She was kidnapped not once but twice and now someone wants her dead because of it…

Her life was a lie!

Bailey knew her upbringing wasn’t normal but she’s worked hard to stabilize her life. At 29, she finally has a good business, a stable home; her life is miles from that of her childhood. Then suddenly her mother dies, leaving a gaping hole and a discovery that they may not even be related. If Guy, the private investigator is to be believed, her life is a lie. Using the skills she learned on the streets, Bailey travels back through a sketchy and dangerous past, to find answers. Dodging bullets, staying ahead of those who want her dead and convincing Guy she can do it alone, are making it difficult to discover not only the secrets of her mother’s past but that of a family claiming she is theirs.

Everyone seems to have a story… but who’s telling the truth? And who wants her dead? Is Guy part of the solution? Or part of the problem? To discover the facts, she’ll have to untangle a web of deceit, lies, and secrets, dating back over thirty years.

But can she do it in time…

Captured Lies won Book of the Month LAS Reviews (March 2014)

“This is a story that when you start to read it you don’t want to put it down until you finish it.” Cindy’s Reviews

“Captured Lies is a very edge of your seat sort of book… I was totally enthralled with this book…” Tammy’s Tea Time

“Maggie Thom has a hidden gem with Captured Lies!… Like an onion, each layer of this action-packed tale becomes more involved, more wickedly deceitful and more dangerous…” Tome Tender

“Captured Lies is an outstanding book and it was a book I couldn’t put down…” Dee Sauter (Moderator Linda Howard Book Junkies)

Maggie Thom

Award winning author, Maggie Thom, took the challenge and leapt off, leaving a fulltime, twenty year career in management, to write full time. After publishing her first suspense/thriller book Captured Lies, October 2012, she published her second novel, Tainted Waters, April, 2013. Tainted Waters went on to win 2013 Suspense and Thriller Book of the Year through Turning the Pages Magazine and Captured Lies won book of the Month through LAS Reviews (February 2014). She published her third novel, Deceitful Truths (The Caspian Wine Series – Book 2), March 2014. An avid reader and writer her whole life, she decided to break the monotony of wishing to be an author by making it happen. She is a wholehearted nature lover and likes nothing better than to take a book, hike to a remote spot by a river or waterfalls and read. Married to her best friend, she is learning that humor, love and patience help her navigate her way through her twins’ teen years. Her motto: Escape to read and Read to escape. “Maggie Thom writes a fast paced thriller laced with romance that keeps the reader interested and on edge!” InDtale Magazine

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Does Reading Change You?
By Maggie Thom
Does reading change you? Having been a reader all my life, it probably isn’t a fair question for me to answer but I have to say yes. Yes, reading does change you or at least it did me. It has to, doesn’t it? I mean you immerse yourself in so many different lives, so many different stories, taken on so many adventures, who wouldn’t be changed?
Just think about all the reasons why you read:
– to escape
– to learn
– to live vicariously
– to laugh
– to love
– to know someone has a worse life than you
– to be suspended in time for a while
– to go on an adventure
– to be whisked away to another place
– to be entertained
– to cry
– to just be
– to wonder
– to be tested
– to find answers
– to find questions
– to prove something
– to disprove something
– to test your memory
– to practice your deductive skills
– to be able to live in someone else’s world
– to understand life
– to explore possibilities

Okay, do we really read for all of these reasons? I don’t think that always consciously we do but I’d say yes, for at least one or two or more of these, at a time. And I’m sure there are many more reasons to read, I’ve just named some of them. Whatever your reasons for reading there is no way you can read something either true or fiction and not have it affect you… not have it change you.
Sometimes reading is your best friend, your soul mate, your confident, your mirror, your companion, your truth sayer, your kick in the butt, your emotional radar, your release, your escape, your journey, your wake up, your love, your life… whatever reading is to you it is so powerful. It gives us the gift of freedom that nothing else can. It gives us the opportunity to just be and once you are done your book, you will always look at things just a little bit differently.
Do you think reading changes you?