While starring on one of TV’s top teen dramas, Lenz found herself in a “Bible study gone sideways,” with a drained bank account, and married to the leader’s son, she recounts in her memoir ‘Dinner for Vampires.

Fifteen months ago, during a recap episode of the “Drama Queens” podcast, guest Michaela McManus asked co-hosts Bethany Joy Lenz and Sophia Bush whether they’d ever write a book. Lenz responded that she often writes,

Lenz opens up about her experience in a high-demand group in her new memoir "Dinner for Vampires: Life on a Cult TV Show (While also in an Actual Cult!)"

I ask Bethany Joy Lenz when she reached the point of no return. "Point of no return... 'The Phantom of the Opera' is playing in my mind," she says with a laugh. For more than 10 years, Lenz was in a religious cult based in the Pacific Northwest.