When She Was Bad... [Paperback]

Lita Morales, the sassy heroine of Louise Bagshawe's When She Was Bad, falls for Rupert Lancaster the moment she meets him, despite warnings that he's "strictly a four-F guy" ("find 'em, feel 'em, fuck 'em and forget 'em"). But he is also utterly, achingly gorgeous and not only is he "tall, dark and handsome", he's smart, charming and a Lord to boot. At first it seems that the exotic Lita has won his heart but when Rupert's court case to regain his country seat goes against him, he dumps her and leaves the country with $100,000 of Lita's money in his tailored pocket.

His next victim is the feisty Becky Lancaster, the heiress to Rupert's English estate. Like Lita, Becky falls headlong for him, opening up her house (and her purse) to him as soon as he walks into her life. It's only when she tests his love that she sees the truly black nature of his heart.

Set against a Britain bound in industrial strife and a glossy, glamorous Manhattan, When She Was Bad follows the fortunes of these two women, who are unwittingly pitted against each other after they're betrayed by Rupert. Both stunningly beautiful, they're also "ball-busting wildcats" who will stop at nothing to destroy their rival. Extremely compelling, this novel explores the complex relationship between new and old money; the obstacles these powerful, beautiful women have to negotiate to survive in testosterone-fuelled careers and the difficulties they face being "brash New Yorkers" in a stuffy, class-divided 1970s Britain.

Louise Bagshawe's was the youngest ever contributor to The Tablet and "Young Poet of the Year" at 18 and took the commercial fiction scene by storm with her first novel Career Girls in 1995. Since then she has published several best-sellers including Tall Poppies, Venus Envy and A Kept Woman. --Jane Honey --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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For fans of Jane Green and Sophie Kinsella, this is yet another blockbuster from bestseller LOUISE BAGSHAWE, author of DESTINY.

Lita Morales knows she's destined for great things. But with her pretty face and humble Bronx upbringing, she fast learns that if people are to take her seriously, she's going to have to be ruthless.

Trust fund princess Rebecca Lancaster already has great things.  But it turns out running a country estate and the family company is a full-time job. Being rich just isn't as easy as it looks.

Two girls from two very different worlds, but Lita and Rebecca do have one thing in common: a man. So when their paths finally cross, it's no surprise it's hate at first sight. But when they're both betrayed -  in the most mortifying of ways - they realise their best hope for revenge might just lie with each other...

Top Ten bestseller Louise Bagshawe is the author of fifteen novels, published in more than eight languages, including the massive bestseller DESIRE. A mother of three, she lives in Northamptonshire and is the Member of Parliament for Corby, under the name Louise Mensch.