I Want You More
A Novel
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3.6 • 5 Ratings
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- $9.99
Publisher Description
“A deliciously twisted love story that sneakily upends your expectations at every turn; a candy apple with a razor blade hidden inside.”
—Graham Moore, Academy Award-winning screenwriter of The Imitation Game
A ghostwriting gig in the Hamptons becomes far more than a job in this sexy, atmospheric, and deliciously tense story.
Reeling from her father’s death, Zara Pines accepts a ghostwriting gig for celebrity chef Jane Bailey. Jane, star of the wildly popular cooking show 30 Bucks Tops, insists that Zara spend the summer with her in her East Hampton home.
As the two women create Jane’s book, their attachment grows stronger. Zara, who’s lost and searching for an identity, finds one in the shadow of Jane. She starts wearing Jane’s clothes, speaking like her, and adopting her mannerisms. Eventually, the line between the ghostwriter and the subject blurs, and Zara starts to see the side Jane keeps hidden from the cameras.
This dark and twisty novel about fame, lies, and obsession will make even the most openhearted reader question how safe it is to trust the people they admire.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Ghostwriter Zara Pines falls under her client's spell in this deliciously disquieting outing from Huntley (Getting Clean with Stevie Green). Though Zara has never heard of Jane Bailey, she accepts an assignment to write the television chef's memoir because she needs the money. Though she's loath to leave behind a promising new romance in California to live with Jane in the Hamptons, Zara quickly settles into the hedged and soundproofed house Jane inherited from her dead husband. The two women also discover a mutual sexual attraction, and Zara enjoys relinquishing control over her own life as she agrees to follow Jane's workout regimen and diet. In a strange development, Jane encourages Zara to wear matching outfits and get an identical haircut, and the women's surface-level similarity unnerves Bijou, Jane's beleaguered housekeeper. Ghostwriter and client begin an affair, but after Jane takes a surprising action that imperils her career as well as the book deal, Zara realizes her position in Jane's life is more tenuous than she thought. Huntley strikes a delicate tonal balance between seductive and serious as the living situation becomes dangerous for Zara. Readers who have ever wondered, "Do I want to be her or be with her?" will feel a chill up their spines.
