Rosenfeld

"Primal, graphic, and shocking, this is an erotic thriller you won't soon forget... In these combustive pages, Kessler masterfully excavates obsession, depravity, and difficult people." — Esquire , Best Books of Fall 2024 For readers of Luster , All Fours, and Vladimir: a brazenly sexy and scathingly candid novel about a white-hot relationship and the two intractable characters who emerge from it transformed. Noa Simon is a thirty-six-year-old filmmaker who knows what she wants when she sees it, and when she meets Teddy Rosenfeld, an antagonistic, older CEO, she goes for the jugular. An electrifying encounter in a bathroom stall after their first meeting only serves to whet Noa's appetite, and despite Teddy's subsequent rejections, she is exhilarated by the challenge—and by her own insatiability. In her first power play, she takes a job at his office, setting up a battle of the wills that Teddy proves unable to... An internationally bestselling literary and social media sensationthe brazenly sexy and wildly provocative debut novel about a thirty-something female filmmaker and an antagonistic CEO in his mid-fifties whose obsessive, scorched earth affair leaves them both transformed. Noa Simon is a thirty-six-year-old filmmaker who knows what she wants when she sees it. And when she meets Teddy Rosenfeld, an antagonistic fifty-five-year-old CEO, she knows. An electrifying encounter in a bathroom stall at their first meeting only serves to whet Noas appetite, and despite Teddys subsequent rejections, Noa is empowered by the challengeand by her own insatiability. She takes a job at his office and folds herself into his life. A ravenous, volatile romance follows, one that will ultimately force Noa to reckon with how far she is willing to go to satisfy and conquer her deepest Does she want to be one with Teddy romantically, or does she want to be Teddy? A compulsive, transgressive page-turner, Rosenfeld shows how power and control can play out between men and women in our most painful and pleasurable moments. With precision and visceral, voyeuristic detail, Maya Kessler has written a white-hot tale of sexual abandon that titillates and interrogates in equal measure.