Binding: Paperback
EAN: 9780755340576
ISBN: 0755340574
Label: Headline Review
Manufacturer: Headline Review
Number Of Pages: 448
Publication Date: January 24, 2008
Publisher: Headline Review
Studio: Headline Review

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Editorial Review:

Amazon.co.uk Review:
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




Rating: - 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. kidding.) You cannot put it down! I just LOVED it so so so much, i was so desperate to find out what happened next i sometimes sneaked a look at the next page while reading! ;-)

I love Miss Bagshawe, she ROCKS-big style!

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Rating: - I won't be reading her again
I thought this book was awful. Absolute cardboard characters; absurd and stereotyped extreme definitions of masculinity and feminity, and a totally unrealistic quick change from disgrace to massive success for Diana. Ick. And I didn't buy her reason for wanting to work under those conditions in the first place - why???

Some people have complained about the sexism, but this book is biased against men as well. We hear that "size matters" over and over and over again. Just ridiculous. ... Read More

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Rating: - To clarify!
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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Rating: - 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". I haven't actually read THIS book, but that review that was given was for Mrs. Bagshawe's other novel, "For all the wrong reasons." That I know, is an AWESOME book, but as I said, I haven't read "A Kept Woman," yet. Just wanted to clarify for all the Louise Bagshawe fans out there!

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Rating: - 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. After Venus Envy I was looking forward to another good read of the same calibre as her first four books but was left sorely disappointed with this effort; so much so that I nearly didn't buy When She Was Bad which was a marked improvement.
The most common theme throughout Louise Bagshawes's novels are two girls - one from high society and one from the wrong side of the tracks ... Read More

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