Blurred Lies by Elle Ellerton

Originally published as two separate books (Blurred Lies & Blurred Truth). Re-edited to create this dual point-of-view, full-length novel.

Natalie:
“I love my big brother, Nate, and I have no reservations about moving in with him at all. It’s his roommate and best friend, Ryan, who’s the issue; because I love him, too… or at least I did when I was fifteen. And he hates me… or at least he did when he was eighteen. Well, I think he did. I can’t think of another explanation for the way he treated me.”
When Natalie Connor’s parents are killed in a car accident, she’s left with no choice but to move more than a thousand miles from the home she’s always known, to live with her big brother, Nate, and his best friend, Ryan.With anxiety playing a large role in her life, the loss of her loving parents, feelings that still linger for Ryan, and an online relationship to complicate matters even further, can Natalie find a way to be happy and grow into the person she wants to become? Or will all the lies ruin the love she’s waited so long to discover?

Ryan:
“She’s arriving today. Natalie Connor is moving in with me, and I have no idea how I’m going to handle it.”
When Ryan Landon is faced with the reality of living with the one girl he can’t have – his best friend’s little sister – he must choose between being honest or kind.Being both isn’t an option.When the truth is revealed, and the past comes back to haunt them, will Natalie and Ryan’s love for one another be strong enough to hold them together, or will the lies that have been allowed to prevail, tear them apart, forever?