Perception is Truth

by Anne Marie Citro

What is the best revenge? Is it to move on with a smile? To show the person that you can put aside your anger and be happy? Or is it a tooth for a tooth, or an eye for an eye?There was a time in Dejuan’s life when he believed people were good, family was everything, and the future held unlimited prospects. Discovering the truth had been his undoing.It had taken him five years to get to this point, and now the monster he had become lived for one thing—revenge. Whoever said the best revenge is no revenge had never been betrayed by someone they cared about.Ciara Flynn couldn’t take the dampness of any season in Ireland. She longed to live in a warmer climate. Actually, she’d have happily given her right arm just to visit a hot climate. But she knew that would never happen, because for as long as she could remember, her father had lived with a travel restriction. It had been placed on him when he was a young man. Guilt by association meant no one in their family could ever leave the country. It was so unfair, but a girl could still dream.Then Ciara wakes up to find out that sometimes dreams do come true—but not necessarily as a result of hard work. However, like everything else in life, there is a price to pay. As a nurse, Ciara’s payment for waking up in a tropical paradise, is to help the man she was brought there to heal. The only other choice is to forfeit everyone she loves.Ciara realizes her actual goal won’t be to nurse Dejuan’s body or mind; it will be to nurse his soul. While she reaps a few rewards of her captivity, can she show Dejuan which is revenge or love? He wants both, but life doesn’t work that way. Dejuan will have to choose.

375 pages, Paperback

Published September 23, 2021

About the author

Anne Marie Citro grew born and raised in the greater Toronto area of Ontario, Canada. She grew up in a large, loving family. Anne Marie is married to a very patient man. He is the love of her life. They have four very cool sons, and the girls they brought into their family that have become daughters of her heart. She has been blessed enough to finally have a beautiful granddaughter after four sons. She has her own personal gaggle of girlfriends, who enrich her life on a daily basis and make her laugh. Caesar Friday is her favourite day of the week. Caesars with the girls and date night with her hubby. She works with special-needs teenagers, that have taught her how to appreciate life and see it through gentler eyes. Anne Marie was encouraged by her husband to follow her lifelong dream to write. She loves the characters that take over imagination and haunts her dreams. She loves the arts and she has tried her hand at painting, wood sculpting, chainsaw carving, wood burning, metal and wire sculptures. Yes, her husband is a very patient man! Anne Marie is an avid reader and enjoys about three books per week. But nothing makes her happier then riding on the back of her husband's Harley and throwing her arms out and feeling the wind race by. Anne Marie and her husband take a few weeks every year to travel to spectacular destination around the world. Anne Marie is excited and can't wait to see what the next chapter holds for her life.

Reviews

[Laura Beaton · Rating 5 out of 5]

I thoroughly enjoyed the story, plot and characters in this final book of Sins of Our Father trilogy. I laughed out loud a number of times and felt the entire range of emotions.

The real backdrop to this story is the time during the 'Troubles' in Ireland and its lifelong consequences for those simply trying to survive its horrors - it is definitely relevant today. Anne Marie manages to keep every aspect of this story in check, as the characters evolve.

As always, Anne Marie's story is rollercoaster and is a page turner - pure joy to read and great escapism.