A Novel Affair

by Barbara Andrews

As a starry-eyed graduate student, Hester Paine had been swept off her feet by best-selling author Adam Smith-Woodham. At first it hadn't even mattered that he was married.Now, two and a half years after their stormy separation, the most intimate details of their passionate affair stood revealed in the pages of Adam's latest blockbuster. The long, fevered kisses, the stolen embraces--it was all there, and more! Was this some kind of grim joke, or was Adam trying to tell her something? Now that he had found her at the remote Wisconsin college where she taught... now that he was divorced, free to love again, did he think he could simply pick up where he'd left off?

Paperback

First published March 1, 1985

About the author

Barbara Andrews wanted a career she could combine with motherhood and four children. She made her first sale to Highlights for Children, when her children were in kindergarten. Barbara Andrews is the author of 20 romance novels under her own name. Her daughter Pam grew up within earshot of her mother's manual typewriter. Pam majored in journalism in college and later worked as a reporter. Pam married with with Mr. Hanson, a college-professor, and they created a family. Barbara teamed up with her daughter after the birth of Pam's first child, Erik. They published their books under the pseudonyms Jennifer Drew and Pam Rock. For several years their partnership was long-distance, fueled by high phone bills! They make writing a lot easier these days. So does the fact that mom and daughter share digs in West Virginia, along with Pam Hanson's husband and their two sons, Erik and Andrew. Barbara is the mother of four and the grandmother of seven.

Reviews

[Char · Rating 1 out of 5]

The whole story seemed stuck on the fact that hero wrote a novel and used their previous relationship as the basis for his novel & how the heroine felt about that. Oh, she was upset about a couple of other things (don't want to spoil), too. But, again, the author never seemed to move off of these subjects & the hero having to constantly defend his actions that by half thru the book I was saying "alright, already, I get that she isn't happy about *this*, *this* & *this." It made me think she started this story and didn't know really what to do with it or where to go with it so used the repetition as filler. I don't remember reading this author before so not sure if this is a standard trademark for her or not.

It's rated a one star as that is the one for "didn't like it" here on GR. Most other sites have a one star for books that the reader hated & the two star for the didn't like books. Didn't hate the book--just didn't enjoy it.

[Debby · Rating 4 out of 5]

The h and H had a relationship 2,5 years before. But the H was married to another woman. The h already knew this since the first day they met.

They had a love affair for a few months. She then gave him an ultimatum to leave his wife. He couldn’t leave his wife immediately so she left without a trace.

After 2,5 years he has found her. He now is divorced and he wants to be with her again.

I have a thing for a very determined, smitten H who relentlessly pursues the h. And this H is exactly that.

[Dawn Wells · Rating 1 out of 5]

Only half a star