After learning the truth about the twins, he tries his best to help Emma whenever he can. Ethan Landry – A mysterious and loner boy who is befriended by Emma.

Like her twin, she has brown hair and blue eyes. Emma went into foster care after Becky, her birth mother, abandoned her. She has a kind heart, and has always wished she had a better life.

Emma Paxton – The main character, and the identical sister of Sutton.

She is also the founder of 'The Lying Game'. Sutton was adopted by a wealthy family, but took everything she had for granted. While alive, she was a snobby trouble-maker who believed she could do anything.

Sutton Mercer – The deceased protagonist of the story.

While the book and the television series share most of the same characters, there are differences in regards to the characters between the two (with the biggest difference being that Sutton is deceased in the books, but alive in the television series):

The First Lie (published December 18, 2012).

Seven Minutes in Heaven (published July 30, 2013).

Cross My Heart, Hope to Die (published February 5, 2013).

Hide and Seek (published July 31, 2012).

Two Truths and a Lie (published February 7, 2012).

Never Have I Ever (published August 2, 2011).

The Lying Game (published December 7, 2010).

A television series adaptation was loosely based on the books debuted on ABC Family in 2011. The first book in the series, The Lying Game, was released in hardcover on December 7, 2010. The Lying Game is a series of books by Sara Shepard published by HarperTeen.

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