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October 25, 2018

Sneak Peek of THE COLOR OF LIES

Color of Lies


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Want an early look at the YA thriller critics are calling “a thrilling tale of deception, murder, and heartbreak” (Booklist)?


Click HERE to read Chapter One now.


Pre-order your copy now!

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Published on October 25, 2018 08:59

October 18, 2018

Early Reviews for THE COLOR OF LIES!

Color of Lies


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So thrilled by the early reviews for my new YA thriller, THE COLOR OF LIES, releasing Nov 6th!

First, a STARRED review from School Library Journal: “A tight and engaging mystery with well-defined characters make this excellent choice.”


Booklist also liked it! “Lyons weaves a thrilling tale of deception, murder, and heartbreak.”


As did Addicted Reads: “The Color Of Lies was an amazing book, I actually read it in a single day! After Alec flips her world around, Ella is forced to find out the truth behind her family before someone else gets hurt.”


I can’t wait to see what you think!


Pre-order your copy today!

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Published on October 18, 2018 07:59

October 16, 2018

Why Synesthesia?

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Q: What is this rare medical condition, and what led you to include it as part of Ella’s character?


CJ: As a physician, I’ve long been fascinated by unique medical oddities such as synesthesia. It’s not a disease, but rather the way the brain processes information is mistranslated into other senses. You may see letters as colors or smell words you read.


I have friends who have it—one is a musician who sees the notes she plays as color and light, another hears colors … I myself have what may be a mild form (or maybe it’s just a symptom of my overactive imagination!). I can taste recipes for food I’ve never eaten before just by reading them.


People with synesthesia experience the world differently, which is not only fascinating, it makes for an intriguing character—especially since we all base our idea of reality on what we see, hear, feel. For people with synesthesia, their reality is already very different than people who don’t have synesthesia, so if we upset that reliance on what is seen, felt, or heard, how do we know what’s real and what isn’t?


Start playing with people’s perception of reality, of their basic, essential truth, and you open up a world of possibilities for a story.


Want to learn  more? THE COLOR OF LIES releases on November 6th. Pre-order your copy today!

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Published on October 16, 2018 07:17

October 11, 2018

What’s it like to live with synesthesia?

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Want to learn more? Check out my new YA Thriller, THE COLOR OF LIES
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Published on October 11, 2018 07:56

October 9, 2018

THE COLOR OF LIES

Color of Lies


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A new Young Adult thriller (suitable for ages 12 and up), THE COLOR OF LIES:

For The Color of Lies, my first inspiration was the idea of a girl who saw everyone else’s truth … but was blind to her own.


I loved that conflict, the paradox of what we see and believe versus what is real. And how we deny reality, sacrifice it to our dreams by what we choose to believe … It happens every day in the real world. Just look at the epidemic of fake news posing as reality.


What if someone’s entire life was colored by what they wanted to believe instead of what was real? Answering that question led to The Color of Lies.


Pre-order your copy today! Releases 11/6/18

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Published on October 09, 2018 07:47

February 6, 2017

New SNAKE SKIN cover wins!



[image error]So thrilled that the beautiful new cover design for the original Lucy Guardino FBI Thrillers have won a coveted gold star from The Book Designer!


Way to go, James Egan and Bookfly Covers!


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Published on February 06, 2017 14:12

April 17, 2016

LAST LIGHT, save now!


Releases May 3, 2016, Pre-order your copy NOW!


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Published on April 17, 2016 06:08

February 12, 2016

NEW Lucy! Last Light available for pre-order now

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 NEW!

After leaving the FBI, life should be easy, right? Wrong—not if you’re Lucy Guardino.


Releases May 3, 2016, Pre-order your copy NOW!


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Lucy has always seen herself as a normal Pittsburgh soccer mom who happened to have a job chasing the worst of the worst. But after a violent predator targets her family and she’s injured, Lucy sacrifices her career with the FBI in order to keep her family safe.


What is she now that she’s no longer a FBI Special Agent? she wonders as she begins her new job with the Beacon Group, a private consulting firm that specializes in cold cases and bringing justice to forgotten victims. Lucy fears she’s traded being a kick-ass law enforcement officer for being a civilian mother hen shepherding a team of amateurs.


Her fears appear justified when she’s partnered with TK O’Connor, a former Marine MP struggling with her transition to life back home, and sent to rural Texas to investigate a case that’s more than cold, it’s already been closed with the killers behind bars for the past twenty-nine years.


But…who really killed Lily Martin, her infant daughter, and husband? Why was an entire family targeted for annihilation?


What price will Lucy pay when she fights to expose a truth people will kill to keep buried?


Releases May 3, 2016, Pre-order your copy NOW!


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Published on February 12, 2016 09:09

January 27, 2016

Hello world!

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Published on January 27, 2016 19:19

January 23, 2016

A RAGING DAWN-now available in print and audio

A Raging DawnThe hardcover, paperback, AND audio versions of A RAGING DAWN are now available everywhere!


Get your copy today at Amazon, Barnes and Noble, or Audible


Stay tuned for the unveiling of the cover for Book #3, THE SLEEPLESS STARS–coming soon!

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Published on January 23, 2016 11:56