The Woman Before Patricia (Love, Lies & Lessons) Book 4

Before Patricia Carter became a mother, she was a woman with secrets powerful people would kill to protect.

Simone Carter believed she had finally taken control of Hale Meridian and exposed the lies that shaped her family. Then a black notebook written in her mother's hand reveals a hidden beginning: two sisters, a vanished founder, altered medical records, and a promise that was never meant to survive.

With Marcus beside her and danger closing in, Simone follows Patricia's trail through buried patient files, missing evidence, and betrayals spanning generations. Every discovery forces her to question the woman her mother truly was-and whether the organization Patricia helped create was ever intended to deliver justice.

As old enemies offer dangerous bargains and new witnesses step forward, Simone must decide how much truth her family can survive. Because the final secret is not only about what Patricia did.

It is about the woman she was before anyone knew her name.

The Woman Before Patricia is Book Four in the five-book Love, Lies & Lessons series-an emotionally charged romantic suspense filled with family secrets, corporate deception, buried evidence, hard-won love, and a gripping mystery that continues into the final book.