Lies We Tell Books in Order

Lies We Tell is a smaller, more intimate Jackie Ashenden series built around the idea that fantasy can be both shelter and trap. These books are deeply interested in what people say they want, what they are actually afraid of, and the small lies that help them feel safe until they do not.

That gives the series a different feel from the billionaire and royal books. The scale is more personal. The emotional risk is still high, but it comes through vulnerability, sexual honesty, and the difficulty of trusting someone with the parts of yourself you usually disguise.

Taking Him and Having Her fit that shape well. The relationships are charged, often playful on the surface, but there is hurt underneath that the characters cannot solve with chemistry alone.

If you like romance that stays close to the emotional nerve, uses fantasy and control as part of the character work, and feels a little more intimate than grand, Lies We Tell is a good series to explore.