A Secret Affair

★ 3.5 avg 111 votes

About this book

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.

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Reader Profile

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3.5/5 · 111 readers · 400 pages · ≈ 7 h 24 m · Moderate

How long does it take to read A Secret Affair?

About ≈ 7 h 24 m — 400 pages, assuming roughly 250 words per page at 225 words per minute.Typical novel≈ 5 h 56 mA Secret Affair~7 h 24 m

How many pages is A Secret Affair?

400 pages in its most-read edition.Typical novel320A Secret Affair400

What genre is A Secret Affair?

It sits on the Drama, Romance, Fiction shelves.

Is A Secret Affair in the public domain?

No — it is still under copyright.

Who wrote A Secret Affair?

Barbara Taylor Bradford.

“He was closing the small padlock on his duffle bag when a deafening explosion brought his head up swiftly.”