Regrets Only (Mass Market Paperback)

by Sally Quinn (Author)

Editorial Reviews

From Library Journal
The new administration of President Kimball has barely taken office when a heady mixture of love, sex, and politics simmers up a potent plot. A newspaper journalistgorgeous, intelligent, and principledgoes head to head with the similarly talented Vice President's wife. They vie for the affection of the Washington bureau chief of a major newsmagazine. In salons, newsrooms, and hideaways, the campaign for news and glory battles the campaign for privacy and personal fulfillment. The weapons are the morning-after phone calls, wily press aides, guest lists, and gossip and image. Quinn, a TV reporter herself, has long been participant-observer of the D.C. scene. She has a flawless knack for the dialogue and delicate timing of a world controlled by the media's expectations and appetite. And she's a deft spinner of tales. Literary Guild main selection. Barbara Conaty, Medical Coll. of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Description
"A walloping good read."
LIZ SMITH
Alison Sterling, the beautiful, brilliant, and blonde reporter for a major Washington daily is having a secret love affair with the very adorable, very accomplished, very married bureau chief of a national newsweekly, Desmond Shaw. Shaw is having another affair with Sadie Grey, the sexy Southern belle wife of the Vice President. And Sadie Grey is having the time of her life.
Delicious love triangles, which started as attractions and escalated into love are set amidst the dazzling, sexy, social whirl of power, politics, and strange bedfellows.


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Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback
• Publisher: Ballantine Books (August 12, 1987)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0345344596
• ISBN-13: 978-0345344595
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 3.8 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #2,999,581 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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6 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Inside the Beltway, then inside the belt., January 1, 1998

By	L Goodman-Malamuth "Leslie Goodman-Malamuth" (Washington, D.C.) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Novelistically and in almost every other way, Regrets Only is a near-irredeemable piece of crap. The book remains, for whatever work went into it, Danielle Steel with a chipped enamel of Big Names and Big Issues. That said, this book may be of interest to someone who lives in Washington or has a passing interest in how the city works, or f---s. Quinn obviously travels in the District's social stratosphere, and her true-to-life details are the only reason to read this book, and the only reason that I will buy it in paperback. (Originally I bought it, guffawed, and mailed it to journalist friends living abroad.) Do I sound envious of Sally Quinn's success? Well, sure. I've lived in Washington for quite awhile but lack any interest, except vicarious, in the social ramble. As Satchel Paige used to say, "The social ramble ain't restful." And in the ham hands of Sally Quinn, it ain't restful either. Just as steamy and prurient as an unairconditioned summer night in Georgetown.

0 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Sex in the City!, June 24, 2001

By A Customer

A compelling novel of two passionate and talented women and the man they both loved. Great sex!

1 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars If you like Jackie Collins You'll Love Sally!, March 13, 2000

By	Karen McCall (Florida) - See all my reviews

Sally uses the Washington Glamour and Intrigue the way Jackie uses California and Vegas to lure in the reader. Her descriptive writings put you there, and her style keeps you reading.