Scratch A Lie Find A Thief

by Raynesha Pittman

If you scratch a liar, you'll find a thief and Ashley or should I say "Nikki" takes pride in making this cliché an honest one. But what happens when you live a life founded on lies, and the truth walks in to show "his" handsome face? Will Chris's knowledge of a truth that's been deemed forgotten be enough to stop Nikki's hustle? What will Nikki do when the unknown skeletons in her closet begin to talk and don't want to shut up? Will a series of unfolding drama be enough to knock this self proclaimed boss and professional liar off her journey to financial success? Or will Nikki's helplessness promote her to a new title, A cold blooded murderer?

66 pages, Kindle Edition

First published May 21, 2013

About the author

About the Author: Raynesha Pittman grew up as one of L.A's many troubled youth which led her into serving four years around Los Angeles juvenile corrections centers, placements, and camps. She first recognized her love for writing while incarcerated. Her first manuscript was written to her mother in hopes of giving her insight to what Raynesha was going through as a teen but never published. One positive Raynesha had during her troubled years was book smarts, her ticket out of the hands of correctional facilities. She was an honors student since kindergarten, certified gifted in the third grade, and was sent to Woodland hills, CA for a more challenging education, yet she had to be placed in Honors classes there too. Her temper and fighting had her removed from the enriched schools but that didn't stop her. She crossed the stage as the valedictorian of her high school a month after turning 16 years old, her graduation credits were meet at 15 and she received acceptance letters to five out-of-state private institutions of higher education which she later declined offers to due to still being on probation until 18 years of age and not being able to leave the state. California State University at Los Angeles and Northridge accepted her last minute application with open arms. While attending school, she discovered she was pregnant and decided to put her role as a mother first. After carrying her second child she moved to TN for a new start with her sons and received her PTCB national certification in July 2010 after 3 1/2 years of being a licensed Pharmacy technician. It was while working in a pharmacy she met Michael Antonio of Payne Publishing, Inc., who encouraged her to write a book. She took his opinion to heart and wrote her debut novel "Kismet". Raynesha currently lives in TN with her, “Roq” and six children.

Professionally: Raynesha Pittman is the CEO, Founder and an author at Conglomerate Ink, an Urban Literature publishing company established November 2010 to help authors expose and share their talents of storytelling while developing discipline in their craft. In May 2011 Raynesha was offered the opportunity to help promote literacy nationwide by childhood friend, author and now publisher Terry L. Wroten by joining the West Coast Authors Movement also known as W-CAM where Raynesha not only fills the position of an author on the team but is also over website design and management and acts as W-CAM's Southern liaison due to her living in the South. Her greatest literary achievement came in January 2014 when she was signed to Write2Eat Concepts publications under the legendary K'wan Foye. From there possibilities became endless. Raynesha currently has two books in stores under Kensington/Urban Books, another due to release in March 2017 under Kensington/ Urban Renaissance and Penguin/Random House and one title in stores under her own publishing company. She says, “…this is only the beginning.”

Accomplishments: Raynesha was nominated in the Hip Hop of the Ville awards for best Indie author of the year in January 2012 and was also nominated in the Prodigy Publishing Group's Second Annual Urban Literary Awards for most likely to succeed debut author of the year in February 2012. In 2015 Raynesha was nominated for Journalist of the year in the Southern Entertainment Awards.

Reviews

[Angela S · Rating 5 out of 5]

OMG

Y'all know how I read. I can be in the middle of one and just go do something else. I was on FB and ran across this author's book. It said it was only 1 hr and some change to read so I started. No only did the 1St sentence grab me , but I could not let it go. The plot is the bomb. Just the right amount of thug and class and scheming out the Yazoo. I will definitely be on the lookout for part 2 and finding more of Raynesha Pittman's work! The writing was top notch as well! Welcome to my TBR list!

[Me'Tova Hollingsworth - Bethley · Rating 4 out of 5]

Although predictable, Scratch A Lie Find A Thief was a good story. I rated the book 4 stars, because the story was rather slow and very wordy in areas. I read other books by Raynesha Pittman, and this story was written in a different style than the other books. The story would have had a better flow, if there was less descriptive gibberish to describe how something/or someone looked. It really made a difference in the rating. If the whole story would have been told more like the ending, then the author would have grabbed the reader's attention more quickly. I will try to read book two, because I am curious to see how Nikki will handle Cassandra and Tyree. Also, I'm wondering if Chris is who he says he is, and will Chris and Nikki end up as an item?

[Niaja Scott · Rating 4 out of 5]

I truly enjoyed this book especially the unexpected twists...waiting on pt2.

[Rebecca · Rating 4 out of 5]

I enjoyed this book. Nikki is a sneaky female but is on her hustle. This was one of those books that everyone has secrets. Can't wait for the next one. Would recommend this book.

[Donna Lewis · Rating 4 out of 5]

Nikki's mess caught up with her!!! Now what she gone do. You cant keep telling lies and think you gone continue to get away with it.