- Paperback: 320 pages
- Publisher: Orion; New edition edition (13 Aug 2001)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0752843370
- ISBN-13: 978-0752843377
- Product Dimensions: 17.2 x 11.2 x 3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (24 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 521,722 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Diana Verity thinks she is set for life when she marries Ernie Foxton in Louise Bagshawe's A Kept Woman. She is a beautiful society girl who doesn't want to concern herself with anything more taxing than the contents of the latest Prada collection or the best place in town to get a leg wax or manicure. Ernie, on the other hand, is an East End boy made good, and what he lacks in charm and social graces, he more than makes up for with a healthy bank balance.
Together they move to New York to start their married life together: Diana busies herself with throwing lavish parties, becoming the most glittering jewel on the Manhattan social circuit, while Ernie finds his own pleasure--sacking swathes of people from their jobs at Blakeley's, the publishing house he has recently taken over. Never happier than when plotting a business rival's downfall, Ernie finds a suitable target in Michael Cicero, a handsome native New Yorker who has single-handedly built up his own small children's publishing company from scratch. The reader wonders whether Michael will realise Ernie's business dealings are less than scrupulous in time and whether Diana will remain content in her loveless but lucrative marriage.
Packed with passion, society parties and platinum card shopping sprees, fans of Louise Bagshawe will no doubt enjoy this tale of love, lust and boardroom intrigue. --Emily Lowson --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Diana Foxton has it all. Rich, British and beautiful she is married to the head of a publishing empire and fills her days with lunches, interior decorating and clothes shopping. Never out of the society pages, she hosts the most talked about parties in Manhattan and makes being the perfect wife an art form. Then she discovers her husband is having an affair, her glamorous bubble is burst and she finds herself without any money or any qualifications, shunned by the glittering society that once embraced her. Alone for the first time, she takes the only job she can get, and settles awkwardly into a very different life. But can she make it on her own? And why does her new boss, the handsome Michael Cicero, take so much pleasure in watching her struggle?
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Louise Bagshawe is a great young Chick Lit novelist who was around long before the twentysomething female writer was fashionable. The good result of this is that she doesn't write first-person, wingeing, I'm-on-a-diet drivel. Her first 3 books were sexy bonkbusters in an 80s tradition, though the heroines were young and 90s in their tastes and sympathies. Then she did 'Venus Envy' - her go at a Bridget Jones-style girl-about-town book, but thankfully here she has gone back to her traditional roots and produced another blockbuster.
The book reminded me very much of her brilliant first novel, 'Career Girls.' The plot is fast-paced, the heroine is gorgeous and she falls for the classic Bagshawe hero - he is dark, handsome, magnetic, powerful and dominating. The chemistry between them simply sizzles, though Bagshawe, perhaps responding to a few criticisms of her earlier work, has reduced her sex scenes to 3 per book (rather than the 30 or so you get in her early work). Also woven into the plot is a gripping read about publishing politics and business board-room cliff-hangers.
The book somehow isn't quite as sparky or energetic as 'Career Girls'. Her style has matured but it has also become more subdued and her pace slower. Even so, it's still a great read. What shines out is the author's ability to draw you in and keep you turning pages - she is utterly addictive.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Pure escapism and simply wonderful entertainment. I found it hard to put this down. Feel the quality of the silk designer suits, smell the rich vanilla coffee, experience the shock and desire of our heroine and catch yourself drooling over the leading man. 'A Kept Woman' is like a fragrant bubble bath that you don't want to get out of... indulgent and fun.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
A Kept Woman is the UK version of For All The Wrong Reasons, therefore this is the book about Diana Verity. The title was changed in other markets.
As someone who has read all of Bagshawe's novels, this is one of the worst - stick with the Movie, Tall Poppies and Career Girls to see her best work, although the more recent The Devil You Know is her best book for a while.
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Didn't expect so much erotica...
I'm in my early 20s and not much of a reader, so I'm always looking for books between young adult and adult ranges so I don't get bored. Read more
Published 13 months ago by pizzapie
a little bit disappointed
Louise Bagshawe a kept woman wasnt as entertaining as expected ."passion " and "desire " kept me on the edge of my seat whereas "a kept woman" was lengthy with not much going on... Read more
Published 23 months ago by frenchcathy
Fab Read
What a fab book, i had read Passion as a recomendation form Amazon and was totally hooked on it....... i then thought about buying another couple by Bagshawe....... Read more
Published on 28 Mar 2010 by Miss V. A. Wakeford
Sooooooooooooo FANTABLIOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This is the first Louise Bagshawe book i have read and it is my all time favourite book i have ever read too.(ive only read 2 and a half books though. just kidding its 3. kidding. Read more
Published on 27 Jun 2007 by L. Parr
You've got the wrong book, reviewer
Umm....I just saw online that there is a review saying that this story is about a woman named "Diana Verity". Read more
Published on 27 Jun 2005
Same old same old
I thought A Kept Woman was dreadful and marked the beginning of a decline in the standards of Louise Bagshawe's writing. Read more
Published on 27 Sep 2002
A tantalising tale of glamour, sex, money and Manhattan
Fantastic! When I finished reading this book it was one of those rare times when I wished I hadn't even started it yet so I could read it again without knowing just how much of a... Read more
Published on 19 Jan 2002
Fab 'n' sexy go girl!
This book was a non stopper i couldn't put it down it was filled with ups and down of English born Diana Foxton's life, a selfish woman who goes to live in New York for her... Read more
Published on 1 Jan 2002
Becoming independant has never felt this satisfying.
"A Kept Woman" by Louise Bagshawe is the second of her books that i have read. This book starts off with a classy, sophisticated English woman named Diana on her way to... Read more
Published on 15 Dec 2001 by cheeky9382@aol.com
so good and original
Now this one is a good one. Original (no TV, movie or journalist stuff), suspensful and good sex scenes (although the man is a little too stereotyped). Read more
Published on 11 Nov 2001
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