First Lie Wins by Ashley Elston – Reese Book Pick – Multiple Awards PB

REESE’S BOOK CLUB PICK | #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

Pull up a chair. This one’s a keeper.

Evie Porter has everything a nice Southern girl could want: a doting boyfriend, a house with a white picket fence, a tight group of friends. The only catch? Evie Porter doesn’t exist.

Here’s how it works. First comes the identity, handed down by her shadowy boss, Mr. Smith. Then the mark: a man named Ryan Sumner. And finally, the job. Evie learns everything about her new town and the people in it, slipping into a life that isn’t hers.

But this job is different. Ryan has gotten under her skin, and for the first time, Evie finds herself imagining a real future—the kind with no secrets, no aliases, no looking over her shoulder. The trouble is, she can’t afford a single mistake. Not after what happened last time.

As Reese Witherspoon herself put it: “This fast-paced read has everything you could want in a thriller: secret identities, a mysterious boss and a cat & mouse game that kept me guessing the whole way through.”

Twisty, propulsive, and impossible to put down, this is the kind of book that makes a rainy afternoon in the cove disappear in a single, breathless sitting. You’ll second-guess everyone. You’ll race to the last page. And you’ll never see the ending coming.

A curated favorite among our thriller-loving regulars. Come grab a copy, find a window seat, and let the salt air and the suspense carry you away.

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