The Silver Fox

by Barbara Delinsky

One man turns a divorce lawyer’s thoughts of happily-ever-after upside down in this captivating romance from the New York Times–bestselling author.    The new partner in a New York City law firm, Justine O’Neill can thank her strong anti-marriage views for her success, though they haven’t much helped her love life. She has her reasons for keeping her distance from men, preferring their company professionally and platonically.   But when her firm takes on an important new client, Sloane Harper, president of a renowned think tank, Justine finds herself falling in lust at first sight. His magnetism is irresistible to her, despite his being known as the Silver Fox—both for his premature gray hair and his cunning ways with women. Overpowered by mutual desire, their relationship moves from business to pleasure, ensnaring Justine in a trap that she might not want to escape . . .   Praise for Barbara Delinsky   “Delinsky’s writing is fluid and makes for a hard-to-put-down book.” —Glamour   “Delinsky is a first-rate storyteller who creates believable, sympathetic characters who seem as familiar as your neighbors.” —The Boston Globe   “Delinsky writes about the emotional crises of everyday people and how those trials shape relationships.” —The Cincinnati Enquirer  

Genres: Romance, Contemporary Romance

204 pages, Kindle Edition

First published April 1, 1983

About the author

I was born and raised in suburban Boston. My mother’s death, when I was eight, was the defining event of a childhood that was otherwise ordinary. I took piano lessons and flute lessons. I took ballroom dancing lessons. I went to summer camp through my fifteenth year (in Maine, which explains the setting of so many of my stories), then spent my sixteenth summer learning to type and to drive (two skills that have served me better than all of my other high school courses combined). I earned a B.A. in Psychology at Tufts University and an M.A. in Sociology at Boston College. The motivation behind the M.A. was sheer greed. My husband was just starting law school. We needed the money.

Following graduate school, I worked as a researcher with the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, and as a photographer and reporter for the Belmont Herald. I did the newspaper work after my first son was born. Since I was heavily into taking pictures of him, I worked for the paper to support that habit. Initially, I wrote only in a secondary capacity, to provide copy for the pictures I took. In time, I realized that I was better at writing than photography. I used both skills doing volunteer work for hospital groups, and have served on the Board of Directors of the Friends of the Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center and on the MGH’s Women’s Cancer Advisory Board.

I became an actual writer by fluke. My twins were four when, by chance, I happened on a newspaper article profiling three female writers. Intrigued, I spent three months researching, plotting, and writing my own book - and it sold.

My niche? I write about the emotional crises that we face in our lives. Readers identify with my characters. They know them. They are them. I'm an everyday woman writing about everyday people facing not-so-everyday challenges.

My novels are character-driven studies of marriage, parenthood, sibling rivalry, and friendship, and I’ve been blessed in having readers who buy them eagerly enough to put them on the major bestseller lists. One of my latest, Sweet Salt Air, came out in 2013.  Blueprints, my second novel with St. Martin’s Press, became my 22nd New York Times bestselling novel soon after its release in June 2015.  Making Up, my work in progress, will be published in 2018.

2018? Yikes. I didn’t think I’d live that long. I thought I’d die of breast cancer back in the 1900's, like my mom. But I didn’t. I was diagnosed nearly twenty years ago, had surgery and treatment, and here I am, stronger than ever and loving having authored yet another book, this one the non-fiction Uplift: Secrets From the Sisterhood of Breast Cancer Survivors. First published in 2001, Uplift is a handbook of practical tips and upbeat anecdotes that I compiled with the help of 350 breast cancer survivors, their families and friends. These survivors just ... blew me away! They gave me the book that I wish I’d had way back when I was diagnosed. There is no medical information here, nothing frightening, simply practical advice from friends who’ve had breast cancer. The 10th Anniversary Volume of Uplift is now in print. And the money I’ve made on the book? Every cent has gone to my charitable foundation, which funds an ongoing research fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital.

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Reviews

[Naksed · Rating 3 out of 5]

HAIKU BOOK REVIEW: The Silver Fox, by Barbara Delinsky.

Silver Fox, Strawber-
-ry Blonde, drowning in Pool of
Purpletastic Prose.

[Michelle · Rating 2 out of 5]

Like Pizza...

Was this the best Delinsky book i have read? Nope. Was it the worst book i have read? No. It was rough...really rough to deal with a book clearly written in the early 80s. If you can't abandon some modern thoughts...skip this book. That said, i don't feel I got to know Sloan very well as book all from her perspective with shallow character sketching of him. This is old time Insta-love and like pizza even when it is bad, you can still eat (read) it.

[Jane S. · Rating 5 out of 5]

As with all of your other books that I have read over the years, I was not disappointed.

[Kathy · Rating 4 out of 5]

I enjoyed this story. Justine is a lawyer whose whole life centers on her career of family law. As a child, she was the result of a loveless marriage and dealt with her parents divorce. Her mother got full custody but was never present. Justine was pushed off on whoever was available to care for her. She vowed to never marry or have children. One day, her law partners introduced her to Sloan. There was instant attraction that Justine fought.
The story is moving along and in the middle of a chapter, you skip ahead two years and then, the story ends.

[Lucille · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent book

I rarely use the word excellent in rating a book but this story just got me. I really couldn’t predict any of the outcomes but I had to read this until the last word, and then I wanted more!!!

[Judy Churchill · Rating 3 out of 5]

Interesting story but no depth.

[Jean · Rating 5 out of 5]

A must read

Barbara Delinsky delivers the best men. I loved Sloane and Justine. I read it in one day. Never stop writing Barbara!

[Kathryn · Rating 4 out of 5]

Read this book years ago. Still love Barbara Delinsky after all these years.

[Mardi · Rating 2 out of 5]

Mid-century modern feminism, glass ceilings, misogyny, manipulation, cultural insensitivity,...so dated.

[Carolyn Harmes · Rating 5 out of 5]

Barbara’s best again

A great storyline with twists and turns!there is always deeper meanings to her writing, bringing thoughts deftly out later. A great read

[Diann · Rating 5 out of 5]

The Silver Fox

What a wonderful story about 2 people so fall in love but she had an awful childhood and felt she could not marry anyone until she met Sloane.

[JenniferJennifer · Rating 3 out of 5]

Dated but not as bad as some I've read from this era, especially in that the MMC was not a complete jerk. Heavy on the purple prose and all the fox facts from the annoying coworker.

[Marlin · Rating 2 out of 5]

I didn't like the main characters.
I will go straight to the point, I don't think the story is very realistic. And how two people are going to fall in love when they don't even see each other that much, they barely spend time together before the trip to Alaska. She got pregnant and had a miscarriage without even telling him and then when she decided she can't live without him he just forgave her so easy... Like it is just a little white lie!!!!
Disappointing.

[Marisa Valle · Rating 2 out of 5]

This story is not very credible but slightly entertaining nevertheless. Didn't really like the main characters very much. However, the stepbrother was awesome.

[Nidofito · Rating 1 out of 5]

Smh, what a ridiculous story, couldn't bring myself to finish it...should've known since it was written in the '80s