Heart of Lies, Jill Marie Landis
Heart of Lies, Jill Marie Landis
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Heart of Lies
A Novel

Author: Jill Marie Landis

Narrator: Renee Raudman, Maurice England

Unabridged: 9 hr 32 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Zondervan

Published: 02/22/2011

Synopsis

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?

About Jill Marie Landis

Jill Marie Landis is the bestselling author of over twenty-five novels. She has won numerous awards for her sweeping emotional romances, such as Summer Moon and Magnolia Creek. With her toes in the sand and head in the clouds, Jill now lives in Hawaii with her husband, Steve.  

Reviews

Goodreads review by Christy

Heart of Lies was a book that I've been anxious to read for a long time. I was thoroughly captivated with the book before it, Heart of Stone, and hoped and prayed that the continuation of this series would be as good as the start. Well, let's just say my expectations may have been set a wee bit too......more

Goodreads review by Regan

4 and ½ Stars! An Irish Girl in the Louisiana Bayou Finds Love Set in New Orleans in 1875, this is the story of Maddie Grande, raised in a “tribe” of street urchins, taught to be thieves by Dexter Grande, the man who reigned over them all. Maddie doesn’t recall a time before Grande and doesn’t know h......more

Goodreads review by Marguerite

Maddie wants to escape her past life as she lives and moves about in the bayous of Louisiana. Little does she know that a Pinkerton agent is about to change her life. A novel of forgiveness, second chances, and unconditional love.......more

Goodreads review by ضحى

So I wanted to like this book as much as the first one, but the love story made confused that I couldn't enjoy the chemistry at all In this book we follow Maddie who is a thief and she is living in the slumps, one day she is forced to help with the kidnapping of a little girl but she tries to rescue......more

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