The screen version follows Auburn Reed as she starts over in Los Angeles and meets Owen Gentry, an artist who transforms anonymous confessions into paintings. Their romance is threatened by the secrets surrounding Auburn's family and Owen's past.

Format check: Confess is a 2017 drama/romance series. It should be included in a list of Colleen Hoover screen adaptations, but not labeled as a theatrical movie.
Original platformgo90
Format1 season · 7 episodes
Episode lengthAbout 22–30 minutes
Writer / directorElissa Down
Auburn ReedKatie Leclerc
Owen GentryRyan Cooper

Release and production timeline

2015

The novel is published

Colleen Hoover's standalone romance introduces Auburn, Owen and the confession-inspired gallery.

April 2017

All seven episodes launch on go90

Awestruck's first scripted series adapts the story for a short-form digital audience.

After go90

The series moves to digital storefronts

The author's official page links Amazon, iTunes/Apple TV and Google Play. Catalog availability and purchase options differ by region and can change.

Confess episode guide

  1. 01

    They're All Confessions

    Auburn enters Owen's gallery and discovers how strangers' secrets become his artwork.

  2. 02

    This Is Not a Date

    Dinner brings Auburn and Owen closer even as she knows a new relationship could complicate her plans.

  3. 03

    Happy Birthday Auburn

    A reluctant birthday night out leaves Auburn in a situation she had promised herself to avoid.

  4. 04

    How Is Love a Mistake?

    Trey offers Auburn a life-changing proposal while another encounter with Owen forces her to weigh what she wants.

  5. 05

    Secrets Revealed

    As Auburn settles into a new arrangement with Trey, Owen confronts the history behind his choices.

  6. 06

    Every Time He Touches Me

    Owen continues fighting for Auburn while her relationship with Trey changes in a dangerous direction.

  7. 07

    Some Secrets Aren't Ours to Tell

    Auburn seeks safety with Owen, an unexpected visitor triggers a confrontation, and she makes a plan to reclaim what she deserves.

Episode titles and public synopses follow IMDb and Apple TV listings. Paramount's official catalog is the authority used here for the seven-episode total.

The central cast

Katie Leclerc plays Auburn Reed and Ryan Cooper plays Owen Gentry. Sherilyn Fenn appears as Lydia, Rocky Myers as Trey Taylor, Amy Pham as Emory, Kyle Secor as Callahan Gentry and Elliott Smith as A.J. Colleen Hoover is credited as an executive producer and also appears briefly at the gallery.

See cast photos and character guide

What changes from book to screen?

The most immediately verifiable change is location: the official book synopsis places Auburn at a Dallas studio, while the series catalog introduces her rebuilding her life in Los Angeles. The adaptation also turns a full-length, alternating-viewpoint novel into seven episodes of roughly twenty-two to thirty minutes, so interior narration must become performance, dialogue and visual art.

  • Location: Dallas in the novel; Los Angeles in the series.
  • Structure: alternating first-person narration becomes a linear screen drama.
  • Scale: seven short episodes compress family history, legal pressure and two intertwined secrets.
  • Visual center: the confession paintings can be shown directly rather than described through Auburn and Owen's narration.

Read the book version first?

The book guide reveals spoilers only after a marked control and keeps the novel's final painting reveal separate from the production facts here.

Open the book summary

Where can you watch Confess?

The original go90 platform is no longer operating. Colleen Hoover's official page currently points readers to Amazon, Apple/iTunes and Google Play, and Apple TV maintains a regional series listing. A visible catalog page does not guarantee that every episode can be purchased or streamed in every country, so check the storefront in your region before relying on a watch link.

Check the Apple TV listing

Verification desk

Last verified August 9, 2026. Availability is intentionally described as regional rather than guaranteed.