The Ring of Truth

"Since the death of her parents, sixteen-year-old Sloan has lived a privileged, protected life with her grandmother, the matriarch of a prominent political family, until the drunken advances of an elected official lead to a public scandal."
"Since the death of her parents, sixteen-year-old Sloan has lived a privileged, protected life with her grandmother, the matriarch of a prominent political family, until the drunken advances of an elected official lead to a public scandal."@en
"The truth isn't the most comfortable choice, but it's the only one with any future Sloan Fredericks can still remember the weeks she spent in the hospital when she was nine, the only survivor of the accident that killed her parents and little brother. Now she lives with her grandmother in the kind of grand old house you'd expect from a family known for both their wealth and their political prowess. It's also the kind of house that has a music room, which is where Sloan goes searching for a little peace and quiet during her gran's annual party, until an older man with a important reputation cor."@en