{"product_id":"the-affair-9781439183465","title":"The Affair","description":"\u003cb\u003ePreviously published as \u003ci\u003eThe Perfect Happiness\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWonderfully wise Santa Montefiore will capture your heart with this \"bittersweet and thought-provoking\"* novel about a modern wife who must ask herself, Would I risk everything for love? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA wife who has forgotten her own beauty and allure. A distant, distracted husband. A smart, candlelit dinner party, witty conversation, and a charmingly rugged vineyard owner from South Africa. So begins Santa Montefiore's powerful and poignant new novel in which a woman who finds herself in a common predicament must confront the most unlikely aspects of herself. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"I hope you don't mind my writing to you,\" begins the first e-mail bestselling children's book author Angelica receives from Jack. Surely it can't do any harm to indulge in a mild flirtation. After all, she wouldn't risk her stable marriage and the happiness of her treasured children. But things don't stop at an e-mail, and when Angelica goes to Cape Town for a book tour, her affair with Jack begins in earnest. On their last day together, he makes a stunning confession, and now everything Angelica thought she knew about love and passion, safety and experience, right and wrong are entirely upended once again. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA tender book about the true meaning of love and happily ever after, \u003ci\u003eThe Affair \u003c\/i\u003eis for any woman who has ever looked up from her steady, secure life and secretly wondered \"what if . . .\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBorn in England in 1970, Santa Montefiore grew up in Hampshire. She is married to writer Simon Sebag Montefiore. They live with their two children, Lily and Sasha, in London.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50544489890066,"sku":"9781439183465","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_0f749e2a-9f30-4f8b-88da-40b9727f5666.jpg?v=1731529048","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-affair-9781439183465","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}