What starts as collaboration becomes something deeper—until the truth threatens to rewrite everything.

Dakota James thought he left writing behind. Oliver Kahan can’t afford to fail.

When the two make a pact to help each other finish their novels—Dakota chasing redemption, Oliver racing a deadline—their creative partnership becomes something far more intimate. Late nights blur into quiet glances, shared silence becomes something tender, and the space between them begins to shrink.

But as their bond deepens and deadlines loom, the more Dakota fears he’s falling for someone who’s only telling part of the story…

A breathtaking novel about longing, ambition, and the fine line between inspiration and deception, The Lies We Tell is a story of two men caught between the art they create and the secrets they can’t outrun.

For fans of A Little Life, Summer Fridays, Yellowface, and The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue.