Twisted Lies by Ana Huang

The Setup: Stella Alonso is a lifestyle influencer with a quiet, orderly life—a carefully curated world of pastels, routines, and emotional walls built from a childhood of abandonment. She doesn't do chaos, risk, or complications. She definitely doesn't do Christian Harper.

The Complication: Christian Harper is a man who needs no introduction. Handsome, wealthy, and dangerously perceptive, he is a collector of beautiful things—art, investments, secrets. He has spent months watching Stella from afar, fascinated by the woman beneath the perfect Instagram feed. When she needs a place to live after a stalker threat disrupts her life, he offers her a solution: move into his penthouse, play the role of his girlfriend to satisfy his family's demands, and he'll keep her safe.

The Conflict: Their arrangement is purely transactional—a fake relationship with clear boundaries. But Christian has never played by anyone's rules. He wants to unravel every layer of Stella's careful control, to possess her completely, body and soul. Stella knows he's dangerous, that his obsession runs deeper than any pretend romance. But the way he looks at her, touches her, protects her—it feels terrifyingly real. As their fake relationship blurs into something consuming, the lies they've told each other become the least dangerous thing between them. Because Christian has secrets, and when the truth emerges, it could destroy the woman he swore to protect.

Key Themes & Tropes: A steamy contemporary romance packed with fake dating, forced proximity, touch her and die possessiveness, and a morally gray hero who will burn the world for the woman he loves. It's the explosive conclusion to the Twisted series.