COAST**