The Affair
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  • Published: 30 November 2021
  • ISBN: 9781405943901
  • Imprint: Michael Joseph
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 416
  • RRP: $24.00

The Affair

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

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10 Jun 2021
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10 Jun 2021
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30 Nov 2021
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Escape to the sun-drenched shores of Lake Como in this irresistible story of love, lies and obsession that asks the question, can you ever walk away from an affair?

Connie McCabe longs for the summer where she spends the days leading tours across the continent.
But it's on the glamourous shores of Lake Como where she is truly swept away after a much younger man named Jared, 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 and breaks her marriage vows.
At the end of the season Connie returns home to her husband, wanting to put this affair behind her.
But Jared has other ideas. . .
  • Published: 30 November 2021
  • ISBN: 9781405943901
  • Imprint: Michael Joseph
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 416
  • RRP: $24.00
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About the author

Hilary Boyd

Hilary Boyd trained as a nurse and a marriage guidance counselor before beginning a career as a writer and journalist. She has written six non-fiction books and is the author of Thursdays in the Park, the bestselling novel which spawned a whole new genre.

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Praise for The Affair

Praise for Hilary Boyd

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As canny as Joanna Trollope at observing family life - and better at jokes

Daily Mail

Smart, with true-to-life characters whose dilemmas will tear at your heartstrings

Sunday Mirror

Boyd is terrific at cutting to the quick of modern relationships

Woman & Home

A tension packed read

Bella

Included in 'The Hot List'

Inside Soap

Breathless and brilliant

Best

A simmering slow-burner full of obsession, drama and complicated relationships

Culturefly

A breath of fresh air . . . An excellent companion for a weekend away

The Lady