Once Upon a Lie: Can love survive?

"Ellen Frazer-Jameson is a sparkling and exciting new storytelling talent."
-Peter James, International best-selling crime writer

Can love survive when the very foundation of a relationship is built on a lie?

Italian socialite and jet-setter Antoinette Anderson is willing to believe in true love-even after she has been hurt and humiliated by every man she dared to love. Time and again her dreams are shattered, the pain of betrayal turning the fire of passion to ice in her heart.

Antoinette-beautiful, wealthy, and blessed with a five-star lifestyle- knows privilege does not buy protection from pain. She is destined to regret the fateful day when, swept off her feet by a refined English gentleman, she ran away from her childhood sweetheart and her life in an idyllic Tuscany village. On that day, the seeds of her destruction were sown.

International businessman Gianni Almora, her handsome Romanesque childhood sweetheart-a woman-magnet with dark, flashing, come-to-bed eyes-has sworn to win her back, and he cares not how he achieves his vengeance. As he embarks on a never-ending series of affairs, one final betrayal drives Antoinette beyond the limits of endurance.

In retaliation, she is seduced into an affair with a younger man-a reckless risk-taking professional sportsman with an unsavory past. In her deepest soul, Antoinette believes she deserves the torture of the dagger in her heart, for her own dark secret is the worst of all. Her need for punishment and redemption detonates a time bomb that sends shock waves through her life and the lives of those she loves. The secret shame she has buried for decades erupts, and she is forced to face her ultimate nightmare.

Praise for Love Mother Love Daughter

"A chilling and elegantly written first novel of violence, love and betrayal."
Edna Buchanan, Pulitzer Prize-winning author

"An intriguing tale of triumph over adversity."
-James Herbert, O.B.E., International best-selling novelist