Barbara Taylor Bradford's A secret Affair

At thirty-three, Bill Fitzgerald, acclaimed American television foreign correspondent, is war-weary and exhausted after a long stint in Bosnia. In need of rest, he travels to Venice to meet Francis Xavier Peterson, an old friend and war correspondent for time magazine.

While at the bar of the Gritti Palace Hotel on the Grand Canal with Frankie, Bill is struck by the dark beauty of a young woman seated alone at the other side of the bar. Vanessa Stewart is a twenty-seven-year-old glass designer from New York who is in town to visit the glass blowing works in Murano. The three expatriates decide that, as Americans in Venice, they should celebrate thanksgiving together. And that evening - full of warmth and camaraderie - begins an illicit though fateful love affair.

Hardcover in excellent condition, although the cover is a bit dirty from wear.