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“We’re all made of stories, past and present. But the future relies on our choices. And my choice? Blood. Dizzying, bedazzling blood in all its sickening glory.”
Some lies are better left as truth.
Elliott Clairmont’s mother murdered a man when he was three. Ever since then, their lives in Paris have been filled with deceit, murder, lies…but also a strong mother-son bond. As Elliott gets older, Lucy Clairmont teaches her son two important skills: tarot reading and serial killing.
When his mother is murdered, though, twelve-year-old Elliott sets off on a quest to find his true history. His journey to the United States reveals truths and many lies about who he really is.
Feeling lost and alone in America, Elliott eventually sets on a path to secure his family’s sordid legacy and to follow what he deems is his sinister purpose. Will he finish his family’s stained quilt of stories, or will the law catch up with him before he can carry out his master plan?
Review:
This is a book of multiple stories rolled into one main story. There's the before when Elliot lives with his mother in Paris that has secrets and mysteries. The next section is when he loses her and moves to America and then how he avoids getting caught and sent to prison. The third one is what happens when he goes looking or his mother's family. As The stories all combine to the ending. You already know the truth of Elliot's parentage and you know that nothing will ever be easy for Elliot, so when the twist of the end comes, you're almost prepared for it. It. It's an interesting book, but one that you may want to read in sections is it seems to flow better that way
About the Auhor:
Lindsay Detwiler is a romance author and a former high school English teacher. She is also the USA Today Bestselling author of The Widow Next Door with HarperCollins UK.
Lindsay's goal with her writing is to show the power of love and the beauty of life while also instilling a true sense of realism in her work. With her novels coming from a place of honesty, she wants her fiction to resonate with readers as candid, poetic, and powerful.
Inked Hearts, released in 2017 with Hot Tree Publishing, was named a Romance Times Top Pick. Additionally, Remember When, released in April of 2017, was named a Route One Reads Romance Pick by the Pennsylvania Center for the Book. She is also a USA Today Bestselling author with HarperCollins UK under the penname L.A.Detwiler.
Lindsay currently lives in her hometown of Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania, with her husband, Chad (her junior high sweetheart); their six rescued cats; and their Great Dane, Edmund.
In addition to being a huge bookworm, Lindsay's also a fan of cruelty-free makeup, coffee, chocolate, Outlander, and shopping.
Be sure to connect with Lindsay: Instagram: @lindsayanndetwiler , Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/lindsayanndetwiler. , Blog: www.lindsaydetwiler.com and TikTok: @ladetwiler
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