The international bestseller: a hilarious, heartfelt story of all-consuming and unexpected love

The Rachel Incident is an all-consuming love story. But it's not the one you're expecting. It's unconventional and messy. It's young and foolish. It's about losing and finding yourself. But it is always about love.

When Rachel falls in love with her married professor, Dr Byrne, her best friend James helps her devise a plan to seduce him. But what begins as a harmless crush soon pushes their friendship to its limits. Over the course of a year they will find their lives ever more entwined with the Byrnes' and be faced with impossible choices and a lie that can't be taken back...

'If you've ever been young, you will love The Rachel Incident like I did' - GABRIELLE ZEVIN

'Easily 13/10 ... Funny, lovely, romantic, drenched in nostalgia.' - MARIAN KEYES

'Hilarious, wise and wonderfully written.' - GRAHAM NORTON

'A stormer of a novel.' - I NEWS

'Sharply witty, warm-hearted and wise.' - GUARDIAN, BEST SUMMER READS

'Deeply relatable and extremely funny.' - OBSERVER

'A headlong read about being young and hopelessly in lust.' - SUNDAY TIMES, BEST SUMMER READS

'A deliciously complicated and very real romance with some refreshing twists. O'Donoghue captures all the intensity of messy young love.' - MAIL ON SUNDAY

'A book full of love, and it is extremely easy to love reading it.' - VOGUE