The Lie A Memoir of Two Marriages, Catfishing & Coming Out

Do you know me?

That’s how the email began. And with it, William Dameron’s carefully constructed world began to crack. His selfie had been stolen—used by strangers across dating sites and social networks to catfish countless women, all of them believing they’d found love with a forty-year-old straight man.

The irony? Dameron had spent more than twenty years living his own lie. He was a gay man, a truth he kept hidden from his wife, his two daughters, and—for the longest time—from himself.

This is a candid, unflinching memoir about coming out late in life. It’s about denial and stolen identities, about steroid addiction and the homophobia of a childhood that never made room for him. It’s about the slow, painful unraveling of a marriage, and the courage it takes to finally tell the truth.

But at its heart, The Lie is something universal. A story of turning self-doubt into self-acceptance. Of anger, forgiveness, and the long road toward becoming whole.

We’re especially proud to shelve this one. Dameron is a Maine author, and his honest, deeply human voice feels right at home here in the cove—where the sea air invites a little reflection and a good story always finds its reader.

Settle into your favorite chair. Let the pages pull you in. This trade paperback is the kind of memoir you’ll think about long after you’ve turned the final page.

Come browse, linger, and discover a story brave enough to tell the whole truth.

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