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      The Affair: Escape to Lake Como with this year’s most intoxicating and emotionally gripping read

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      Escape to the sun-drenched shores of Lake Como in the irresistible and gripping new novel from the million-copy bestselling author of Thursdays in the Park, The Anniversary and The Lie'Held me spellbound . . . This novel is unmissable' 5***** Reader Review'Magnificent! So refr...

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      Product ID:9781405943901
      Product Form:Paperback / softback
      Country of Manufacture:GB
      Title:The Affair
      Subtitle:Escape to Lake Como with this year’s most intoxicating and emotionally gripping read
      Authors:Author: Hilary Boyd
      Page Count:416
      Subjects:Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Modern and Contemporary romance, Adult & contemporary romance
      Description:Select Guide Rating
      Escape to the sun-drenched shores of Lake Como in the irresistible and gripping new novel from the million-copy bestselling author of Thursdays in the Park, The Anniversary and The Lie'Held me spellbound . . . This novel is unmissable' 5***** Reader Review'Magnificent! So refreshing, this left me on the edge of my seat' 5***** Reader Review'The tension builds up to a heart-stopping crescendo' 5***** Reader Review_______Connie McCabe longs for the summer where she spends the days leading tours across the continent. But it's on the glamorous shores of Lake Como where she is truly swept away, when Jared, a much younger man, falls for her. Despite resisting his advances, Connie finds that he's got under her skin. And so begins a long, hot, intoxicating summer where Connie succumbs to temptation - breaking her marriage vows. At the end of the season, Connie returns home to her husband, ready to put this affair behind her. But Jared has other ideas . . . _______Praise for Hilary Boyd'Hilary Boyd nails family dynamics and misplaced loyalties with pin-sharp precision in an impressively well-written tale' Daily Express'I was ripping through this book . . . addictive' Evening Standard'Boyd is as canny as Joanna Trollope at observing family life' Daily Mail

      Escape to the sun-drenched shores of Lake Como in the irresistible and gripping new novel from the million-copy bestselling author of Thursdays in the Park, The Anniversary and The Lie

      ''Held me spellbound . . . This novel is unmissable'' 5***** Reader Review
      ''Magnificent! So refreshing, this left me on the edge of my seat'' 5***** Reader Review
      ''The tension builds up to a heart-stopping crescendo'' 5***** Reader Review
      _______

      Connie McCabe longs for the summer where she spends the days leading tours across the continent.

      But it''s on the glamorous shores of Lake Como where she is truly swept away, when Jared, a much younger man, falls for her.

      Despite resisting his advances, Connie finds that he''s got under her skin.

      And so begins a long, hot, intoxicating summer where Connie succumbs to temptation - breaking her marriage vows.

      At the end of the season, Connie returns home to her husband, ready to put this affair behind her.

      But Jared has other ideas . . .
      _______

      Praise for Hilary Boyd

      ''Hilary Boyd nails family dynamics and misplaced loyalties with pin-sharp precision in an impressively well-written tale'' Daily Express

      ''I was ripping through this book . . . addictive'' Evening Standard

      ''Boyd is as canny as Joanna Trollope at observing family life'' Daily Mail


      Imprint Name:Penguin Books Ltd
      Publisher Name:Penguin Books Ltd
      Country of Publication:GB
      Publishing Date:2021-08-19

      Additional information

      Weight278 g
      Dimensions128 × 197 × 34 mm