Guilty Pleasures

by Barbara Bretton

Wanting back the daughter she put up for adoption more than anything in the world, cosmetics empire owner Lily Ann Barnett is devastated to learn that her daughter has died and finds herself outrunning a stranger who would destroy her. Original.

Genres: Romance

378 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 1996

About the author

Barbara Bretton is the USA Today bestselling, award-winning author of more than 40 books. She currently has over ten million copies in print around the world. Her works have been translated into twelve languages in over twenty countries.

Barbara has been featured in articles in The New York Times, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, Romantic Times, Cleveland Plain Dealer, Herald News, Home News, Somerset Gazette,among others, and has been interviewed by Independent Network News Television, appeared on the Susan Stamberg Show on NPR, and been featured in an interview with Charles Osgood of WCBS, among others.

Her awards include both Reviewer's Choice and Career Achievement Awards from Romantic Times; Gold and Silver certificates from Affaire de Coeur; the RWA Region 1 Golden Leaf; and several sales awards from Bookrak. Ms. Bretton was included in a recent edition of Contemporary Authors.

Barbara loves to spend as much time as possible in Maine with her husband, walking the rocky beaches and dreaming up plots for upcoming books.

Reviews

[Lena Papanikolaou · Rating 5 out of 5]

4,5/5

[E. Jamie · Rating 3 out of 5]

I liked this book, but think the second half was much too rushed! I would have liked to have read Corey's experience of having the plastic surgery and how her life changed instead of just being told about it. We needed to go through her emotional journey during that pivotal moment. The reveal of Corey being Lily's daughter was done without any actual conversation between the two women about the choices they made and what they suffered. We get told they had this conversation but the reader doesn't get to experience it. Corey's relationship with Stephen is resolved off screen, we never get to see them get their happy ending. We're just told they do. Same with the evil Grant. We are told he get's punished for his crimes but we should have seen Lily and Corey working together to bring him down. Loved the premise of this book and the writing style, but it really would have benefited from being a larger book.

[Gwen · Rating 5 out of 5]

Très bon livre !
J'ai adoré l'histoire !
C'est très bien écrit, formulé; le style est agréable à lire. On passe un excellent moment même dans les passages/momentss difficiles du livre.
Il m'a fait une sorte de choc électrique à l'époque !

L'un des rares dans cette catégorie que j'ai lu et apprécié !

[Ruth · Rating 1 out of 5]

angry foster child seeks revenge on mother who deals with guilt with devotion to devious step child of cosmetic mogul husband

[Sylvia · Rating 3 out of 5]

Modern

[Sara Herring]

good