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Love Me with Lies
The Love Me with Lies series by Tarryn Fisher has 3 books and is best read in publication order, starting with The Opportunist (2012).
- Books
- 3 books
- First published
- 2012
- Status
- completed
- Last checked
Start here: The Opportunist (2012) — then read straight through in publication order.
Reading order
The order the books were released — the default way to read the series.
- Book 1:
The Opportunist
Alternative text for cover: Cover of The Opportunist - Book 2:
Dirty Red
Alternative text for cover: Cover of Dirty Red - Book 3:
Thief
Alternative text for cover: Cover of Thief
About the Love Me with Lies series
Love Me with Lies is the trilogy that launched Tarryn Fisher's career, self-published a full decade before she became a bestselling name in psychological suspense. The Opportunist introduces Olivia Kaspen and Caleb Drake, two people who fell for each other young, tore each other apart, and can't quite stay away no matter how much damage they've already done -- Fisher's template for the morally messy, often unlikeable narrators that would define her later work. Rather than a clean love story, the trilogy tracks a genuinely toxic, addictive relationship across years and betrayals, refusing to soften either character into someone easy to root for.
Dirty Red and Thief carry Olivia and Caleb's entanglement forward, widening the emotional wreckage -- infidelity, resentment, and the particular cruelty two people can only inflict on someone who still means everything to them. It's rawer and more New Adult in register than Fisher's later, more polished psychological thrillers, but the DNA is already there: unreliable narration, characters willing to make genuinely bad choices, and a refusal to hand readers a tidy resolution.
Complete at three books, Love Me with Lies is where Fisher's voice started, and remains a cult favorite among readers who found her through her later, better-known work and went looking for where it began.
Frequently asked questions
How many books are in the Love Me with Lies trilogy?
Three: The Opportunist, Dirty Red, and Thief, originally self-published between 2012 and 2013.
What order should I read Love Me with Lies in?
Publication order: The Opportunist, Dirty Red, Thief. It's one continuous, escalating relationship followed across all three books.
Is Love Me with Lies connected to Tarryn Fisher's other books?
No. It's her earliest work, self-published years before her later psychological thrillers (The Wives, The Wrong Family, An Honest Lie) and unrelated to the End of Men duology.
Is the Love Me with Lies trilogy finished?
Yes, it's complete at three books with no further installments.
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