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Deep Betrayal, Anne Greenwood Brown's highly anticipated sequel to Lies Beneath was released today.

















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Who first said it?



An author, of course! Edward Bulwer-Lytton, an English novelist, playwright, poet, and politician, coined the term in 1839.



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