The Other Side of Deception

Book 2 of the Alissa Awakens Series

A child’s scream. A screech of tires. A mother’s world—shattered.

Alissa Adams stares in horror at her three-year-old daughter’s lifeless body as sirens wail in the distance. In that instant, everything she believed in collapses. Science offers no answers. Equations can’t measure grief. Logic can’t repair a broken world.

Newly married and full of promise, Alissa steps into her first teaching job—the only female science instructor. Her credentials mean nothing. She has intruded in a men’s club where women are not welcome. Once again, she must prove herself.

At a national educators’ conference, a voice behind her sends a chill down her spine. Kirk Mathis—her bold, unpredictable former film partner—is back. One glance, and buried emotions rise like a tidal wave.

Then comes the blow that breaks her: dismissal without cause, her gender the only offense. Rage simmers beneath her grief. But Alissa doesn’t retreat. She fights. With a whip-smart English teacher, an eccentric, outspoken beatnik, passionate students, and Kirk’s powerful connections, she storms the gates of the establishment.

The 1950s are not kind to women who push back. But Alissa has nothing left to lose. Determined to break the barriers that hold women back, she fights not only for herself, but for all women who have suffered discrimination and prejudice.

A powerful novel of resilience, identity, and the boundaries women dared to break in 1950s America.
Perfect for fans of Lisa Wingate, Kate Quinn, and Sue Monk Kidd.