Crash Into Me
Will be published approx. on 9. July 2026
Book
Hardback
448 pages
978-0-241-80833-7 (ISBN)
Description
A BRAND NEW LOVE AFFAIR FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE MILLION-COPY BESTSELLER AND SMASH-HIT MOVIE THE IDEA OF YOU
'An edge of your seat story about love, betrayal, secrets, and learning to inhabit your own self. I was gripped' Ellie Levenson, author of Room 706
'Sensual, captivating. I pushed "pause" on my entire life to read it. Robinne Lee has created magic, once again' Tia Williams, author of Seven Days in June
'Rarely does a novel move with such intoxicating confidence. A gorgeously written, utterly propulsive read' Laura Jane Williams, author of Our Stop
'Glittery and sensuous' Time Magazine
LOS ANGELES, 2015
When Cecilia Chen is involved in a car accident soon after moving to LA with her husband and children, she's stunned to recognise the other driver: Anouk Ferrand - a woman she hasn't seen in twenty years, yet has never been able to forget.
MEXICO, 1996
Cecilia was a young photographer's assistant; Anouk, an unknown model on the cusp of becoming a sensation. For a few brief days on the wild Mexican coast, their worlds collided with an intensity that altered the course of Cecilia's life - though she never knew whether Anouk felt it, or even remembered her.
Now Anouk is impossible to ignore: magnetic, accomplished, and suddenly back in Cecilia's orbit. And as the spark between them reignites into an irresistible affair, Cecilia is forced to confront everything she knew about desire, devotion and the life she has built.
Some affairs are decades in the making - and this one is about to change everything.
Praise for The Idea of You:
'This slayed me' Taylor Jenkins Reid
'Summer's sauciest, sexiest read' Red
'I'm madly in love with this novel' Curtis Sittenfeld
'An edge of your seat story about love, betrayal, secrets, and learning to inhabit your own self. I was gripped' Ellie Levenson, author of Room 706
'Sensual, captivating. I pushed "pause" on my entire life to read it. Robinne Lee has created magic, once again' Tia Williams, author of Seven Days in June
'Rarely does a novel move with such intoxicating confidence. A gorgeously written, utterly propulsive read' Laura Jane Williams, author of Our Stop
'Glittery and sensuous' Time Magazine
LOS ANGELES, 2015
When Cecilia Chen is involved in a car accident soon after moving to LA with her husband and children, she's stunned to recognise the other driver: Anouk Ferrand - a woman she hasn't seen in twenty years, yet has never been able to forget.
MEXICO, 1996
Cecilia was a young photographer's assistant; Anouk, an unknown model on the cusp of becoming a sensation. For a few brief days on the wild Mexican coast, their worlds collided with an intensity that altered the course of Cecilia's life - though she never knew whether Anouk felt it, or even remembered her.
Now Anouk is impossible to ignore: magnetic, accomplished, and suddenly back in Cecilia's orbit. And as the spark between them reignites into an irresistible affair, Cecilia is forced to confront everything she knew about desire, devotion and the life she has built.
Some affairs are decades in the making - and this one is about to change everything.
Praise for The Idea of You:
'This slayed me' Taylor Jenkins Reid
'Summer's sauciest, sexiest read' Red
'I'm madly in love with this novel' Curtis Sittenfeld
Reviews / Votes
An illicit romance. The sins of the fashion world. A mysterious past. With Crash Into Me, Robinne Lee weaves a sensual, captivating story that's so deliciously propulsive, I pushed "pause" on my entire life to read it. Such elegant writing! Robinne Lee has created magic, once again -- Tia Williams, <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of <i>The Missed Connection</i> I absolutely loved this beautifully written book which mixes thoughts about race, class, beauty, art and relationships with an edge of your seat story about love, betrayal, secrets, and learning to inhabit your own self. It felt like a book for grown ups - thought-provoking and compelling. Robinne Lee effortlessly creates layers that draw you in while also giving an insight into the worlds of Hollywood, French cinema, art exhibitions and modelling, all set against the context of an era in which society is facing some uncomfortable truths. I was gripped -- Ellie Levenson, author of <i>Room 706</i> Robinne Lee's Crash Into Me is the kind of novel you want to devour in one sitting, but savour it slowly because you never want it to end. From the first page you know you're in for a ride that promises mystery, desire, and danger, both emotional and physical. As if that weren't enough, Lee delivers sharp observations on Otherness and belonging, the rabid cultural consumption of Beauty, les temps perdus, and the toxicity of the privileged. Make no mistake, in Lee form it is sexy as hell. Or Heaven as the case may be -- Jennifer Beals Actor and author Robinne Lee delivers erotic suspense as glittery and sensuous as Tinsel Town itself * TIME Magazine * I didn't think I'd love any book as much as The Idea of You, but this is a devastatingly good follow-up. Rarely does a novel move with such intoxicating confidence - at once sensual and sharp, every sentence gliding with purpose. The language shimmers, the pace refuses to loosen its grip. A gorgeously written, utterly propulsive read. -- Laura Jane Williams, bestselling author of <i>Our Stop</i> Praise for Robinne Lee * : * This slayed me -- Taylor Jenkins Reid Summer's sauciest, sexiest read * Red * I'm madly in love with this novel -- Curtis SittenfeldMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Penguin Books Ltd
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 40 mm
Weight
750 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-241-80833-7 (9780241808337)
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Robinne Lee
Crash Into Me
The intoxicating new love story from the bestselling author of The Idea of You
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ROBINNE LEE is a graduate of Yale University and Columbia Law School. She 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. Her debut novel, The Idea of You, has sold 1 million copies worldwide, with deals in 23 territories. It was a Richard & Judy Book Club pick and has been adapted for a major Amazon movie starring Anne Hathaway and Nicholas Galitzine. Robinne lives in Paris with her husband and two children. Crash Into Me is her second novel.