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  —Lisa Wingate, New York Times bestselling author of Before We Were Yours

  “I burned through The Inn at Ocean’s Edge in one sitting. An intricate plot by a master storyteller. Colleen Coble has done it again with this gripping opening to a new series. I can’t wait to spend more time at Sunset Cove.”

  —Heather Burch, bestselling author of One Lavender Ribbon

  “Coble doesn’t disappoint with her custom blend of suspense and romance.”

  —Publishers Weekly on The Inn at Ocean’s Edge

  “Veteran author Coble has penned another winner. Filled with mystery and romance that are unpredictable until the last page, this novel will grip readers long past when they should put their books down. Recommended to readers of contemporary mysteries.”

  —CBA Retailers + Resources on The Inn at Ocean’s Edge

  “Coble truly shines when she’s penning a mystery, and this tale will really keep the reader guessing . . . Mystery lovers will definitely want to put this book on their purchase list.”

  —RT Book Reviews on The Inn at Ocean’s Edge

  “Master storyteller Colleen Coble has done it again. The Inn at Ocean’s Edge is an intricately woven, well-crafted story of romance, suspense, family secrets, and a decades-old mystery. Needless to say, it had me hooked from page one. I simply couldn’t stop turning the pages. This one’s going on my keeper shelf.”

  —Lynette Eason, award-winning, bestselling author of the Hidden Identity series

  “Colleen is a master storyteller.”

  —Karen Kingsbury, bestselling author of Unlocked and Learning

  Also by Colleen Coble

  Pelican Harbor Novels

  Two Reasons to Run (available September 2020)

  Lavender Tides Novels

  The View from Rainshadow Bay

  Leaving Lavender Tides Novella

  The House at Saltwater Point

  Secrets at Cedar Cabin

  Sunset Cove Novels

  The Inn at Ocean’s Edge

  Mermaid Moon

  Twilight at Blueberry Barrens

  Hope Beach Novels

  Tidewater Inn

  Rosemary Cottage

  Seagrass Pier

  All Is Bright: A Hope Beach Christmas Novella (e-book only)

  Rock Harbor Novels

  Without a Trace

  Beyond a Doubt

  Into the Deep

  Cry in the Night

  Haven of Swans (formerly titled Abomination)

  Silent Night: A Rock Harbor Christmas Novella (e-book only)

  Beneath Copper Falls

  YA/Middle Grade Rock Harbor Books

  Rock Harbor Search and Rescue

  Rock Harbor Lost and Found

  Children’s Rock Harbor Book

  The Blessings Jar

  Under Texas Stars Novels

  Blue Moon Promise

  Safe in His Arms

  Bluebonnet Bride Novella (e-book only)

  The Aloha Reef Novels

  Distant Echoes

  Black Sands

  Dangerous Depths

  Midnight Sea

  Holy Night: An Aloha Reef Christmas Novella (e-book only)

  The Mercy Falls Series

  The Lightkeeper’s Daughter

  The Lightkeeper’s Bride

  The Lightkeeper’s Ball

  Journey of the Heart Series

  A Heart’s Disguise

  A Heart’s Obsession

  A Heart’s Danger

  A Heart’s Betrayal

  A Heart’s Promise

  A Heart’s Home

  Lonestar Novels

  Lonestar Sanctuary

  Lonestar Secrets

  Lonestar Homecoming

  Lonestar Angel

  All Is Calm: A Lonestar Christmas Novella (e-book only)

  Strands of Truth

  Freedom’s Light

  Because You’re Mine

  Alaska Twilight

  Fire Dancer

  Where Shadows Meet (formerly titled Anathema)

  Butterfly Palace

  Copyright

  One Little Lie

  © 2020 Colleen Coble

  All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means—electronic, mechanical, photocopy, recording, scanning, or other—except for brief quotations in critical reviews or articles, without the prior written permission of the publisher.

  Published in Nashville, Tennessee, by Thomas Nelson. Thomas Nelson is a registered trademark of HarperCollins Christian Publishing, Inc.

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  Scripture quotations are taken from the Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved worldwide. www.Zondervan.com. The “NIV” and “New International Version” are trademarks registered in the United States Patent and Trademark Office by Biblica, Inc.®

  Quotes in chapters 15 and 34 are from The Screwtape Letters by C. S. Lewis. First published in 1942.

  Publisher’s Note: This novel is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are either products of the author’s imagination or used fictitiously. All characters are fictional, and any similarity to people living or dead is purely coincidental.

  Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

  Names: Coble, Colleen, author.

  Title: One little lie / Colleen Coble.

  Description: Nashville : Thomas Nelson, [2020] | Series: Pelican Harbor ; 1

  | Summary: "Book one in a gripping new series from USA TODAY bestselling

  romantic suspense author Colleen Coble"-- Provided by publisher.

  Identifiers: LCCN 2019036837 (print) | LCCN 2019036838 (ebook) | ISBN

  9780785228448 (trade paperback) | ISBN 9780785228462 (library binding) |

  ISBN 9780785228455 (epub) | ISBN 9780785228479 (audio download)

  Subjects: GSAFD: Romantic suspense fiction. | Christian fiction.

  Classification: LCC PS3553.O2285 O54 2020 (print) | LCC PS3553.O2285

  (ebook) | DDC 813/.54--dc23

  LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019036837

  LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019036838

  Printed in the United States of America

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