Joyous Lies By Margaret Ann Spence

 

Maelle Woolley, a shy botanist, prefers plants to people. They don't suddenly disappear. Raised on her grandparents' commune after her mother's mysterious death, she follows the commune's utopian beliefs of love for all. Then she falls for attractive psychiatrist Zachary Kane. When Zachary claims her mother and his father never emerged alive from his father's medical research lab, Maelle investigates. What she discovers will challenge everything she believes, force her to find strength she never knew she had, and confront the commune's secrets and lies. What happened to love? And can it survive? 

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Margaret Ann Spence writes about women, the choices they make, and what happens next. An avid baker and much less successful organic gardener, she draws on the mishaps and joys of these pursuits within the family mysteries unwrapped in her novels, Joyous Lies and Lipstick on the Strawberry.

Lipstick on the Strawberry won the Romantic Elements Category in the First Coast Romance Writers 2015 Beacon Contest. The novel was a finalist for the 2019 Eric Hoffer Book Award and in the 2019 Next Generation Indie Awards.

Margaret’s second novel, Joyous Lies, released by The Wild Rose Press on February 15, 2021.

My Thoughts...

Spence has a way with words that's a fact. A new voice in women's fiction that you don't want to miss.

The characters and the plot were so unforgettable. You are going to want to grab a copy of this and add Spence to your must read list.

I gave this book 4 stars and I recommend it.

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