Caught in a Lie by Laura Read

‘Dating is like psychological warfare, and all’s fair in love and war.’

Julianne Carrell is a bored socialite in London, flitting from man to man, shop to shop, party to party. When asked to seduce a man for more money than she’s ever seen before, she thinks that setting a honey trap will be exciting. Then she finds out that she already knows her target: years ago, she had a one-night stand with him behind his girlfriend’s back. Will he remember her?

Now married, Thomas Matthews is a junior partner at a consultancy firm, with a wealthy father backing him to enter politics. Does he want to follow in his father’s footsteps though? He can’t help feeling that he’s being manipulated to enter a dark, secretive world that he doesn’t fully understand.

As Julianne gets closer to her target, she realises that she’s being played by powerful people who want Thomas under their control. They won’t stop at anything to get what they want. Julianne knows that she’ll lose out on her money if Thomas finds out the truth about her, but soon she learns that there’s even more at stake: perhaps her life.