Great big beautiful life. Emily Henry. 2025.

When Margaret Ives, the famously reclusive heiress, invites Alice to the balmy Little Crescent Island, Alice knows this is it: her big break.

The catch?
Pulitzer Prize-winning human thundercloud Hayden is sure of the same thing.

The proposal?
A trial period to unearth the truth behind one of the most scandalous families of the twentieth century, after which Margaret will choose who’ll tell her story.

The problem?
Margaret is giving each of them tantalising pieces they can’t put together because of an ironclad NDA and an inconvenient yearning pulsing between them every time they’re in the same room.

And it’s becoming abundantly clear that their story - just like Margaret’s tale - could be a mystery, tragedy or love ballad…….depending on who’s telling it.