A great marriage a novel

"Dara Willcox, up in New York for a weekend, meets Austin Clarke at an art gallery. If love at first sight can happen, it happens to them. These two vivid, ambitious people are on different trajectories - he's British, working temporarily in New York. She's set on law school. They don't care. They w...

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Main Author: Mayes, Frances (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Ballantine Books, 2024.
Edition:First edition.
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