From the ground-breaking, bestselling author of ASKING FOR IT and ONLY EVER YOURS comes an unforgettable new novel about how dangerous, painful and addictive love can be.

When Sarah falls for Matthew, she falls hard.

So it doesn’t matter that he’s twenty years older. That he sees her only in secret. That, slowly but surely, she’s sacrificing everything else in her life to be with him.

Sarah’s friends are worried. Her father can’t understand how she could allow herself to be used like this. And she’s on the verge of losing her job.

But Sarah can’t help it. She is addicted to being desired by Matthew.

And love is supposed to hurt.

Isn’t it?

A dark dream. A vivid nightmare. The world O’Neill imagines is frightening because it could come true. She writes with a scalpel – Jeanette Winterson, on Only Ever Yours

Utterly magnificent . . . gripping, accomplished and dark – Marian Keyes

Establishes Louise O’Neill as a literary tour de force – Irish Independent, on Asking for It

This story will haunt me forever. Everyone should read it – Guardian, on Asking for It

Try to be brave, grown-ups. O’Neill’s second novel may be scary, but it is riveting and essential – New York Times, on Asking for It