In search of good material for her book, an aspiring writer accepts a summer invitation from her high school bully and finds, amid obscene wealth and old wounds, the forbidden love she never planned for.

Isabel Martinez needs an idea for her book. When her high school tormentor—the beautiful, wealthy Natalia Aranaz—extends an inexplicable summer invitation to her mansion, her writer's instincts win out over her better judgment. She's sure the key to her future as an author lies in revisiting her past.

When she steps into Natalia’s world of old money and designer shopping sprees, Isabel is surprised to find her own face staring back at her from a sketchbook owned by a gifted Irish painter she’s never met.

Kieran O'Connor has spent the past year in a creative slump while falling in love with a girl he’s convinced he invented in his sleep. Now she's standing in front of him, real as ever. The only problem: Natalia is in love with him—and he can’t just go and break his host’s heart.

Neither of them wants to hurt Natalia, but Kieran and Isabel can't help but be drawn to each other. How do you walk away from the one person who finally makes you feel understood?

Content Advisory

Spice level: High

This book contains explicit language, sexually explicit scenes, mentions of sexual assault, infidelity (not by the main characters) and suicide, drug use, bullying, daddy kink (only in name; not dd/lg), a pregnancy scare, unprotected sex, discussions of religion.