A Ruling Passion - Softcover

Judith Michael

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0671724118 ISBN 13: 9780671724115

Publisher: Pocket, 1990

Synopsis

A romantic triangle turns vicious as TV reporter Valerie Sterling becomes the target of a jealous rival's vengeance. 2 cassettes.

About this title

About the Author

Judith Barnard and Michael Fain, a husband and wife writing team, live in Chicago and Aspen, Colorado. All their novels have been bestsellers, both in Britain and America.

From Publishers Weekly

This plodding riches-to-rags and rags-to-riches tale is likely to disappoint fans of Michael's glittering bestseller Inheritance . Privileged and beautiful Valerie Sterling arrives at Stanford, and ignores fellow student Sybille, daughter of her mother's dressmaker, to dabble in acting and dally with Nick, an impoverished student who loves her. Two bad marriages later, Valerie loses a cheating husband and a fortune in a mysterious plane crash, but finds her courage. Sybille, meantime, marries and divorces Nick, then scrambles to the top of the heap in network news. Her envy and hatred of Valerie snowball when Valerie becomes an investigative reporter at the cable network Nick owns and digs up dirt on a televangelist show Sybille has launched. A one-dimensional cast brings little sparkle to the predictable plot. Only in the final quarter is there excitement enough to carry the heavily padded prose to a spirited conclusion. Literary Guild and Doubleday Book Club main selections.
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Edition details

• Publisher: Pocket
• Publication date: 1990
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0671724118
• ISBN 13: 9780671724115
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 632