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Named a Best Book of Summer by Parade * Refinery29 * PopSugar * Bustle * Working Mother * Town & Country * Thought Catalog * PureWow * Betches * Literary Hub * Brides
“Think: The Affair meets Animal House meets your beach bag. Get into it.”—TheSkimm
“A twisted modern love story.” —Parade
“Everything you could ever want in a summer read.” —USA TODAY
Everyone remembers the one. No, not that one. The other one. The one you couldn’t let go of. The one you’ll never forget.
Lucy Albright is far from her Long Island upbringing when she arrives on the campus of her small California college, and happy to be hundreds of miles from her mother, whom she’s never forgiven for an act of betrayal in her early teen years. Quickly grasping at her fresh start, Lucy embraces college life and all it has to offer—new friends, wild parties, stimulating classes. And then she meets Stephen DeMarco. Charming. Attractive. Complicated. Devastating.
Confident and cocksure, Stephen sees something in Lucy that no one else has, and she’s quickly seduced by this vision of herself, and the sense of possibility that his attention brings her. Meanwhile, Stephen is determined to forget an incident buried in his past that, if exposed, could ruin him, and his single-minded drive for success extends to winning, and keeping, Lucy’s heart.
Lucy knows there’s something about Stephen that isn’t to be trusted. Stephen knows Lucy can’t tear herself away. And their addicting entanglement will have consequences they never could have imagined.
Alternating between Lucy’s and Stephen’s voices,
Tell Me Lies follows their connection through college and post-college life in New York City. With psychological insight and biting wit, this keenly intelligent and staggeringly resonant novel chronicles the yearning ambitions, desires, and dilemmas of young adulthood, and the difficulty of letting go, even when you know you should.
Review
"
A twisted modern love story.” ―
Parade
“Think: The Affair meets Animal House meets your beach bag. Get into it.” ―
TheSkimm
“
Tell Me Lies is
a page-turner. I devoured it in 48 hours.” -- Jessica Knoll, New York Times bestselling author of Luckiest Girl Alive and The Favorite Sister
"
Dizzying...
juicy." ―
Cosmopolitan
“Everything you could ever want in a summer read.” ―
USA Today
"Weaving between perspectives,
Carola Lovering’s addictive—and toxic—love story explores the pains of letting go… for good." ―
Us Weekly
“
A sizzling summer read,
Tell Me Lies is
an absorbing novel with plenty of twists and surprises along the way, including a satisfying reveal near the end. But it's also
a fascinating examination of toxic relationships, dysfunctional relationships, and the bad habit we have all been guilty of having: confusing lust with love, drama with maturity, and Mr. Wrong for Mr. Right. Only maybe now, after seeing Lucy and Stephen's trainwreck unfold, we'll all be able to recognize the signs in our own lives a lot sooner.” ―
Bustle
“
If you were pulled in by Joe's passion in You, you'll fall for Stephen and his unique charm in Tell Me Lies.” ―
PopSugar
"
You won’t want it to stop." ―
The Knot
“This story of addictive love is
the perfect companion for a day at the beach.” ―
Working Mother
About the Author
Carola Lovering attended Colorado College, and her work has appeared in
W Magazine, National Geographic, Outside, and
Yoga Journal, among other publications.
Tell Me Lies is her first novel. She currently lives in Brooklyn.
Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.
Tell Me Lies
1
LUCY
AUGUST 2017
I wake two minutes before my 5:45 a.m. alarm goes off, on instinct, like the neurotic, sleep-deprived New Yorker I’ve become. My head kills from the wine—Dane and I split two bottles with the dinner that I paid for—but I force myself out of bed anyway. Three Advil, two cups of coffee, and an Adderall and I’ll survive the day. And isn’t that what New York is all about anyway—surviving