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 "I don't know how Jade Varden keeps these twists and surprises coming!"  "Will all the lies be revealed or will they all be swept under the rug like usual?" Death (Deck of Lies, #3) has been reviewed at Eastern Sunset Reads . Check out their review to see how the book was rated!

"The life of a girl that is more than a mystery series, with amazing ingredients such as power, money and love." "Jade Varden does an excellent job maintaining the suspense and surprises until the last page. You never know what is coming next." Death (Deck of Lies, #3) has been reviewed at Reading...Dreaming by Ruty, longtime friend of the blog. There are spoilers in the review if you haven't read the first two books (and if you haven't, get caught up !). Read the whole review to find out why the book got 5 out of 5 stars!

"Everything gets more complicated in this book...but I LOVED IT!" "It was like a story book version of Desperate Housewives or a very tense soap drama filled with dirty family secrets." Death (Deck of Lies #3) has been reviewed at BookAThon Freak . It's pretty spoiler-free, so feel free to read the whole review and see if you agree with the reviewer!

Deck of Lies: The Full Deck is available today! What will you find in the boxed set edition of the series? Watch the trailer to find out...

The boxed set edition of the Deck of Lies will be released on Christmas Day! All four books in the series are included, along with extras that I've never revealed before. The Full Deck edition includes entries from Elizabeth's diary, Fallon's private blog posts, and Carsyn's journal entries. Check the blog during the Christmas holiday to see the trailer and find out how you can get the boxed set.    Deck of Lies: The Full Deck includes all family trees, plus some new ones, all the covers, and all the stuff you wanted to see and didn't (like Rain's letter to River). If you think your family has a lot of drama this holiday season, you should really check out the one in this series!

"This was a great third instalment in this series. I thought that we had maybe uncovered all the lies in the last two books, but there are just more and more!"   "I enjoyed this book, and I can’t wait to find out how it all ends in book 4" Death (Deck of Lies, #3) has been added to Sarah Elizabeth's bookshelf. Visit the blog to read the whole review -- the big spoiler is hidden!

"More twists and revelations will come right at your face." "This book is spooky and creepy (in a good way) which makes it a  really great mystery read!" Little Book Star has reviewed Death (Deck of Lies, #3). Read the entire review before you get your copy of Judgment (Deck of Lies, #4) this week!

Judgment, the fourth and final book in the Deck of Lies series, will be in online bookstores Tuesday, November 27 . That's only three days away!  It gives you just enough time to catch up on all the lies before the series ends. For the rest of this weekend, the first three books in the series will be FREE when you buy them at Smashwords. Get them in any electronic format, and get stuffed full of lies.  To get Justice (Deck of Lies, #1) , use the code PA47C To get The Tower (Deck of Lies, #2) , use the code PW83B To get Death (Deck of Lies, #3) , use the code PM25K

"The reader can't help to want to know more about what will happen."  Death (Deck of Lies, #3) has been reviewed at Kritters Ramblings. See how it rated on the YA shoe scale when you visit the blog for the full review!

"Rain is down the rabbit hole again, seeking out the truth in the thicket of lies and secrecy." "More twists, turns, and secrets exposed. It was a fun ride." Death (Deck of Lies, #3) has been reviewed at Quirky Girls Read . Visit the blog to read the entire review.  Use the links above the post to get the first three books in the series, and get caught up on the story before I release book four!

Death (Deck of Lies, #3) is now available in print! You'll get a full cover and 206 lovely paper pages filled with lies, secrets and conspiracies when you order your copy from Amazon. Praise for Death "Rain continues her quest for the truth - but what truth that is continues to change: her hunt for her identity led to a murder, her hunt for a murderer led her to more of her own secrets... Death delivers a good dose of reflection on the previous rollercoaster of events from Books 1 and 2, whilst continuing to throw up more surprises.... "Deck of Lies is a fantastic YA mystery series, with plenty of twists and fans of soaps like Dallas , Days of Our Lives and Sunset Beach , will love the mad hookups and random family relationship relevations. Jade's writing is style is vivid and concise, helping you to completely immerse yourself in her stories." -author Melanie Cusick-Jones  "Once again I wasn't able to put the series down. I love t...

 "Lies, odd family connections and dirty deeds seeping out of every brick in the fancy mansion she lives in..."  "Jade's writing is style is vivid and concise." Author and friend of the blog, Melanie Cusick-Jones, recently posted her review of Death at Goodreads, and I hope you'll go and read it! While you're there, check out her book Hope's Daughter .

"It kept me in constant suspense throughout the story and once again it was virtually impossible to predict who did what." "The unpredictability of the book is what makes it so great." Sienna Logan, at Lost to Books, has followed up her review of Justice with new reviews for The Tower and Death, the second and third books in the Deck of Lies! "This series is great and I would recommend it to everyone! The murder mystery keeps you in suspense and the love interests keeps you hooked." Visit the site to read the full review of The Tower .  "Jade Varden once again surprised me by turning the story on its head again and continuing it in a way I'm sure no one will predict." See if you can predict where the story's going after you read the full review of Death .

The official trailer for Death (Deck of Lies, #3) is here! I'm unveiling it here first, but soon you'll be able to find it on Smashwords, Goodreads and Twitter. As always, you can tell me what you think of it in the comments section. 

Death has arrived! To help you get caught up on the story so far, I'm giving away Justice and The Tower all month long free . Visit my Smashwords page to download both books in the format of your choice. Enter the coupon code SSWIN to get a 100% price reduction.  About Justice When you build an entire life on a foundation of lies, it only takes one truth for the whole thing to come crashing down. I never invited the truth in. I never went searching for it. I never had any reason to suspect that the two people I loved most were dishonest with me every second of every day. I made one bad decision, and in a single day my entire world changed. If I’m ever going to discover the truth about myself and my parents, I have to trace all the lies back to their source. I have to try to find the truth that they’re hiding. The more I discover about myself, and my past, the more I realize that lies really are better than the truth. But now that I know the lies a...

It's July 1, and that can only mean one thing -- Death has been released! Get the book at Amazon and Smashwords , and get all the new lies.

Death (Deck of Lies, #3) will be released in about a week, so take a good look at the cover now and get ready to look for it in online bookstores! Tagline: One good lie deserves another. Blurb: All In I never wanted to get in this deep, but I did go looking for the truth before I was prepared to handle it. But how do you close the lid on Pandora’s box? You can’t unlearn something, or forget a dark secret once it’s been revealed. I have no choice but to do my part to bury the truth again -- this time, someplace no one will ever be able to find it. But that’s the problem with lies. Once you start pulling threads, everything unravels. No one is who they seem to be…not even me.

 I'll be revealing the cover for Death (Deck of Lies, #3) in less than two weeks, and you've only got a little longer than that to wait for the book's release . Until then, I'm releasing this exclusive excerpt that you can't find anywhere else. Keep reading!       I nearly shouted with glee when I saw Fallon’s familiar curvy figure leaning against my locker door. She’s a little taller than me, but Fallon had a habit of slouching and turning her shoulders inward that made us almost look the same size -- at least vertically.      “Where have you been?” I was so pleased, I leapt forward to give her a hug.      “I wasn’t in the mood this morning,” she shrugged. “But I showed up in time for lunch. Thanks for not bailing on school again today.”      “Yeah, I know. Sorry about that. I wasn’t feeling well.” It wasn’t really a lie. I’d been feeling terrible the last few days, but not in the way I ...

At last, I'm prepared to announce a release date for Death (Deck of Lies, #3). And since I've waited so long about making the announcement, another piece of good news: you don't have much of a wait. Death will be officially released on July 1, and I hear everyone in the U.S. is going to be setting off fireworks just three days later to celebrate (just a little nationwide soiree I whipped up in advance for your viewing enjoyment). But...I'm not going to make you wait for the prologue. Go to my website right now, and you can download everything up to Chapter 1 right this very second -- just be advised that it's not a very long prologue. Death is the longest book in the series to date, and yes , many things will at last be solved. You will know who killed whom, and why, and you will find even more lies hiding inside this installment of the Deck of Lies. You'll meet new characters, you'll find old characters and you'll even find out how Rain cele...

So, I haven't posted a book review in a while, I know. Lately I've only been adding new books to the list instead of subtracting them, which is not good (because I happen to be massively behind as of the writing of this post). I've been sitting on The Super Spies and the Cat Lady Killer for weeks and weeks now, which in no way is a reflection of the talents of author Lisa Orchard. What I've read of her book is quite good, in fact, and really I wish I was reading it...because at this point, it's preferable to how I've been spending the little reading time I do get. I don't know why, exactly, but I decided that I was going to create print editions of the Deck of Lies books. Because I have tunnel vision when I'm set on a goal, and because I'm such an exacting perfectionist, this naturally meant that I had to re-read all of Justice (Book 1) and The Tower (Book 2)...twice. This was quite necessary before I could approve the proofs, which I have ...