Verity

Colleen Hoover

Struggling writer Lowen Ashleigh takes a job finishing the remaining books in a bestselling series after its author, Verity Crawford, is left incapacitated by an accident. While going through papers in the Crawford home, Lowen discovers a hidden manuscript that reveals shocking secrets about Verity's marriage and the tragedies that befell her family, all while Lowen's attraction to Verity's husband Jeremy grows. The novel blends psychological suspense with romance, using an unreliable narrator to keep the reader guessing about what is true. It became one of Hoover's most talked-about and divisive novels for its dark twists and explicit content.