“Primal, graphic, and shocking, this is an erotic thriller you won’t soon forget…In these combustive pages, Kessler masterfully excavates obsession, depravity, and difficult people.” —Esquire, Best Books of Fall 2024

For readers of LUSTER, ALL FOURS, and VLADIMIR: a brazenly sexy and scathingly candid novel about a white-hot relationship and the two intractable characters who emerge from it transformed.

Noa Simon is a thirty-six-year-old filmmaker who knows what she wants when she sees it, and when she meets Teddy Rosenfeld, an antagonistic, older CEO, she goes for the jugular. An electrifying encounter in a bathroom stall after their first meeting only serves to whet Noa’s appetite, and despite Teddy’s subsequent rejections, she is exhilarated by the challenge—and by her own insatiability. In her first power play, she takes a job at his office, setting up a battle of the wills that Teddy proves unable to resist. Their ravenous, volatile romance will ultimately unearth difficult secrets from both of their pasts, and finally force Noa to reckon with her deepest desires and most destructive impulses.

Written with visceral intensity and voyeuristic precision, ROSENFELD is a propulsive tale of sexual abandon that titillates and interrogates in equal measure.

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Rights Sold:

US: Avid Reader/Simon & Schuster; Germany: Gutkind/Bonniers; Netherlands: Meridian; UK: Brazen Books / Hachette

Reviews: 

“A kinky, moving new novel. … Kessler is excel­lent at depict­ing the way lovers forcibly bur­row into each oth­er to find hid­den truths. Love, in this nov­el, is tear­ing open the beloved’s clos­et door to let their skele­tons air. Kessler’s writ­ing is at once casu­al and pre­cise. … Never boring, it’s a smart, read­able nov­el about messy peo­ple falling ago­niz­ing­ly in love, and hav­ing a lot of fun in the sack along the way.” —Jewish Book Council

“Primal, graphic, and shocking, this is an erotic thriller you won’t soon forget… In these combustive pages, Kessler masterfully excavates obsession, depravity, and difficult people.” —Esquire

“At times sexy, at time hilarious, this book offers a new spin on forbidden lust.” —Debutiful

"Finally, something to distract me from reality!... To say that Noa makes Isadora Wing of FEAR OF FLYING look like a prude is an understatement... In this dynamic, sex is power, and it’s anybody’s guess as to who will end up on top." —Los Angeles Times

“Listen up fans of LUSTER and VLADIMIR, because you’ll want to mark the release date for Maya Kessler’s new novel… ROSENFELD is all intensity and desire, making for a reading experience that will have you turning the pages as fast as you can to see where it will take you next." —Chicago Review of Books

“Kessler’s debut… follows one Noa Simon through the tumultuous and ultimately profound power play that is courting (and having a lot of sex with) the titular older man who soon becomes her boss. For fans of SEX AND THE CITY, Raven Leilani’s LUSTER, and Coco Mellor’s CLEOPATRA AND FRANKENSTEIN.” —The Millions, Great Fall 2024 Preview

“A confidently written, graphic and enthralling book.” —Kveller

"An intoxicating and exciting siphoning of power, romance, and desire that will keep your heart pounding and mind lingering." —Our Culture

“Raw… the characters come alive during the sex scenes, their desire for each other radiating off the page.” —Publishers Weekly

“An erotic obsession [that] becomes all-consuming… X-rated.” —Kirkus Reviews

"9 1/2 Weeks meets Samantha and Mr. Big in this voyeuristic, sexually charged novel about two people who begin a red-hot affair after meeting at a wedding. ROSENFELD is a steamy novel with an underlying depth, both of which keep the reader turning the pages, eager to see how this will play out." —Mary O'Malley, Skylark Bookshop

“Maya Kessler’s debut novel ROSENFELD is a sexy, funny, and obsessive love story that breaks all conventions: both in literature and in love affairs.” —Haaretz

“A confidently written, graphic and enthralling book.” —Kveller

“A masterpiece in every aspect.” —Panas Magazine

"Kessler’s Rosenfeld is highly intelligent but more importantly, it’s hilarious.” —Calcalist