A Secret Affair [Mass Market Paperback]

Barbara Taylor Bradford (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 19, 1997

Seeking some much-needed rest and relaxation after a long stint as a TV-news war correspondent in Bosnia, 33-year-old Bill Fitzgerald travels to Venice. There he is struck by the dark beauty of a young American woman, Vanessa Stewart, a 27-year-old glass designer from New York.Unhappily married, she welcomes a no-strings friendship with Bill. Soon they embark on an illicit affair and find themselves desperately in love. They vow to see each other whenever and wherever they can. But on their third meeting, one of them does not show up.

Once again, Barbara Taylor Bradford weaves a love story of uncompromising ardor, this time taking readers through secret trysts in Venice, Manhattan and Southampton. In A Secret Affair, she touches on subjects that will stir the hearts and minds of her readers -- unconditional love and devotion, loyalty and loss.

Editorial Reviews

From Library Journal

The story of an illicit affair that plunges into mystery when one of the lovers fails to appear for an assignation, this new work is being published in the same small gift format as last season's Bradford best seller, Love in Another Town.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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'Few novelists are as consummate as Barbara Taylor Bradford at keeping the reader turning the page. She is one of the world's best at spinning yarns.' Guardian --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 260 pages
• Publisher: Avon (September 19, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0006499589
• ISBN-13: 978-0061012280
• ASIN: 0061012289
• Product Dimensions: 6.9 x 4.3 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,049,833 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

BARBARA TAYLOR BRADFORD

Barbara Taylor Bradford, OBE is one of the world's best loved storytellers. Her 1979 debut novel, A Woman of Substance, ranks as one of the top-ten bestselling books of all-time, with more than 30 million copies in print. All 25 of her novels to date have been major worldwide bestsellers. Her 26th book, Playing The Game, will be published on October 12th by St. Martin's Press.

Bradford was born in Leeds, West Yorkshire (UK) as the only child of Freda and Winston Taylor. She grew up in the Leeds suburb of Armley and after Town Street Church of England School worked in the typing pool at the Yorkshire Evening Post before going into journalism. By the age of twenty she was the fashion editor of Woman's Own Magazine and an editor and columnist on Fleet Street for the London Evening News.

Bradford's books have sold more than eighty-two (82) million copies worldwide in more than ninety (90) countries and forty (40) languages. Ten (10) of her books have been made into miniseries and television movies, making her one of the best-selling authors over the last 30 years.

In April of 2003, Mrs. Bradford was inducted into the Writers Hall of Fame of America alongside Mark Twain, Langston Hughes and Dr. Seuss. She was awarded an OBE by Queen Elizabeth II in the Queen's 2007 Birthday Honours list for her contributions to literature. Her original manuscripts are archived at the Brotherton Library at Leeds University, alongside the works of the Bronte sisters. In 2009, Barbara's publishers began a worldwide 30th anniversary celebration of A Woman of Substance. The first annual Woman of Substance Awards took place on September 10th 2009 at the Dorchester Hotel in London. She lives in New York City with her husband, of 43 years, television producer Robert Bradford.

Her official website is: www.barbarataylorbradford.com

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not worth the time, January 12, 1998

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nh (Santa Clarita, California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: A Secret Affair (Hardcover)

I listened to the audio-version of the book and am I glad. This book was too depressing and it was only Los Angeles traffic that kept me listening. I was very depressed when the book ended with its sad story. Not all books are "happily ever after" but this book was barely "happy" at all.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars One of the worst books I've read in a while!, November 9, 1997

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[e-mail] (Gainesville, Florida) - See all my reviews

This review is from: A Secret Affair (Hardcover)

I just wanted a good book to curl up with on a cold Florida evening. Reading "A Secret Affair" was a poor choice and a great disappointment. It is a short book -- 260 pages of relatively large print and 32 of those pages serve the purpose of only identifying a new chapter. Much of the book was filled with descriptions of Sarajevo, Venice, Beirut, and various homes and hotels, all of which did little to further the plot. Character development was week and left me looking for more. The book seemed disjointed, simplistic, unrealistic, and a waste of my time and money.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars waste of time, September 22, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: A Secret Affair (Audio Cassette)

Slow moving book with luke-warm romance and terrible, sad ending. I felt like 80% of the book was a political statement against war and violence. Hey, I hate war as much as the next person, probably more, which is why I don't want to read about the graphic horrors of battle in a supposedly romantic fiction novel! The characters were bland and the romance was far from hot. All in all, if you want a book about war-torn romance without the happy ending, try Fern Michaels' "For All of Their Lives."