Heart of Lies

A Novel

By: Jill Marie Landis

Narrated by: Renee Raudman, Maurice England

Raised in a tribe of street urchins, Maddie Grande was taught to be a thief and beggar on the streets of New Orleans. But Maddie doesn’t know her real name or where she came from.Raised by Dexter Grande, Maddie and her twin “brothers” have recently left New Orleans and moved to the bayou. The twins are rarely there, but Maddie has come to love the swamp. She has learned to fish and trap and sell pelts at the local mercantile.Maddie longs to change her life but knows that her brothers will never give up their lawless ways. When they kidnap the daughter of a wealthy carpetbagger, the twins force Maddie to hide the precocious eight-year-old while they return to New Orleans to wait for notice of a reward. Pinkerton agent Tom Abbott is assigned to the kidnapping case in which Maddie has become an accomplice. In a journey that takes them to Baton Rouge, a mutual attraction becomes evident, but Tom and Maddie cannot trust each other. Will Maddie ever discover who she is? Will her real family ever find her? Will Maddie and Tom listen to their hearts? Or will they choose honor over love?

Heart of Lies: Irish Angel Series

Jill Marie Landis is a very talented author. Her writing style is unique and you feel as though you are part of the setting. The characters in this story soon become real and the personalities are depicted vividly. This is the first book that I have read by Jill Marie Landis and I purchased two others but found that the language and sexual descriptions were a little explicit for my taste. This was disapointing because I feel like her talent is so wonderful but I am afraid to invest in other books that may have content that makes me uncomfortable.

Part two doesnt disappoint

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I loved this continuing story of sisters separated after their parents death. Each girl grows up in different circumstances. This is the story of Megan or "Maddie" who learns how to change her life for the better and find herself worthy to accept these changes. Im not going to ruin the story for anyone but if you enjoy family stories and struggles mixed with a tender love story then you will like this series. I look forward to book 3.

Great story.

Like this series very much. Cannot wait to read/listen to the others in the Irish Angel Series.

Heart of Lies Irish Angels Series book 2

As the title indicates, lies are central to this story; It's about the ones we are told, the ones we tell ourselves and the ones we believe. As the series continues and the search for the long lost sister unfolds before us two separate stories are developed. In this story we are exposed to the life sister number two is living. While she makes a living trapping animals to survive, it is easy to see she herself is trapped in this life and we experience the struggle she begins to have with the changes she wants for herself, for her future.

Additionally, we see the life she could have begin a transformation in her. All along the way she is challenged to believe that she is worthy of something more than she has had or has been. We all make choices in the process of being transformed, do we continue to believe the lies of Satan that says God can't love a sinner like you? or You're not worthy of this blessing, or this love or even this forgiveness? How wonderful it is when she, like us, is made free by the truth.

I think you will enjoy this book and the stories of the life of this second Irish Angel. I look forward to book three.

I liked how she tied in the 1st and 2nd books

this book is a separate story but ties in well with the story from book 1.