When Christine Blacksworth's larger-than-life father is killed on an icy road in Magdalena, New York, a hundred miles from the 'getaway' cabin he visited every month, she discovers a secret that threatens everything she's always held to be true. Her father has another family which includes a mistress and a daughter. Determined to uncover the truth behind her father's secret life, Christine heads to Magdalena, prepared to hate the people who have caused her to question everything she thought she knew about her father. But what she finds is a woman who understands her, a half sister who cherishes her, and a man who could love her if she'll let him. The longer she's around them, the more she questions which family is the real one. . .
Note: This book contains sexual content and profanity. While the author believes these situations are handled in good taste, she acknowledges some readers will choose to pass on this book.
Note: This book contains sexual content and profanity. While the author believes these situations are handled in good taste, she acknowledges some readers will choose to pass on this book.
Look for A Family Affair: Spring - coming late 2013. Coming in the future: A Family Affair: Summer and A Family Affair: Fall.
Included in the Kindle edition of A Family Affair are 2 Chapters of PULLING HOME - She'll risk anything to save her child...even the truth.
Included in the Kindle edition of A Family Affair are 2 Chapters of PULLING HOME - She'll risk anything to save her child...even the truth.
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Every book I sample leaves me with a warm feeling of having experienced something special. Very highly recommended. -- Suzie Housley, MyShelf.com, August 2006
From the Author
Several years ago, I read an article about a man who'd kept a secret family for years without anyone's knowledge. I was fascinated that someone could and would actually do this. That one small article lived in my subconscious for years, emerging occasionally as I considered how a person might achieve this, the effects on the primary family as well as the other family, the pain, the grief, the anger, the emotional, financial and psychological entanglements between the two, and the ultimate question; which was the real family? I became so engrossed with the emotion of the situation that I knew I had to create my own characters and my own story and so emerged, A Family Affair
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102 of 112 people found the following review helpful
Format:Mass Market Paperback
In A Family Affair, we watch Christine, a successful lawyer who feels compelled to confront her late father's mistress, a woman she is prepared to loathe. Instead, what she finds in Magdalena turns her well-ordered life upside down. Campisi's use of contrast in both characterization and plot creates a wonderful tension that is nothing short of masterful. Note to the author: I'll be disppointed if I don't hear more about the warm and wonderful folks in Magdalena, especially Miriam, my favorite.
159 of 198 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars
Was the excessive profanity and excessive sexual descriptions necessary?
July 30, 2012
Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase
The storyline and the characters were well developed, but the unnecessary profanity and explicit sexual encounters were inappropriate. Had I known the book had so much of this inappropriate material I would not have purchased it!
90 of 111 people found the following review helpful
By avidreader
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There was no problem with the style of writing, but seriously... Miriam was like the saint in the book and the heroine's father the misunderstood elder son who deserved happiness. And unless there are some "serious" issues with parents and children (which don't come across as such, I know those who are much worse), a child typically doesn't question a more familial connection with the "other woman" over her mother because she has a simpler life, and if she does surely it would take longer than 2 visits. The only character that I believe was true to form was Nate, the hero. Real emotions. Real expressions. He might have had illusions of his own father, but Miriam's side thoughts about the type of man the father was, wasn't sound enough. The relationship with another woman's husband shouldn't have been more fulfilling than wanting something of her own. I just don't see how anyone, fact or fiction, could justify accepting grains of love and life. More self-love, in my opinion would nip that in the bud. And goodness the mother and the uncle of the heroine, I won't even get started on. Honestly aside from Lily and Nate, there wasn't much redeemable about the story line. All the characters seem so out of touch with reality that liking the book was not possible.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
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A Family Affair
A story of love, deception, joy and romance. The characters interaction provides a mix of emotions that keeps you engaged throughout.
Published 9 hours ago by Karen
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A Family Affair
Well developed characters. Nicely written story of a family devastated by the loss of their father in a car accident far away from home. Read more
Published 18 hours ago by Rosemary Crawford
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A fun, easy read.
I really enjoyed this book. A very easy read and I was interested from the start. I do wish that some other loose ends were tied up with Uncle Harry and the Mother. Read more
Published 1 day ago by Wanda Sturman
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good read
this was a good book. it was cute and a story that i have never heard of before - meaning it wasn't a typical love story.
Published 2 days ago by Karen
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An Emotional Page Turner
What a pleasant surprise! My fellow Book Gossiper, Nicole, posted the free kindle edition of this book on our Facebook page and I just thought, why not, it's free; I will give it a... Read more
Published 2 days ago by Book Gossips - Debby
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very good
this book kept me interested..and I'm not a reader.I would read Mary Campisi books again. I recommended it to my sister who is in a book club.
Published 2 days ago by Theresa
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A Family Affair
Good book finished it in one day can't wait for book 2. It's plot was interested. It reminds you on how children can change everyone ones life no matter what the situation they... Read more
Published 3 days ago by khamid27
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Great book
Couldnt put this down!! Had me hooked from page one! Sad but eye opening book! Is there a second book??
Published 4 days ago by bonnie mithun
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This story had promise...
I thought that the overall premise of the book was very interesting (father leads secret life which is only discovered after his death) but I found the characters to be unlikeable... Read more
Published 4 days ago by CocoK
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a family affair
Good read. Makes you laugh and really relate to characters. First book I have read in a while, so kept my interest well.
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More About the Author
A woman once told me my stories will pull you apart and put you back together, but never in quite the same way. I should've known I'd become a writer when at age thirteen I began changing the ending to all the books I read. It took several years and a number of jobs, including registered nurse, receptionist in a swanky hair salon, accounts payable clerk, and practice manager in an OB/GYN office, for me to rediscover writing.
It all began on a brisk Ohio morning at the hands of a 286 computer, a failing marriage, and three daughters under the age of five. Writing proved wonderful (and inexpensive) therapy as I let my fingers and my bruised heart begin a tender love story where the hero and heroine surpass incredible obstacles in search of true happiness and eternal love. But the story was only 100 pages complete when I packed it away and moved with my children to a little rental bungalow where I took on the challenge of single motherhood and re-entering the work force. The 5 ¼" floppy disk containing the love story remained sandwiched between Lotus and PacMan until years later, when I discovered it while unpacking boxes for the home I shared with my new husband, three children, and two stepchildren.
I powered up the old 286 computer, popped in the disk, and spent the rest of the afternoon re-reading the story and mapping out my future as a writer. Since then I've written and published several books. When I'm not writing or following the lives of five "almost" adult to young adult children, I'm digging in the dirt with my flowers and herbs, cooking, reading, walking our rescue lab mix, Cooper, or on the perfect day, riding off into the sunset with my very own "hero" husband on his Electra Glide Classic aka Harley. (edited by author)
It all began on a brisk Ohio morning at the hands of a 286 computer, a failing marriage, and three daughters under the age of five. Writing proved wonderful (and inexpensive) therapy as I let my fingers and my bruised heart begin a tender love story where the hero and heroine surpass incredible obstacles in search of true happiness and eternal love. But the story was only 100 pages complete when I packed it away and moved with my children to a little rental bungalow where I took on the challenge of single motherhood and re-entering the work force. The 5 ¼" floppy disk containing the love story remained sandwiched between Lotus and PacMan until years later, when I discovered it while unpacking boxes for the home I shared with my new husband, three children, and two stepchildren.
I powered up the old 286 computer, popped in the disk, and spent the rest of the afternoon re-reading the story and mapping out my future as a writer. Since then I've written and published several books. When I'm not writing or following the lives of five "almost" adult to young adult children, I'm digging in the dirt with my flowers and herbs, cooking, reading, walking our rescue lab mix, Cooper, or on the perfect day, riding off into the sunset with my very own "hero" husband on his Electra Glide Classic aka Harley. (edited by author)
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