9 Twisted Romances Like Tell Me Lies

As a child, Ellie Watt was dragged across the country to act as a pawn in her grifter parents' many scams. Now, as an adult, she wants to move on and live a normal, respectable life. But returning to the dry desert town of Palm Valley, California means confronting one more temptation from her youth: Camden McQueen. 

Once known as the high-school weirdo, Camden is now a shredded tattoo artist who still harbors feelings for Ellie. She's hoping to use him for her own needs, but when Camden discovers Ellie's plan to con him, he makes her an offer she can't refuse.

When Cassie Taylor met Ethan Holt at acting school, the chemistry between them was instantly scorching. She was the good girl on campus and he was the bad boy who left a string of broken hearts in his wake. It only made sense to cast them to play Romeo and Juliet. Romance seemed inevitable until he broke her heart. Many years later, the pair are reunited as on-stage lovers once more, and they have a lot of baggage to unpack. The heat between them is undeniable, but so is the fury. Sparks will fly.

Emily McCarthy is desperate to forget her trauma. Her dark and dangerous past haunts her as she tries to complete her mathematics degree and pave the way for a new and better life. Through an unlikely friendship with the owner of an old boxing gym, she meets Cormac “the Hurricane” O’Connell. He's dangerous inside and out, a lethal weapon who cannot be defeated inside the ring. When he meets Em, he's instantly enthralled by her, but they are polar opposites and she wants nothing to do with his violent world. For Cormac, however, some things are just worth fighting for.

Barrington University is home of the Lords, a secret society dominated by the mightiest men in the world. The price of entry is blood, and those who are allowed to enter its hallowed halls must promise to devote their lives to violence in exchange for power. During their senior year, they are offered a chosen one. 

Blake is a rich girl who wants to escape her life. She's offered a change by Ryat Alexander Archer, but only if she agrees to be his. Only when it's too late does she realize she's been set up. Now, she is Ryat's trophy, and the only way to get out of this world is death.

Carleigh Stanger hoped that leaving town for college would be a freeing experience, a chance to start afresh and escape her unhappy home life and high school disasters. But then, at her first-ever campus party, she bumps into a familiar face. Tucker Green is the last person she wants to see. Their last meeting ended in gut-wrenching heartache, and Tucker is furious about the pain she caused him. But he can't deny that he still wants her... 

Adeline is a writer who moves into a majestic but unnerving old house once owned by her grandmother and great-grandmother. Unbeknownst to her, her inheritance also includes a stalker. Zade Meadows is part of an undercover organisation that targets sex traffickers. But he's also obsessed with Adeline, determined to protect and to possess her, whether she wants it or not. But this new shadow in her life stirs up unexpected desires, as well as a mystery regarding some skeletons in her family's past.

As the only child of a celebrated film producer and a gorgeous movie-star, Tiernan de Haas is used to fame, money, and privilege. But none of it has made her happy, and when her parents pass away, she only feels more alone than she already was. 

Jake Van der Berg, her father’s stepbrother and her only living relative, assumes guardianship of Tiernan who is still two months shy of her 18th birthday. Sent to live with him and his two sons, Noah and Kaleb, in the mountains of Colorado, Tiernan falls head-first into survival mode in the middle of nowhere, with the lines blurring as these three men threaten to engulf her.

In the champagne-heady worlds of London's rich elite, Magnolia Parks is one of the most infamous socialites of the scene. BJ Ballentine is a bad boy playboy who's almost as notorious. Everyone knows they're meant to be, but BJ broke Magnolia's heart and she refuses to forgive and forget. They date other people to make one another jealous, but they can never resist one another for long. 

How many times can they keep up this cycle before something falls apart?

Tristan Caine is an enigma in the underworld of warring mob families. He's the only non-blooded member in the high circle of the Tenebrae Outfit, but he's also powerful, merciless, and utterly lethal. Morana Vitalio is a member of a rival family, a computer whizz who has made her father very rich. When a twenty-year old mystery resurfaces, Morana infiltrates Caine's house, intent on killing him. But she's unaware that something from their pasts binds them together, and hate and love are two sides of the same coin. But Caine is not someone for whom morality is a way of life.