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What Will You Read Next?

The Idea of You

A Novel

9781250125903

St. Martin's Press
Available: 06/13/17
5.38 x 8.23 · 384 pages
9781250125903
CDN $23.99 · pb

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Robinne Lee

Included on The Skimm's 2020 list of Eight Books Both You and Mom Will Love

The sleeper hit of the pandemic . . . . There is no escapism like reading about a nearly middle-aged woman embarking on a glittering, global love affair with a thoughtful young sex god . . . . It's electric, triumphant to read." -Vogue.com

"An OMG page-turner." -Gabrielle Union

SolA¨ne Marchand, the thirty-nine-year-old owner of an art gallery in Los Angeles, is reluctant to take her daughter, Isabelle, to meet her favorite boy band. But since her divorce, she's more eager than ever to be close to Isabelle. The last thing SolA¨ne expects is to make a connection with one of the members of the world-famous August Moon. But Hayes Campbell is clever, winning, confident, and posh, and the attraction is immediate. That he is all of twenty years old further complicatesthings.

What begins as a series of clandestine trysts quickly evolves into a passionate and genuine relationship. It is a journey that spans continents as SolA¨ne and Hayes navigate each other's worlds: from stadium tours to international art fairs to secluded hideaways in Paris and Miami. For SolA¨ne, it is a reclaiming of self, as well as a rediscovery of happiness and love. When SolA¨ne and Hayes' romance becomes a viral sensation, and both she and her daughter become the target of rabid fansand an insatiable media, SolA¨ne must face how her romantic life has impacted the lives of those she cares about most.
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The Idea of You is actor, writer, and producer ROBINNE LEE's debut novel. A graduate of Yale University and Columbia Law School, Robinne was born and raised in Westchester County, New York. Robinne 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 . She lives in Los Angeles with her husband and two children.