Fizzing with secrets and lies, a gripping and transporting debut novel for 2025 from a hot new voice in contemporary fiction

**DIVE INTO THE DEBUT OF THE SUMMER**

A lush, suspense-filled debut set deep in the jungle — where dangerous secrets simmer just beneath the surface…

'Luminous' LUCY CLARKE

‘A captivating debut’ JULIE OWEN MOYLAN

‘A lush ride into the dark side of paradise’ CHRIS BRIDGES

–––––––––––– It's a liar's paradise

Wittering Lodge, Stann Creek, Belize

In the dead of night, lying in her father’s jungle lodge, Laelia watches her partner Aid sleeping – her mind racing with everything that’s brought her to this moment.

The heady Caribbean holiday when they first met.

The rum-fueled passion that, day by day, creeps into something darker.

The secrets she discovered in a hidden nook of the lodge, revealing a devastating past.

Above all, she thinks about the impossible decision she must make before dawn.

Does she stay silent and protect their newfound paradise? Or does she confront the lies which run as deep and dark as the lagoon – surfacing a dangerous truth from which there’s no return…