Domestic Affairs - Hardcover

Perseus

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1593154755 ISBN 13: 9781593154752

Publisher: Vanguard Press, 2008

Synopsis

Rosie and Abigail are like family,” Ina Merriweather used to say. That is, until the day Ina abruptly cast out her housekeeper, Rosie, and her fifteen-year-old daughter Abigail. Abigail felt deeply betrayed, especially by Ina’s daughter Lila, who was her closest friend. Only Lila’s twin brother Vaughn, with whom Abigail had been exploring the joys and heartaches of first love, showed any compassion. Now, twenty-five years later, an old score is about to be settled...and an old love rekindled. Abigail is now a self-made woman who has built an empire out of the homemaking skills she learned from her mother. When Lila, who married well and for decades lived the glittering life of a Park Avenue socialite, suffers a tragic reversal of fortune, an opportunity to right an old wrong lands squarely in Abigail’s lap. Lila seeks the help of her childhood friend, but learns that the only opening available at the moment is as her housekeeper and Lila has no choice but to accept. At the same time, Abigail is coping with the fallout from a fire in her Mexico factory, which took the life of an innocent girl, whose mother, Concepción Morales, now seeks the rich señora she holds responsible for her daughter’s death. In a collision of fate, Abigail, Lila, and Concepción are thrown together and must unite to save one another...and themselves.

About this title

About the Author:

Eileen Goudge is the New York Times bestselling author whose novels include Domestic Affairs, One Last Dance, Garden of Lies, and Thorns of Truth. There are more than three million copies of her books in print worldwide. She lives with her husband, entertainment reporter Sandy Kenyon, in New York City.

Review:

"A gifted writer with an eye for telling detail."

"Eileen Goudge writes like a house on fire, creating characters you come to love and hate to leave." -- Nora Roberts

About this edition

• Publisher: Vanguard Press
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1593154755
• ISBN 13: 9781593154752
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 437