- Hardcover: 336 pages
- Publisher: St. Martin's Press; First Edition edition (April 29 2002)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0312272553
- ISBN-13: 978-0312272555
- Product Dimensions: 23.9 x 15.7 x 3 cm
- Shipping Weight: 612 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
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#636,686 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #97 in Books > Literature & Fiction > Women's Fiction > Divorce
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From Publishers Weekly
Sex in the morning, sex with tea and sex in the evening it's always well-scrubbed, perfumed and always engaged in at the snobbiest addresses, by beautiful people wearing Calvin Klein and Victoria's Secret skivvies beneath their glitzy couturier labels. This American debut by the author of four erotic bestsellers in the U.K. serves fair warning that there's a new sexy romance queen panting at the gates, with one difference: Bagshawe doesn't try to sugarcoat her characters' ruthless, selfish or venal behavior, giving her story a witty edge. Silly but rich British heiress Diana Verity marries a ruthless U.K. commoner and publishing enfant terrible, Ernie Foxton, dreaming of the adventure of moving to New York as the hostess with the mostest befitting her hubby's newfound position as CEO of the Blakely's publishing empire. Founder of Green Eggs Books, Michael Cicero is a chauvinistic, womanizing self-made publisher whose classic children's books, formerly out-of-print, are flying off the shelves. Finding her husband in bed with an Oriental dominatrix in her own bedroom, Diana walks out on him, only to be skewered in a vicious divorce. Michael also becomes a victim when he makes a deal with Foxton, who misleads him into thinking he is entering into a partnership. The wronged duo join up to deal in electronic games and after a few setbacks, lots of shopping and name dropping, and plenty of explicit, devilishly prurient sex manage to get back on their feet (pun intended). Designing Women meets The Wife of Bath's Tale in this blithely erotic name-dropping romp through Tiffany's, Cartier and an entire Yellow Pages of designer showrooms and posh eateries. (Apr.)Forecast: With a bit more push and flashier packaging (perhaps in paperback?), this title could hit the big time Jackie Collins, watch out!
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From Booklist
Bagshawe, a Briton who published her first novel at age 22, now unleashes her talents on this side of the Atlantic. We meet lovely, wealthy, and ultrasnobby British trophy wife Diana Foxton, whose days in New York City (where she has moved with her fabulously wealthy husband) are filled with shopping, gossiping, and hosting exclusive parties. Diana's seemingly perfect world is soon shattered when she discovers that her slimy eel of a husband is having an affair and, what's more, that he plans to throw her out without a penny. On her own for the first time and forced to take an entry-level clerical job, Diana begins her difficult new life while also embarking on a steamy affair with her studly working-class boss. Sexual liberation and self-empowerment soon follow, and readers won't be too surprised when our chastened heroine is ultimately restored to her previous illustrious station. Like Judith Krantz, Bagshawe packs her novel with lurid sexual details, and it comes complete with a fairy-tale ending. Librarians should stock up; it will be popular. Kathleen Hughes
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Captivating!!,
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This review is from: For All the Wrong Reasons: A Novel (Hardcover)
It was hard to put this book down once I got started, as the story line is excellent and filled with great entertainment.FOR ALL THE WRONG REASONS delves into the lives of one social butterfly, Diana Foxton and her rich husband Ernie Foxton a successful head of a publishing empire. However, all does not go well for very long, as she soon finds out her husband is having a torrid affair. She catches him right in the act so to speak, and leaves him immediately trying to keep her pride in tact. Watch Diana move from riches to rags as she tries to recapture the life she once enjoyed, as her so called friends wait around with baited breath longing to see how this great lady will make it on her own. Does she have the brains to reestablish her place in society as well as a place in the business world, or is she just another pretty face with no change in her pocketbook? This you'll see for yourself in Ms. Bagshawe's new novel. This could be a nice birthday gift for a sister or a best buddy. Heather Marshall
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ADDICTING!,
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This review is from: For All the Wrong Reasons: A Novel (Hardcover)
When I read the first chapter I wasn't sure it was what I was looking for. Boy was I wrong! This book was so addicting. I have not slept since I started this book. I just couldn't put it down until it was finished. If you are looking for glamour, romance, deceit and hot sex ... this is the book for you. It is a great summer read.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Read this book "For All the Right Reasons"!!,
By A Customer
This review is from: For All the Wrong Reasons: A Novel (Hardcover)
I love the romance/revenge books and this is one of the best to come out since Elizabeth Gage's masterpiece The Masterstroke". Beautiful and spoiled Brit Diana Foxton is not the most likable heroine at first. In fact I didn't like her at all until she gets thrown for a loop by her conniving rat of a husband and her "best friend" and goes from Central Park high society to sharing a tiny dirty apartment and learning to live like the common folk. You'll cheer for this well thought out characterization as Diana finds love with her ex-husband's enemy but even that doesn't come easy. I could not put this book down. It's not too late to take this to the beach! This is theultimate summer or anytime read with plenty of hot sexual entanglements to spice things up!
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