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Crash Into Me

Available to pre-order now - the addictive new book from the author behind the hit film and novel The Idea of You 
 
When Cecilia Chen finds herself in an accident shortly after moving to Los Angeles with her husband and two children, she’s shocked to recognise the woman she’s collided with as Anouk Ferrand. 
 
The two women last saw one another other twenty years ago, on a photo shoot in Mexico in 1996, when Cecilia was a photographer’s assistant, and Anouk an unknown model on the precipice of fame. 
 
Cecilia doesn't know if Anouk even remembers those few days on the coast. But she has never forgotten them. Now, their connection reignites into an explosive affair – and as their lives become entangled, Cecilia finds herself torn between protecting what she most loves, and pursuing what she most desires. 
 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

ROBINNE LEE is a graduate of Yale University and Columbia Law School. She has numerous acting credits in both television and film, most notably opposite Will Smith in both Hitch and Seven Pounds and as Ros Bailey in Fifty Shades Darker and Fifty Shades Freed. Her debut novel, The Idea of You, has sold 1 million copies worldwide, with deals in 23 territories. It was a Richard &amp; Judy pick and has been adapted for a major Amazon movie starring Anne Hathaway and Nicholas Galitzine. Robinne lives in Paris with her husband and two children. Crash Into Me is her second novel.

Relocating from Paris to LA for her husband’s work, two children in tow, wasn’t Cecilia’s choice. But she finds there’s more at stake than her husband’s career when she collides with Anouk Ferrand. 
 
The women last met in Mexico, 1996. Cecilia was a photographer’s assistant; Anouk an unknown model. This was shoot that made her name. 
 
Cecilia doesn’t know if Anouk remembers those wild days on the coast. But Cecilia has never forgotten. 
 
Now, she must choose who to listen to – the mother and wife in the mirror, or the woman inside her who’s whispering: this may be everything you crave.

Robinne Lee

The sleeper hit of the pandemic ... a glittering, global love affair full of bougie, vicarious travel. It's electric, triumphant, to read

This slayed me. It's the story of a single mom who starts an affair with a rock star in a boy band. She takes that premise and turns it into this incredible, effective, moving, honest, human love story

Taylor Jenkins Reid, author of Daisy Jones and the Six and Malibu Rising

I DEVOURED this! The world-building and psychology around the romance was so good, and boy did the ending break me ... the book we really just NEED right now

Fun, sexy, intelligent, I LOVED it

My book of the year! The writing is sharp and believable and the sex scenes are so scorchio that soon you too will stan for Harry Styles #ifyouknowyouknow

Steamy and sexy, this is escapism at its absolute finest. I spent the hours in between binges fantasising about the characters and what they were up to. The three days I spent reading this were blissful

Laura Jane Williams, bestselling author of Our Stop

An addictive, glamorous, escapist page-turner - and pure wish fulfilment for Harry Styles fans

Glorious, glamorous, dizzying escapism that has consumed me for the last day. I am not over it

Cressida McLaughlin, bestselling author of The Cornish Cream Tea Bus

Summer's sauciest, sexiest read. This book has ruined my life and I'm not even mad about it

As the pages turned and the minutes passed, The Idea of You managed to work the ultimate book magic: It blurred the boundary between this world and that one

An OMG page-turner that literally sucks you in from page one to the last few words. I found myself yearning for more, needing, really, to know what happens next...it's that good

You finally have something else to obsess about [...] will have you staying up all night to finish

Captures what fame looks like, and how it affects us all...a fun, juicy love story

An honest and elegant book about modern love in the age of uber-celebrity and social media

Not only is this romance a fun ride, but it also draws on themes of celebrity and sexism that will give you something to think about after you're done

A fascinating, thought-provoking, genre-bending romantic read

Sexy enough for the beach, smart enough for the book club

I can't put this down... the anticipation of the slow burning relationship is completely compelling

Alex Brown, bestselling author of A Postcard from Italy

A sizzling summer love story that I couldn't put down

Lynsey James, author of The Single Dad's Handbook

EVERYONE IN THE WORLD KNOWS HIS NAME. 
BUT IT'S YOU HE WANTS. 
 
At thirty-nine, Solène Marchand is a devoted mother, a dedicated colleague and a considerate ex-wife. 
 
But it's a long time since she's felt like herself. 
 
So when someone comes along who seems to see her - to want her - for who she really is, the attraction is instant. And so begins a jet-setting, earth-shattering secret love affair. 
 
But what if that someone is world-famous sex symbol Hayes Campbell? Captivating frontman of boy band of the moment August Moon - whose face is everywhere. Including Solène's teenage daughter's bedroom wall. 
 
Can Solène allow herself to fall for the boy the whole world wants? 
 
Or will she have to make a devastating choice?

Robinne Lee

Praise for The Idea of You

The sleeper hit of the pandemic ... a glittering, global love affair full of bougie, vicarious travel. It's electric, triumphant, to read

This slayed me. It's the story of a single mom who starts an affair with a rock star in a boy band. She takes that premise and turns it into this incredible, effective, moving, honest, human love story

I DEVOURED this! The world-building and psychology around the romance was so good, and boy did the ending break me ... the book we really just NEED right now

The sleeper hit of the pandemic ... a glittering, global love affair full of bougie, vicarious travel. It's electric, triumphant, to read

This slayed me. It's the story of a single mom who starts an affair with a rock star in a boy band. She takes that premise and turns it into this incredible, effective, moving, honest, human love story

I DEVOURED this! The world-building and psychology around the romance was so good, and boy did the ending break me ... the book we really just NEED right now

The sleeper hit of the pandemic ... a glittering, global love affair full of bougie, vicarious travel. It's electric, triumphant, to read

This slayed me. It's the story of a single mom who starts an affair with a rock star in a boy band. She takes that premise and turns it into this incredible, effective, moving, honest, human love story

I DEVOURED this! The world-building and psychology around the romance was so good, and boy did the ending break me ... the book we really just NEED right now

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