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For All the Wrong Reasons: A Novel

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In London wealthy heiress Diana Verity marries publisher Ernie Foxton, though he has an underhanded reputation within the industry and amidst the ladies. To Ernie, Diana is the perfect trophy wife when he relocates to New York to take over Blakeley's Publishing House and turn it into a global giant. To Diana, Ernie is her ticket to an exciting youthful world as a major Big Apple hostess.

In Brooklyn, Michael Cicero is making a success out of Green Eggs Books by reissuing out of print classic children's stories. However, Ernie wants control of Green Eggs and ruthlessly succeeds in his endeavor. At the same time, Diana catches Ernie in their bed in an S & M relationship with his mistress. Ernie destroys Diana in the subsequent divorce leading to her friends dropping her like she is contagious. This leads to Michael and Diana forming a partnership whose prime objective is to decapitate Ernie, but grows into something much more positive between them.

FOR ALL THE WRONG REASONS is an entertaining relationship drama that focuses on the lifestyles of the rich and famous. The key to the tale that makes Louise Bagshawe's novel different is that the author leaves no doubt that the residents of the world of glitter contain character flaws, some very ugly. Though how much shopping can ornaments do will leave even shopaholics tired though the story line will prove fun for fans of Jackie Collins' HOLLYWOOD WIVES.

Harriet Klausner

This book was one of those wonderful books that upset you when it is over because you must say goodbye to the characters. At first I was sure the herione was pure fluff, but the growth and integrity she exhibits made it so enjoyable, I defy anyone not to respect her courage by the end of the book. Very empowering to women, yet Bagshawe is ruthless about her character's flaws. The hero, 'Micheal' is enough to make any woman gasp and pant a little even though at times she wants to throttle him. It is a rip roaring ride! Where can we get more of her books?

Louise did a wonderful job writing this book. She made you start out really wishing something awful would happen to the main character based on snobbiness and egotistical ways. When it did, she transformed the character from a princess to a pauper back to a princess again, all the while making you fall in love with Diane even though you were just wishing that she would fall from grace. Throw in the typical guy to make opposites attract and you have the makings for a great story. The only downside was that I felt the story ended too abruptly. I wouldn't have minded if the author would have even done an epilogue.

I love the romance/revenge books and this is one of the best to come out since Elizabeth Gage's masterpiece The Masterstroke". Beautiful and spoiled Brit Diana Foxton is not the most likable heroine at first. In fact I didn't like her at all until she gets thrown for a loop by her conniving rat of a husband and her "best friend" and goes from Central Park high society to sharing a tiny dirty apartment and learning to live like the common folk. You'll cheer for this well thought out characterization as Diana finds love with her ex-husband's enemy but even that doesn't come easy. I could not put this book down. It's not too late to take this to the beach! This is the
ultimate summer or anytime read with plenty of hot sexual entanglements to spice things up!

When I first read a small excert of the book in a magazine advertisement, I knew I had to buy it. Each character was so well developed. The story is of a airheaded woman that marries for ...[money] and finds out that her husband is cheating. She is forced to make a life for herself by starting from the bottom. It was nice to see a woman make a name for herself without loosing her femininity. The love scenes were very descript but not dreamy eyed. I think I've found a new author to follow.

I believe the big wigs in Hollywood and Mrs. Bagshawe should get together and make this a movie. That is my review and hopes for this book. I loved it I wish it would have been a lot longer, like them making up and getting through the tabliod news, and eventually making it into their own business, and maybe even getting back into the books along with the software, and the total end of Ernie Foxton. If they don't make a movie, at least I hope Mrs. Bagshawe make a "For All the Wrong Reasons, Part II".

Very sexy book, and i loved it. I don't read much but when my sister gave it to me and told me this is something i would enjoy I thought, yea right and told myself if I don't like it after the first chapter I wouldn't have to read it.But,It definately keeps you wanting more, I read it untill 5 a.m, who knew a book could be that interesting and excitting and sexy all at the same time. I thought the author did an excellant job and I will keep reading her books all long as she writes them :-)

Wow! What a read! I couldn't put this thing down. I felt like a ten year-old with a flashlight under my covers. I was sneaking in bits of this every chance I got -- in the bathroom, on the subway, even in my car at stoplights.
Bagshawe has a real winner here. This book is sexy, funny, mercilessly incisive about the New York scene, and very very well written. Her sexy, panting characters actually live and breathe. We care about what happens to them, and we can't wait for them to jump back between the sheets. Man! The sex! Explicit stuff written from a woman's perspective is hard to find, but she's got it. I confess I was blushing as I read it, but I couldn't stop! I can't wait to read her next one, and I sure wish they'd publish her earlier books here in the states. Bagshawe, keep them coming!

This is fast-paced and a real page turner, perfect for summer... I wish I could read a sequel!

I guess you can classify Louise Bagshawe's books in one of two ways: they're either romances or they're examples of women's fiction/chick lit. If you want or expect the former, you will most likely be disappointed with this one. If you are looking for the latter, you'll get some enjoyment out of this book, and appreciate the fact that Bagshawe is a skilled writer, but the lack of depth may leave you flat.

This novel focuses on the relationship between two characters who are initially very unlikeable. Diana is vain, shallow, and opportunistic, while Michael is emotionally immature and rough around the edges. Diana and Michael meet while she is still married to her cheating husband, and later, they end up working together. Most of the plot concerns Diana enacting a vengeance scheme against her ex-husband, but since their marriage was never based on love in the first place, it's hard to feel sorry for Diana. It's not hard to buy that she and Michael are attracted to each other, however. There are some scenes where they have real chemistry. But their romance stalls out almost as quickly as it begins, and basically, the book loses all its energy. I guess we are supposed to long for Diana and Michael to reunite, which they do in a very rushed section at the end of the book, but I found both characters so annoying that I didn't care if they made up or not. They also never really address their problems, and they have rebound relationships, so there was none of that good old-fashioned romantic longing here, either.

As I said, Bagshawe is a good writer, and that's why I gave it three stars. The story itself, though, isn't anything special.