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The perfect read for fans of Taylor Jenkins Reid

By Kate Fagan

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Friend. Lover. Imposter. Who is Cate Kay?A Reese’s Bookclub pick and a must-read book for 2025 in both Stylist and Cosmo'A standout, multi-layered novel that will have you hooked' Sun'We were obsessed with this page turner' CloserCate Kay is the most famous author on the planet.... Read More

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The book of the summer. A Reese's Bookclub pick. As heard on Woman's Hour. For fans of The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo. This is The Three Lives of Cate Kay.

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Friend. Lover. Imposter. Who is Cate Kay?

A Reese’s Bookclub pick and a must-read book for 2025 in both Stylist and Cosmo

'A standout, multi-layered novel that will have you hooked' Sun

'We were obsessed with this page turner' Closer

Cate Kay is the most famous author on the planet. But it’s just a name. Somehow, the woman behind the books has remained completely anonymous.

Anne Marie Callahan is the name nobody knows. Annie knows there’s no one left to connect the dots between the novelist and the girl who ran away all those years ago.

If you asked, she’d say her name was Cass Ford. That’s what her barista shouts each morning. And it’s how she introduces herself to the woman she’ll eventually call the love of her life.

Three names, three lives. Cate Kay is finally ready to tell you who she really is.

And when the truth is out, will everyone’s favourite novelist hold on to her place in our hearts or are some betrayals impossible to forgive?

‘This story swept me away with its big dreams, love, and unexpected twists.’ Reese Witherspoon

‘Such clever and multilayered plotting from a highly original storyteller.' Edel Coffey, Irish Times bestselling author of Breaking Point

‘Brilliantly entertaining’ Good Housekeeping

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781526682628

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 09 April 2026

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Audience: General / adult

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Width: 129.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 304

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Kate Fagan is an Emmy Award-winning journalist and the No. 1 New York Times bestselling author of What Made Maddy Run, which was a semi-finalist for the PEN/ESPN Award for Literary Sports Writing. She is also the author of three further non-fiction titles, a former professional basketball player, and spent seven years with ESPN. Kate currently lives in Charleston with her wife.

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