Perfect summer reading for all fans of Taylor Jenkins Reid, The Idea of You centres on a megastar boyband member and the passionate affair that must remain a closely guarded secret.
Everyone in the world knows his name... but it's you he wants.
To the media, Hayes Campbell is the enigmatic front-man of a record-breaking boyband.
To his fans, he's the boy of their dreams.
To his label, he's gold-dust.
And to Solene Marchand, he's the pretty face that's plastered over her teenage daughter's bedroom wall.
Until a chance meeting throws Hayes and Solene together ...
The attraction is instant. The chemistry is electric. The affair is Solene's secret.
But can it really stay that way forever?
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
ISBN: 9781405950367
Number of pages: 448
Weight: 310 g
Dimensions: 197 x 128 x 29 mm
The sleeper hit of the pandemic ... a glittering, global love affair full of bougie, vicarious travel. It's electric, triumphant, to read - Vogue
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 - Holly Bourne
I'm madly in love with this novel - Curtis Sittenfeld
Fun, sexy, intelligent, I LOVED it - Prima
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 - Red
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 - Daily Record
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 - Red
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I think that less is going to be more with this review. The Idea Of You blew me away, discomforted me,...
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