A BRAND NEW LOVE AFFAIR FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE MILLION-COPY BESTSELLER AND SMASH-HIT MOVIE THE IDEA OF YOU

'The ideal beach read … an irresistible mix of glamorous, thought-provoking and sexy. This is Lee’s follow-up to The Idea of You, and it’s just as juicy' Curtis Sittenfeld

'An edge of your seat story about love, betrayal, secrets, and learning to inhabit your own self. I was gripped' Ellie Levenson, author of Room 706

'Sensual, captivating. I pushed “pause” on my entire life to read it. Robinne Lee has created magic, once again' Tia Williams, author of Seven Days in June

'The author of The Idea of You knows about slow-burn lust, and this is as dizzying as you'd expect' Heat ****

'Rarely does a novel move with such intoxicating confidence. A gorgeously written, utterly propulsive read' Laura Jane Williams, author of Our Stop

'Glittery and sensuous' Time Magazine

'A book that defies the genre. The book establishes Lee’s trademarks as a writer. She favours luxurious settings with international backdrops where sex is inevitable but stability isn’t' New York Magazine

'Robinne Lee returns with another boundary pushing romance' Harper's Bazaar

LOS ANGELES, 2015

When Cecilia Chen is involved in a car accident soon after moving to LA with her husband and children, she’s stunned to recognise the other driver: Anouk Ferrand – a woman she hasn’t seen in twenty years, yet has never been able to forget.

MEXICO, 1996

Cecilia was a young photographer’s assistant; Anouk, an unknown model on the cusp of becoming a sensation. For a few brief days on the wild Mexican coast, their worlds collided with an intensity that altered the course of Cecilia’s life – though she never knew whether Anouk felt it, or even remembered her.

Now Anouk is impossible to ignore: magnetic, accomplished, and suddenly back in Cecilia’s orbit. And as the spark between them reignites into an irresistible affair, Cecilia is forced to confront everything she knew about desire, devotion and the life she has built.

Some affairs are decades in the making – and this one is about to change everything.
Praise for The Idea of You:
'This slayed me' Taylor Jenkins Reid
'Summer's sauciest, sexiest read' Red
'I'm madly in love with this novel' Curtis Sittenfeld