A Family Affair: Spring (Truth In Lies) - Softcover

Campisi, Mary

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0985777346 ISBN 13: 9780985777340

Publisher: Mary Campisi, 2013

Synopsis

Real Families aren't always the ones you know about...

Harry Blacksworth is rich, handsome, the ultimate playboy with a killer smile and a clever wit. He's fought it, denied it, ignored it, but the damn truth won't go away: He's fallen in love. And just when he's accepted that fact, Greta Servensen, the only woman he's ever trusted, breaks his heart. 

Christine Blacksworth and Nate Desantro beat the odds when they fell in love and married. But staying married is threatened when the foundation behind every good relationship--trust--is challenged.

Gloria Blacksworth descends upon Magdalena in all of her designer-clad arrogance, determined to make Christine change her course and return to Chicago and her old life. It may take a well-planted lie or two, but Gloria doesn't plan to fail. When she finally confronts Miriam Desantro, the "other woman", Gloria discovers more than she ever wanted to know... or admit.

Angelo "Pop" Benito is The Godfather of Magdalena. Nothing happens in that town without his knowledge or approval. And Pop doesn't do anything without a long sit-down with his dead wife, Lucy, and a half dozen pizzelles by his side. He'll need a lot of lung power and a tray of his favorite treat to help Nate and Christine out of a real mess. And he may need the help of his checkers buddy and Magdalena's shining star, Lily Desantro.

Truth in Lies Series:
Book One: A Family Affair
Book Two: A Family Affair: Spring
Book Three: A Family Affair: Summer
Book Four: A Family Affair: Fall
Book Five: A Family Affair: Christmas, a novella
Book Six: A Family Affair: Winter
Book Seven: A Family Affair: The Promise
Book Eight: A Family Affair: The Secret
Book Nine: A Family Affair: The Wish
Book Ten: A Family Affair: The Gift
Book Eleven: A Family Affair: The Weddings, a novella
Book Twelve: A Family Affair: The Cabin, a novella
Book Thirteen: A Family Affair: The Return
Book Fourteen: A Family Affair: The Choice
Book Fifteen: A Family Affair: The Proposal
also: A Family Affair Boxed Set (Books 1-3)
and Meals From Magdalena: A Family Affair Cookbook

Park Bench series:
Book One: A Family Affair Shorts: Destiny
Book Two: A Family Affair Shorts: Regret
Book Three: A Family Affair Shorts: Love
Book Four: A Family Affair Shorts: Heartbreak
Book Five: A Family Affair Shorts: Peace

That Second Chance series:
Book One: Pulling Home (prequel to A Family Affair: The Promise)
Book Two: The Way They Were (prequel to A Family Affair: The Secret)
Book Three: Simple Riches - (prequel to A Family Affair: Winter)
Book Four: Paradise Found - (prequel to A Family Affair: The Wish)
Book Five: Not Your Everyday Housewife - (prequel to A Family Affair: The Gift)
Book Six: The Butterfly Garden - (prequel to A Family Affair: The Return)

About this title

From the Author

I never intended to write a sequel to A Family Affair, let alone a series. For me, the story was done and I moved on to my next book. Readers had a different idea. I began to receive emails, Facebook comments, and blog posts, asking to know more about these characters. Did Nate and Christine marry? What about Harry and Greta? And heavens, did Gloria Blacksworth ever get her comeuppance? The correspondence from readers requesting more was heartfelt and humbling, and yet, turning a book into a series that was never intended to be one is a huge and daunting task. I wasn't going to do it unless I could feel the passion for the continuation of that story. It was a struggle, yet it remained in the back of my mind as I wrote one book after another. 

I do some of my best thinking when I'm walking my dog and during a particularly cool morning walk, I started playing around with scenarios and characters. I let my imagination go and didn't try to shut anything down. I did the same thing the next day, and soon Lily, Nate, Christine, Harry, Gloria, Greta--the whole crew-- had taken residence in my head. They wouldn't go away and that's when I knew I had to write about them and gave the series what I think is an appropriate name: Truth in Lies.

I have absolutely loved every part of this process and the characters have entertained me as well as broken my heart a time or two. Long before I wrote "The End", I'd already decided what the storyline would be for A Family Affair: Summer. If you guessed Cash Casherdon and Tess Carrick, you are exactly correct. I hope you've enjoyed this journey and before long, we'll take another into A Family Affair: Summer.

Thank you to all the dear readers who wrote to tell me they wanted a continuation of A Family Affair. I have indeed heard you!

From the Inside Flap

"Why didn't you just tell me, Harry?" She straightened in her chair, her voice growing stronger. "Instead, you let me act like a fool."

"Are you talking about Bridgett? She's not my girlfriend." Her eyes narrowed, the eyebrows shot up. "She's not."

"Then you should tell her."

That made him laugh. "She knows. I've never pretended to be anyone other than who I am, and she gets that." Unlike you, who believe I'm some other person: better, honest, trustworthy.

Greta's next words pinched his crotch. "If she's not your girlfriend, what is she?"

A sex partner. A call at three in the morning to ease my needs. A substitute for a woman I have no business wanting... "A good time." He stuffed his hands in his pockets and planted his feet like a soldier readying for battle.

"A good time who lost a diamond earring in your bed."

"Stop it."

"I thought if I gave you time, you'd trust me enough to give me a chance. I see the way you look at me, the way you watch me cross a room or eat a bite of food. You want me, Harry Blacksworth, and you've wanted me for a very long time. You're just too much of a coward to do something about it."

Edition details

• Publisher: Mary Campisi
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0985777346
• ISBN 13: 9780985777340
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 262