<P><B>Is it better to live a lie of perfection when the truth is too ugly to survive?</B></p><p>Meg wants a normal life. Her new artistic style born in the depression of her mother's death is poised to take the art world by storm if she could just overcome the debilitating anxiety caused by the car accident that scarred her boyfriend Austin. Encouraged by her therapist Meg pushes outside her comfort zone to befriend Haley a guest instructor at the university where Meg teaches. Haley is everything Meg wants to be: charismatic confident and perfect but when Austin expresses his worry that Haley is changing Meg too fast Meg kicks him out of her life. Or at least she tries.</p><p>Kim Harrison author of the number one bestselling urban fantasy Hollows series brings to life a world terrifyingly near to our own where what's real and what shouldn't exist twine together in the madness of a troubled mind desperate for a way out. But when the truth is revealed the question remains is it better to live a lie of perfection or cleave to an ugly reality that will destroy you?</p><p>Contains mature themes.</P>