The Indiscretion

A novel in the tradition of Barbara Taylor Bradford 
 
We are all indiscreet. Most of the time we get away with it... 
 
Olivia Steele has everything going for her when she joins the prestigious merchant bank of Culross. Until she meets the brilliant but dissolute financial journalist Gerald Quentin and, in a moment of weakness, commits a fatal indiscretion. 
 
Abandoned by her 'friends', homeless, and with her career in ruins, Olivia is determined to fight back...and win. 
 
From high finance in London and New York, to the jet-setting lifestyles of the expatriate rich in Italy and Greece, Olivia's story brings to life the high-pressure world of today's career woman with all its glamour, poignancy and danger.

Diana Stainforth was secretary to Rebecca West before embarking on her own writing career.  She lives in London.

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WHO NEEDS FRIENDS? 
Poor little rich girl Ryder Harding did. And her father bought them with his money. Touchy and awkward, Ryder moves into a flat with the intriguing Alix Bassingham and talented, red-haired Imogen Lydden and, suddenly, she blossoms. 
 
OR ENEMIES? 
But when Ryder's unscrupulous businessman father is imprisoned for fraud, her new-found confidence is shattered. Her lover betrays her. Her friends appear to let her down. Alone and penniless, with her five-year-old brother to look after, Ryder has only one asset - her father's legacy of Bailing Airfield. 
 
FRIENDS AND OTHER ENEMIES 
Charting the ebb and flow of female friendships and set against a background of international polo and transatlantic airlines, this is a powerful contemporary saga of a woman who throws down a challenge - to life, to business and to the tough, unpredictable man who loves her.

Friends And Other Enemies

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