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Антон Магнъс, безгранично богат и влиятелен бизнесмен, спечелил милионите си благодарение на своята хитрост и безскрупулност, диктува съдбите на всички, които имат нещастието да са близо до него. Съпругата и двете му дъщери се страхуват от гнева му, единственият му син и наследник се опълчва срещу властта му, макар и безуспешно.

Франси Болинджър, красиво и образовано момиче със скромен произход, започва работа в компанията „Магнъс Индъстрис". С блестящия си ум и с авангардните си идеи тя може да се издигне в жестокия, мъжки свят на бизнеса и да донесе огромни печалби на компанията, но отмъстителният Магнъс-старши унищожава кариерата й.

На Франси й предстоят години упорит труд, за да осъществи идеята си. Ще й се наложи да впрегне цялата си издръжливост. Но подкрепяна от хора, които й вярват и я обичат, ще успее и ще постигне лично щастие.

А Антон Магнъс ще плати за всички злини, които е сторил на най-близките си.

415 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1991

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1,993 reviews886 followers
April 26, 2017
This is a bonk buster revenge novel. HPlandia devotees will recognize EG as Donna Huxley and this book as a greatly expanded and revised A Stranger To Love with a very satisfying outcome.

For those ladies who love to see a lyin' cheatin' hound dog get his comeuppance, you need to read this book.

While the 80's business points are dated, who cares when the revenge is epic and one of the best in a bonky romance I have ever read.

Forget the anachronisms on this one, they just enhance the story. Read this for the really well done and satisfying revenge of a woman scorned.
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February 3, 2023
Със сигурност, това не е ДАМСКИ ГАМБИТ, който исках да прочета. Имах предвид книгата на Уолтър Тевис. Но попаднах на тази on-line. Интересен сюжет, чете се бързо, но разказът е наситен с много сексуални описания, подробно описани, които на моменти дразнят читателя. Не ми хареса и перверзното отношение на могъщия Антон Магнъс към дъщерите си, особено към Джули. Иначе, аплодисменти за Франси Болинджър, която поставя всички на мястото им. Типичен булеварден роман, за развлечение...
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March 6, 2022
A story for one really powerful woman.
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July 7, 2015
Wealth, power, beauty, love, incest, hate, treachery beyond belief, corporate and sexual intrigue amid glitzy European locales and the mystery of high society, THE MASTER STROKE has it all. Characters are well drawn and complex, holding one’s interest throughout. Essentially an engaging soap opera filled with too many foolishly steamy sexual passages.

The main story is strong and interesting and it’s easy to care for the characters of Francie, Sam and in the beginning Jack (later he earns our hatred as much as we despise his father). We pity Julie and her mother Victoria for their inability to stand up for themselves. One roots for Francie all the way and delights in her brilliant snaring of Anton and Jack. The story takes place 1955 to 1961 and assuming the author’s research with regard to computer breakthroughs at this time is correct, plausibility is satisfied.

It’s good trashy summer reading fun. For TV, a two-parter a la Danielle Steele.
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November 23, 2014
The prologue almost had me abandoning the book. It was great to see the evolution of the heroine of the novel evolve into a person who learns from their mistakes. There was more sexual scenes than I preferred, but the conclusion brought most things to a satisfactory close.
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March 17, 2015
Interesting story. The main character was an interesting, intelligent person. The characters of Magnus Industries were not nice people. Far too much detailed sex in this book.
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