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Deception\n\nInternational bestselling author Lesley Pearse has lived a life asrich with incidents,setbacks and joys as any found in her novels.  \nResourceful,determined and willing to have a go at almostanything,Lesley left home at sixteen.By the mid sixties she wasliving in London,sharing flats,partying hard and married to atrumpet player in a jazz-rock band.She has also worked as ananny and Playboy bunny,and designed and made clothes to sellto boutiques.  \nIt was only after having three daughters that Lesley began towrite.The hardships,traumas,close friends and lovers from thoseearly years were inspiration for her beloved novels.She publishedher first book at forty-nine and has not looked back since  \nLesley is still a party girl.  \nFind out more about Lesley and keepUp to date with what she's been doing:  \nFollow her on Twitter@LesleyPearse  \nSign up for her newsletterwww.lesleypearse.com  \nBy the same authorGeorgiaTaraCharityEllieCamelliaRosieCharlieNever Look BackTrust MeFather UnknownTill We Meet AgainRemember MeSecretsA Lesser EvilHopeFaithGypsyStolenBelleThe PromiseForgive MeSurvivorWithout a TraceDead to Me  \nThe Woman in the WoodThe House Across the StreetYou'll Never See Me AgainLiarSuspects  \nDeception  \nLESLEY PEAR SE  \nWithdraan irmscock  \nQENGC  \nMI CH AE L  \nJ0 S E P H  \nat.193  \nPENGUIN MICHAEL JOSEPH  \nUK|USA |Canada |Ireland |AustraliaIndia |New Zealand |South Africa  \nPenguin Michael Joseph is part of the Penguin Random House group of companieswhose addresses can be found at global.penguinrandomhouse.com  \nPenguin  \n# Random HouseUK\n\nFirst published 2022  \nCopyright CLesley Pearse,2022  \nThe moral right of the author has been asserted  \nSet in 15.5/18pt Garamond MT StdTypeset by Jouve(UK),Milton KeynesPrinted and bound in Great Britain by Clays Ltd,Elcograf S.p.A.  \nThe authorized representative in the EEA is Penguin Random House Ireland,Morrison Chambers,32 Nassau Street,Dublin DozYH68  \nA CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library  \nHARDBACK ISBN:978-○-24I-54493-8  \nTRADE PAPERBACK ISBN:978-0-24I-54494-5  \nwwwgreenpenguin.co.uk  \nPenguin Random House is committed to asustainable future for our business,our readersand our planet.This book is made from ForestStewardship Council\"certifed paper.  \nI find it astounding that this is my thirtieth book.I wasjust finishing it as the war in Ukraine broke out,and I,like just about everyone else here in the UK,feelhorrified that Russia believes it has a right to wage waron a far smaller country and to create such terriblecarnage and devastation.My heart goes out to all thosemillions of people who have been forced to flee theirhomes,to brave cold,hunger and terrible fear for boththemselves and their loved ones.I pray that PresidentPutin will comes to his senses,or find his heart and stopthis madness and cruelty.  \nI would like to applaud all those who have given therefugees shelter,food and clothing;all the charities whohave pulled out all the stops to help in any way they can.Also,all those who have given donations of money,often more than they can really afford.Bless you all.  \nhttps://archive.org/details/deception0000lesl  \nI  \nSpring 20I5  \nAlice Kent turned up the volume on her car radio asEric Clapton,playing her favourite number,Layla’,came on.  \nShe was speeding down from Bristol to hermother's funeral in Totnes and she was late,delayedby wafflers at the meeting this morning.Now she’dhave to go straight to the church in Dartingtoninstead of meeting up with her family first.As thatwould give her enough time not to be late for theservice,she relaxed a little and sang along withEric.  \nHer mother,Sally Kent,had died of cancer tendays earlier.Alice had taken leave from work so shecould nurse her mother for her last weeks and,sadas it was for her mother to die relatively young atseventy-five,Alice knew she was glad to go.  \nT've had a good 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