Upon agreeing to be the brand ambassador for a famous cognac celebrating its bicentennial, novelist Stéphane Belcourt returns to his hometown for the first time in many years. Once there, he meets his first love's son, Lucas. Memories come rushing back to him: irrepressible attraction, bodies becoming one in the heat of desire, a passion that can never be revealed... His first love's name was Thomas, and they were 17. Lie With Me employs the beauty of the French countryside as a counterpoint to the turbulence of Stéphane’s emotions, which are conveyed in all their complexity.