Book excerpt: In 1993, Lanie Bragg’s life is moving along nicely. She owns a successful boutique, has a talented daughter in college, and has recently moved in with her new love, attorney Jay Billings. Upon hearing news of the death of the eccentric Artis Moore, the owner of the antique shop beside her boutique, Lanie is tossed headfirst into the story of the older woman’s intriguing and mysterious life and loves, including Buster Whitmire and baseball player, Benjamin Mason. Artis Moore, the daughter of one of the wealthiest men in the south, should have a carefree and happy life. Instead, she endures a string of misfortunes and heartaches that will change the lives of so many people, including Lanie's, over forty years later. Lanie has been asked to attend the reading of Artis’s will, where a life-altering secret is revealed, changing everything she thought she knew about her family and her life. LIAR'S BLOODLINE follows the interconnected lives of Lanie Bragg and Artis Moore over the course of more than forty years.