From the Wall Street Journal best-selling author of 44 Chapters About 4 Men (inspiration for the Netflix Original Series Sex/Life) comes a fun, forbidden romantic comedy about an inexperienced psychologist and her ultra-famous client.
I am thiiiis close to finally becoming a full-fledged psychologist. PhD? Check. Prestigious postdoc position, providing therapy to entitled millionaires and C-list celebrities whose pumpkin spice lattes cost more than my shoes and make excellent projectiles during their reality TV-worthy tantrums? Check. Letter of recommendation from my supervisor?
Thatās going to take a miracle. Not only because my boss said I have to cure our most-prized clientās writerās block in time for him to meet his insane deadline, but also because that client just so happens to beā¦
Thomas F*@%ing OāReardon.
The wickedly brilliant, achingly beautiful, devastatingly British best-selling author whose psychological thrillers line my bookshelf at home and whose face I might or might not picture while Iā¦you get the point. Sitting in a confined space with him, inhaling the subtle scent of his cologne, gazing into his broody blue eyes while trying to remember to nod and listen and come up with suggestions that donāt involve taking our clothes offā¦itās torture.
So, when Thomas casually asks me out at the end of a therapy session, Iām forced to make an impossible choice: say yes and risk losing my dream job, or say no and risk losing my dream guy. In a panic, I blurt out a third optionāthe only solution I can think of that will allow me to see this man after hours without it being considered a career-ending ethics violation: group therapy.
The only problem? Iāve never actually done group therapy. And side problem: My other clients are heathens. But whatās the worst that could happen? I mean, itās not like Iām going lose all control of the group and let it devolve into a chaotic, bloodthirsty, topless fight club. Right?
From the Wall Street Journal best-selling author of 44 Chapters About 4 Men (inspiration for the Netflix Original Series Sex/Life) comes a fun, forbidden romantic comedy about an inexperienced psychologist and her ultra-famous client.
I am thiiiis close to finally becoming a full-fledged psychologist. PhD? Check. Prestigious postdoc position, providing therapy to entitled millionaires and C-list celebrities whose pumpkin spice lattes cost more than my shoes and make excellent projectiles during their reality TV-worthy tantrums? Check. Letter of recommendation from my supervisor?
Thatās going to take a miracle. Not only because my boss said I have to cure our most-prized clientās writerās block in time for him to meet his insane deadline, but also because that client just so happens to beā¦
Thomas F*@%ing OāReardon.
The wickedly brilliant, achingly beautiful, devastatingly British best-selling author whose psychological thrillers line my bookshelf at home and whose face I might or might not picture while Iā¦you get the point. Sitting in a confined space with him, inhaling the subtle scent of his cologne, gazing into his broody blue eyes while trying to remember to nod and listen and come up with suggestions that donāt involve taking our clothes offā¦itās torture.
So, when Thomas casually asks me out at the end of a therapy session, Iām forced to make an impossible choice: say yes and risk losing my dream job, or say no and risk losing my dream guy. In a panic, I blurt out a third optionāthe only solution I can think of that will allow me to see this man after hours without it being considered a career-ending ethics violation: group therapy.
The only problem? Iāve never actually done group therapy. And side problem: My other clients are heathens. But whatās the worst that could happen? I mean, itās not like Iām going lose all control of the group and let it devolve into a chaotic, bloodthirsty, topless fight club. Right?