This Much Is True - Book 1 Truth In Lies Trilogy

The air is different. I cannot breathe, and a part of me doesn't really want to anymore. We spent the first seventeen years of our lives together and shared everything from our looks to our clothes to our innermost thoughts.
But then, one day, it was over.
And no one prepares you for that.
No one.


Months after tragic loss left her reeling with grief and heartbreak, Tally Landon attempts to move on, intent on finishing high school and pursuing her ballet career in New York. This is her plan. This is her only plan. But a chance meeting at a college party where she pretends to be someone else and lies about her age leads to an inexplicable connection with Stanford's star pitcher,Lincoln Presley, and inexplicably changes her plan.

His future is pre-determined. The famous baseball player is about to hit the big time by signing with Major League Baseball. He already knows this girl represents a complication, yet; it's a risk, he is willing to take. That is until the lies she's told and the secret he's kept from her unravels between them.

Even so, the undeniable attraction between them and a hidden truth they ultimately share will only intensify. This much is true.

This Much Is True is an intense, emotionally-charged love story about a broken seventeen-year-old ballerina and a lonesome, golden boy and the wonder that the truth will bring them.

This is the first novel in the TRUTH IN LIES series. The series is comprised of the following books:

THIS MUCH IS TRUE
THE TRUTH ABOUT AIR & WATER
TELL ME SOMETHING TRUE


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Q & A with Katherine Owen

Q: How would you describe THIS MUCH IS TRUE?

Owen: The short version? This is a modern-day Romeo and Juliet. The longer version would be: a young ballerina engulfed in tragedy meets the one guy, who can save her. It's dark...


Q: How does THIS MUCH IS TRUE differ from your other novels?

Owen: I've never written anything nearly as angst-filled and tragic. It's a dark romance. It's in the New Adult realm but it isn't filled with scenes of the naïve girl and the bad, tattooed boy. Tally is tough. Many don't like her. Tally doesn't like herself very much, and readers who get that, get my work. This is a story that stays with readers. I have fans who read this book over two years ago and still come back for more. They re-read THIS MUCH IS TRUE with the same passion and dedication they had for it the first time. It's amazing.


Q: Tally's character is different than the other female protagonists you've written. What inspired her?

Owen: Tally came to me when I was taking classes with The Writers Studio. At first, she was an artist. Edgy. Dark. Lincoln Presley came to my mind fully-formed and as a famous baseball player who is good-looking and nice yet hides his own emotional baggage. Linc didn't change very much from when I first thought of him. However, Tally did.


Q: Why ballet? Why baseball?

Owen: There are not a lot of love stories about a ballerina and a baseball player that I'm aware of. I wanted to explore the nuances that come with fame and athletes.


Q: Your work has sometimes been described as dramatic and highly emotional. Is it over the top?

Owen: I write from a very personal, empathetic perspective and lean toward exploring love and loss in all of my novels. I strive to understand how love works and how we survive loss. Some readers don't believe in love, especially at first sight. I've experienced that so I write it true. That's about all I can say. One person's drama or lack thereof (can we call that apathy?) is another's true north. Some people don't think Interstellar is really a love story. All I can say is, really? Hmmm...

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