The Inheritance of Lies: A Southern Gothic Romantic Suspense Novel

She was hired to expose an impostor. She never expected to fall for the man whose ring she was only supposed to be wearing for show.

Private investigator Charlotte Reyes doesn't believe in happy homecomings — which makes her exactly the right person to investigate the woman who's just returned to Belle Rivage Plantation claiming to be Camille Beaumont, an heiress who vanished without a trace twenty years ago.

To get close enough to prove it's a lie, Charlotte agrees to pose as the fake fiancée of Jackson Calloway — the family's guarded estate manager, and the cousin who has spent two decades blaming himself for the night Camille disappeared.

But the deeper Charlotte digs into faked DNA results, a family attorney with everything to hide, and a secret buried since the night Camille vanished, the more dangerous the truth becomes — and the more real her engagement to Jack starts to feel.

The Inheritance of Lies is a slow-burn, fake-relationship romantic suspense novel steeped in Southern gothic atmosphere, family secrets, and a mystery that reaches back twenty years.

✔ 150+ pages, fully formatted, professional ebook (.docx)

✔ Fake relationship / undercover romance trope

✔ Identity theft & inheritance fraud mystery with a Southern gothic twist

✔ Perfect for fans of slow-burn romance, plantation gothic settings, and family-secret thrillers