A Hundred Little Lies

by
Jon Wilson


 

ISBN: 978-0-9828267-5-1

Pages: 214

Price: $13.99


Synopsis

Everyone knows Jack Tulle as a widower, a doting father, and an honest businessman. The problem is, it’s all a lie.

For eight years Jack has enjoyed the quiet life in the sleepy little town of Bodey, Colorado where he owns and operates the General Store. He sits on the town council. He dotes upon his eight-year-old, headstrong daughter, Abigail. He is even being sized-up as a prospective new member of the family by the bank president.

But when the local saloon announces plans to host a grand prize poker tournament, Jack realizes it could spell trouble. One of the many secrets he’s been hiding is that he used to be a con man — mainly underhanded poker, but he wasn’t above the odd swindle when the situation presented itself. And a contest like the one his town is planning is sure to draw some old business acquaintances — fellows Jack would really rather not admit to knowing.

Of course there’s one man in particular Jack is worried about seeing — Tom Jude is the only person who knows the truth behind all his secrets. Tom wasn’t just Jack’s partner-in-crime, he was also the love of his life. And Tom knows things — like the fact that the little girl Jack is raising, really isn’t his...

As Jack scrambles to maintain his deceptions by lying to friends and neighbors as well as the child he has grown to love, he discovers the real truth: when your world is built on A Hundred Little Lies, exposing a single one of them can bring the whole thing crashing down.


Reviews

Jack Tulle seems to be holding a handful of Aces — a successful businessman, a respected member of the town council of Bodey, Colorado, and an eight year old daughter, Abagail, who adores him.

But it’s all a house of cards, held together with a hundred little lies, and it threatens to come tumbling down about him when a poker tournament brings people from his past back into his life, people who know the man he was before Bodey. One of them is Tom Jude, the only person apart from Abagail whom he ever really loved.

Jon Wilson’s is a fresh new voice and he deals the reader a winning hand with this beautiful and compulsively readable love story set in the old west, peopled with unique characters about whom the reader grows to care deeply. Charming, witty, and intensely romantic, this is an outstanding debut novel from a writer to be watched.


“A Hundred Little Lies is an absorbing historical debut. This is an author I’ll keep an eye out for what they do next ...”


“I enjoyed this book and believe that any of you who like stories of cowboys, the Wild West, historical fiction, and, of course, a compelling love story, will enjoy it too.”


“Charming, entertaining, delightful, and romantic. Jon has done a wonderful job with the material here, and his writing style is so clear and warm, you can’t help but settle into the story.”