Full Bloom

Thank you Ballantine Books for this gifted copy.

𝗙𝘂𝗹𝗹 𝗕𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗺

𝗣𝘂𝗯: 𝗔𝘂𝗴𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝟱, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱

𝘈 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘦𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭 𝘴𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘳 𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘕𝘦𝘸 𝘠𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘊𝘪𝘵𝘺, 𝘍𝘶𝘭𝘭 𝘉𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘮 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘵 𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘢 𝘱𝘰𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘴𝘬𝘴: 𝘞𝘩𝘰 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘪𝘯𝘩𝘪𝘣𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴? 𝘋𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵, 𝘰𝘳 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘣𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘳𝘦?

Reeling from a breakup and overlooked at her job as a lighting designer, Iris Sunnegren finds herself stuck, disconnected, and lonely in crowded New York City. Her wealthy friends are married and having babies, while she’s trying to pay for freezing her eggs. And the future she longs for feels out of reach.

Then, a mysterious neighbor, an older Frenchwoman, makes her a gift: a bespoke perfume.

One spritz, a dab behind the ears, and Iris feels like a different woman. Suddenly, she is the object of every man’s desire, and she can satisfy her own hungers for sex, love, and ambition. She can cast off her inhibitions and use her newfound allure to dazzle the high-profile client, attract a man who excites her like no other, and access all the rarified spaces that once excluded her. Invigorated by the perfume, Iris embodies her maximum power—a flower fully bloomed.

But there is danger in connecting to our primal emotions. Scent awakens buried memories, and nightmares of the childhood house fire she barely survived return to haunt her. As Iris ventures deeper into the glamorous and male-dominated worlds of New York real estate, dimly-lit steakhouses, and beachfront mansions in the Hamptons, she finds herself getting closer to unspeakable truths—about the people she trusted, about the people she loved, and about the new circle of power-players that invited her in.

💬𝗜𝘀 𝗶𝘁 𝗮 𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗻𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗹 𝘂𝗽 𝗼𝗿 𝗴𝗼 𝗼𝘂𝘁?🍕🍻📖🍿

AOTD: I’m heading out tonight to hang out with friends for a huge art unveiling!