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Love Lies Beneath
The Love Lies Beneath series by Ellen Hopkins has 2 books and is best read in publication order, starting with Love Lies Beneath (2015).
- Books
- 2 books
- First published
- 2015
- Status
- completed
- Last checked
Start here: Love Lies Beneath (2015) — then read straight through in publication order.
Reading order
The order the books were released — the default way to read the series.
- Book 1:
Love Lies Beneath
Alternative text for cover: Cover of Love Lies Beneath - Book 2:
A Sin Such as This
Alternative text for cover: Cover of A Sin Such as This
About the Love Lies Beneath series
A young widow gets drawn into a dangerous affair with a complicated doctor in Love Lies Beneath (2015), one of Ellen Hopkins's adult prose novels (unlike her verse-format YA work). A Sin Such as This (2018) continues the story. Both are written in conventional prose rather than the free verse of Hopkins's young-adult fiction, part of a parallel adult-fiction career she's maintained alongside her better-known YA verse novels.
Frequently asked questions
Are Love Lies Beneath and A Sin Such as This written in verse?
No -- unlike most of Ellen Hopkins's better-known young-adult work, these are conventional prose novels for adult readers.
Is there a book before Love Lies Beneath?
Ellen Hopkins published a short prequel, On the Rocks, as a free web serial on Wattpad, but it was never released as a standalone commercial book, so it isn't tracked as a numbered entry here.
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