GOODREADS READERS' FAVOURITE DEBUT NOVEL 2024

A 2024 REESE WITHERSPOON BOOK CLUB PICK!

'One of the sexiest, smartest, funniest, and most effective novels I've read in a long time . . . I'll read anything she writes' EMILY HENRY

'Utterly compelling . . . emotional, relatable and binge-worth' TESSA BAILEY

'Absurdly delicious . . . the chemistry between Helen and Grant is pure magic, as is Yulin's gorgeous writing' CARLEY FORTUNE

'Without doubt one of my favourite romance novels of the year . . . smart, rich and emotional' BETH O'LEARY

Helen Zhang is the bestselling author who can't write her own happy-ever-after.


Grant Shepard is the screenwriter with the movie-star looks who can't afford his therapist.

When the two of them are put together to adapt Helen's books for television, it should be a dream come true. Helen can start a new life in Hollywood. Grant can pay his mortgage.

Only, Grant Shepard is the last person that Helen wanted to see again. She's never forgiven him for what happened thirteen years ago. So no one is more surprised than her when sparks begin to fly between them in the writers' room.

Their history is messy. Their attraction is inescapable. And soon, they're both in too deep . . .

This wasn't meant to be a love story.

But aren't the best endings the ones you never saw coming?