The Idea of You

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?

MEDIA REVIEWS

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

I'm madly in love with this novel

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

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

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

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 - Bustle

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

Sexy enough for the beach, smart enough for the book club - Book Circle

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

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