When wide-eyed Jane Kinloch arrives at the East River Review in New York, she strikes up a friendship with her fellow intern, the glamorous Rose. But Rose's attraction to their married boss, literary titan Edward David Adams, threatens to drive a wedge between them. 2022When hot-desking is introduced at her office, Rebecca Blume of Avenue Publishing is furious about having to share her workspace with Ben Heath - an editor at rival imprint Hawk Mills.
What starts as a battle of passive-aggressive Post-It notes escalates after the death of renowned writer Edward David Adams. He has left behind an unfinished novel - and Ben and Rebecca are in competition to publish it. That is until Rebecca discovers that the manuscript contains a decades-old secret about her mother, Jane.
Rebecca is determined to stop it from seeing the light of day. But can she persuade Ben to let it go?
