Barbara Taylor Bradford
A Secret Affair

Copyright

Published by HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd 1 London Bridge Street London SE1 9GF www.harpercollins.co.uk

This book is a work of fiction. The characters, incidents, and dialogue are drawn from the author’s imagination and are not to be construed as real. Any resemblance to actual events or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

A SECRET AFFAIR. Copyright © 1996 by Barbara Taylor Bradford. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, down-loaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.

Ebook Edition © MAY 2009 ISBN: 9780007330812

Version: 2017-10-27

The right of Barbara Taylor Bradford to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted by her in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.

Praise for New York Times
bestselling author
BARBARA TAYLOR BRADFORD

“Her name on a novel…[promises] a good story, simply told, with satisfying outcome…[her books] finding their way into people’s homes and hearts.”

Dayton Daily News

“She’s the envy of all of us who put pen to paper. Don’t miss her.”

Greensboro News & Record

“A master…. A good storyteller.”

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

“You may fall in love…cry real tears…cheer.”

Chicago Tribune

And

A Secret Affair

“Barbara Taylor Bradford can be counted on to tell a good story, and she does in A Secret Affair…. Sweet, sad, and sure to please.”

Chattanooga Times

As always, for Bob,

with all my love

Contents

Title Page

Copyright

Praise

Dedication

Chapter One

He was closing the small padlock on his duffle bag…

Chapter Two

The light in the piazza was silvery, the sky leaden,…

Chapter Three

They met in the bar of the legendary Gritti Palace,…

Chapter Four

Do you think she’s stood us up?” Frank said the…

Chapter Five

What Francis Peterson had predicted finally came to be.

Chapter Six

That was all too quick,” Bill said, encircling her with…

Chapter Seven

It was an extraordinary day, clear, light-filled. A shimmering day.

Chapter Eight

Vanessa Stewart had always prided herself on her honesty. It…

Chapter Nine

Vanessa surveyed the living room of the cottage through newly…

Chapter Ten

Bill had asked Vanessa to meet him at Tavern On…

Chapter Eleven

It had been raining all afternoon, hard, driving rain that…

Chapter Twelve

Are you sure there are no messages for me?” Vanessa…

Chapter Thirteen

Over the years, I’ve discovered that the more you love…

Chapter Fourteen

You were there, Joe! What really happened?” Frank Peterson exclaimed…

Chapter Fifteen

Vanessa sat up with a jerk, feeling disoriented, blinking as…

Chapter Sixteen

I’m glad Alice listened to you, Dru, and took her…

Chapter Seventeen

On Friday morning Drucilla Fitzgerald was released from Southampton Hospital.

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