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The Ex-Factor: A Novel about First Loves
Are your past lovers really in the past? Have you ever wondered ‘what if? Maybe had a look on Facebook? Marina has the life she always dreamed of. She is married to Mark, a gorgeous surgeon, writes a weekly column for a leading newspaper and lives in the heart of London. But working on an article about first love reminds her of Tom, her one-that-got-away, and she begins to feel that her life is not as complete as she had thought. When they are brought together by a friend, she realises that he still has the power to make her go weak at the knees. Marina finds herself struggling to choose between safety with Mark or new passion with her first love. Will it be London or Rome, husband or lover?
288 pages, Paperback
First published April 1, 2013
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About the author
Helena Frith Powell
25 books32 followersHelena Frith Powell used to write the French Mistress column in The Sunday Times about living in France. She has also been a regular contributor to the Daily Mail, Mail on Sunday, Daily Telegraph, the Sunday Telegraph, Tatler Magazine and Harper’s Bazaar.
Helena is the author of More France Please, we’re British, a book published in November 2004 by Gibson Square Books about her experiences in France. She is also the author of a book about French women called Two Lipsticks and a Lover published in October 2005 by Gibson Square Books. The paperback was published by Penguin in the US in December 2006 under the title All You Need to be Impossibly French. The paperback in the UK was published by Arrow in February 2007. It was also published in Russia, Thailand and China during 2007. It was published in France in March 2008 under the title So Chic! Two Lipsticks was also translated into Russian, Chinese and Thai.
She is also the author of a memoir called Ciao Bella, published by Gibson Square in October 2006 and re-released in 2012. Her book about ageing called To Hell in High Heels was published by Arrow in April 2008, which has been translated into several languages.
Her diet book, The Viva Mayr Diet, was published by Harper Collins in May 2009. Her latest book is a novel set in France about the French art of having affairs called Love in a Warm Climate, which was published in March 2011 by Gibson Square.
Helena was educated at Durham University and lived in the Languedoc region of France for eight years. She now lives in Abu Dhabi with her husband Rupert and their three children Olivia, Bea and Leonardo. She is editorial director of a high-end fashion glossy called Masquerade magazine. Her latest novel, which is about first love and set in London, will be out in the spring of 2013.
Helena is the author of More France Please, we’re British, a book published in November 2004 by Gibson Square Books about her experiences in France. She is also the author of a book about French women called Two Lipsticks and a Lover published in October 2005 by Gibson Square Books. The paperback was published by Penguin in the US in December 2006 under the title All You Need to be Impossibly French. The paperback in the UK was published by Arrow in February 2007. It was also published in Russia, Thailand and China during 2007. It was published in France in March 2008 under the title So Chic! Two Lipsticks was also translated into Russian, Chinese and Thai.
She is also the author of a memoir called Ciao Bella, published by Gibson Square in October 2006 and re-released in 2012. Her book about ageing called To Hell in High Heels was published by Arrow in April 2008, which has been translated into several languages.
Her diet book, The Viva Mayr Diet, was published by Harper Collins in May 2009. Her latest book is a novel set in France about the French art of having affairs called Love in a Warm Climate, which was published in March 2011 by Gibson Square.
Helena was educated at Durham University and lived in the Languedoc region of France for eight years. She now lives in Abu Dhabi with her husband Rupert and their three children Olivia, Bea and Leonardo. She is editorial director of a high-end fashion glossy called Masquerade magazine. Her latest novel, which is about first love and set in London, will be out in the spring of 2013.
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September 23, 2018
I love it!
December 5, 2013
it was fine, fun and all that but I kinda expected more
I do believe in first love concept that the book was about, something u cant have so u want it, have it, and be done with it so I was fine with what happend with mariena and tom, and katie and mark
the thing I did not like was the fast forwarding, there things I wanted more detailed
I hate books that talks about infidelity as if it was nothing, the unfaithful one always express feeling of remorce or not they dont just do it for fun
I do believe in first love concept that the book was about, something u cant have so u want it, have it, and be done with it so I was fine with what happend with mariena and tom, and katie and mark
the thing I did not like was the fast forwarding, there things I wanted more detailed
I hate books that talks about infidelity as if it was nothing, the unfaithful one always express feeling of remorce or not they dont just do it for fun
Displaying 1 - 2 of 2 reviews