Wicked Pleasures
by Penny Vincenzi
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A saga set throughout the latter half of the 20th century traces a mega-wealthy family's efforts to orchestrate respective agendas from their Hamptons summer homes and English countryside manor, while a brother and two sisters discover that they all have different fathers.Tags
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This is the first Vincenzi novel that I have read and what a huge one. Over 800 pages! But it was a really good saga read and, as big as it was, I enjoyed it and will read others by her.
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There was a time when American heiress Virginia Praeger believed that she was destined to be alone. Then she met Alexander, Earl of Caterham, in the Palm Court of the Plaza, and it was love at first sight.
She has a husband who adores her. A palace of a house set in the exquisite English countryside. A successful career as an interior designer and two beautiful daughters and a son.
But Virginia is hiding a dark secret which could destroy them all: each of her three children has a different father. And none of them is her husband, show more Alexander. How could a 'nice girl' such as Virginia do something like this? How far-reaching will the consequence of her deceit be? And will she and her family survive? show less
Back Cover Blurb:
There was a time when American heiress Virginia Praeger believed that she was destined to be alone. Then she met Alexander, Earl of Caterham, in the Palm Court of the Plaza, and it was love at first sight.
She has a husband who adores her. A palace of a house set in the exquisite English countryside. A successful career as an interior designer and two beautiful daughters and a son.
But Virginia is hiding a dark secret which could destroy them all: each of her three children has a different father. And none of them is her husband, show more Alexander. How could a 'nice girl' such as Virginia do something like this? How far-reaching will the consequence of her deceit be? And will she and her family survive? show less
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Penny Vincenzi was born Penelope Hannaford in Bournemouth, United Kingdom on April 10, 1939. She attended secretarial college and then joined the staff of the Daily Mirror. She later became a journalist and wrote for numerous publications including The Times, the Daily Mail, Cosmopolitan, Vogue, and the Tattler. Her first novel, Old Sins, was show more published in 1989. She wrote 17 novels and two short story collections during her lifetime including The Best of Times, An Absolute Scandal, Sheer Abandon, An Outrageous Affair, A Perfect Heritage, A Question of Trust, and the Spoils of Time Trilogy. She died on February 25, 2018 at the age of 78. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Wicked Pleasures
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