Constance Pointer blonde, beautiful, and poor. She yearns for a better life. She meets Victor Levesque, and considers him to be the best thing that ever happened to her. To hold on to him, she tells a lie that will change the course of their lives. Victor Levesque a handsome medical student who falls in love with Constance, and is crushed when he learns that she isn't the woman he thought she was. Sharon Fletcher Constance's friend, a beautiful African-American transsexual, who craves romance and a family, and will take unique steps to make it happen. Ted Taliaferro a gorgeous soap opera actor who is accustomed to getting what he wants and refuses to take no for an answer. Sarah Pointer a bitter woman, who hates her daughter, Constance. The Lie a sexy, witty, contemporary mix of the tried-and-true and the different. The Lietakes readers on a roller-coaster ride from a shabby neigh-borhood in San Jose to an upper middle class one to TV studios in California. Follow their ups and downs, joys and triumphs.