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內容簡介 紐時暢銷作家:《愛在字裡行間》作者艾蜜莉.亨利全新華麗鉅作!兩位作家爭奪講述傳奇女性故事的機會,卻意外捲入一場謎團與情感交織的競賽!艾莉絲.史考特(Alice Scott)是一名永遠懷抱希望的樂觀主義者,仍在等待她的寫作生涯迎來高光時刻。海登.安德森(Hayden Anderson)則是個曾榮獲普立茲獎的「人形雷雲」,總是自帶低氣壓。而現在,他們雙雙來到風光明媚的「小新月島」(Little Crescent Island),為了爭奪同一個機會——撰寫一位神秘女子的傳記。這名女子,或許是多年來未曾露面的瑪格麗特.艾夫斯(Margaret Ives)。一位曾經叱吒風雲的名媛,悲劇性的豪門繼承人,曾佔據八卦版面的話題人物,也是20世紀最具傳奇色彩(與醜聞)的一個家族的女兒。當瑪格麗特決定給他們一個月的試用期,再從兩人之中選出最終的傳記作者時,艾莉絲下定決心,一定要拿下這份工作。支撐她前進的理由有三個:第一,她天性善於交際,總能讓人喜歡上她,而她有整整一個月的時間來贏得瑪格麗特的信任。其次,這是她證明自己寫作實力的機會,也是讓她那群一向不以為然的家人刮目相看的時刻。最後,海登.安德森——這位名聲響亮、毫無理由擔心自己會輸的作家,卻對她怒目而視,彷彿真的把她視為強勁對手。但事情並沒有那麼簡單。瑪格麗特只願意給他們各自一部分的故事,並簽下嚴格的保密協議,讓他們無法交換訊息拼湊全貌。更糟的是,每當艾莉絲和海登身處同一個房間,一股無法忽視的吸引力便在兩人之間悄然滋生,讓這場競爭變得更加複雜。最終,這本書的結局——就像瑪格麗特所編織的故事——可能是一場謎案、一場悲劇,或是一首深情的戀曲……端看誰來書寫。榮獲《紐約時報》、《滾石》、《People》、《今日美國》、《Harper's Bazaar》、《Marie Claire》、《讀者文摘》、《BBC》、《PopSugar》、《SheReads》、《Paste》等媒體評選為2025年度最受期待小說!Two writers compete for the chance to tell the larger-than-life story of a woman with more than a couple of plot twists up her sleeve in this dazzling and sweeping novel from Emily Henry.Named a Most Anticipated book of 2025 by The New York Times ∙ Rolling Stone ∙ People ∙ USA Today ∙ Harper's Bazaar ∙ Marie Claire ∙ Reader's Digest ∙ BBC ∙ PopSugar ∙ SheReads ∙ Paste ∙ and more!Alice Scott is an eternal optimist still dreaming of her big writing break. Hayden Anderson is a Pulitzer-prize winning human thundercloud. And they’re both on balmy Little Crescent Island for the same reason: to write the biography of a woman no one has seen in years—or at least to meet with the octogenarian who claims to be the Margaret Ives. Tragic heiress, former tabloid princess, and daughter of one of the most storied (and scandalous) families of the twentieth century.When Margaret invites them both for a one-month trial period, after which she’ll choose the person who’ll tell her story, there are three things keeping Alice’s head in the game.One: Alice genuinely likes people, which means people usually like Alice—and she has a whole month to win the legendary woman over.Two: She’s ready for this job and the chance to impress her perennially unimpressed family with a Serious Publication.Three: Hayden Anderson, who should have no reason to be concerned about losing this book, is glowering at her in a shaken-to-the core way that suggests he sees her as competition.But the problem is, Margaret is only giving each of them pieces of her story. Pieces they can’t swap to put together because of an ironclad NDA and an inconvenient yearning pulsing between them every time they’re in the same room.And it’s becoming abundantly clear that their story—just like the tale Margaret’s spinning—could be a mystery, tragedy, or love ballad . . . depending on who’s telling it.