Lara Englewood is on the run from the Law, her lovers, and herself. Exiled in New Zealand, the Parisian actress is keeping a diary of infamous secrets. On Waiheke Island she befriends an impoverished writer, working on a riches to rags story about Oscar Wilde. When one is in love one begins by deceiving oneself, and one ends by deceiving others. That is what Oscar Wilde called a romance. This book by Stephen Picard was shortlisted for the inaugural Heinemann Reed fiction award,