Riverside Drive

Riverside Drive
Laura Van Wormer

At New York's most-sought-after address, passions and secrets collide, and love is destroyed, then found again in the most unlikely placeMichael and Cassie Cochran are television's perfect couple, but the veneer of their enviable marriage is starting to crack. And only one of them is trying to salvage it.Sam and Harriet Wyatt have spent a lifetime getting to where they are, but they could lose it all in the blink of an eye after Sam stumbles upon a corporate secret.Howard Stewart has the perfect job and the perfect wife–both of which are a perfect lie.Amanda Miller has wealth, fame and a lifetime of heartache. She's given up on men–until she meets the one she can't resist.Step onto Riverside Drive, where friends and neighbors determine each other's destinies.

Praise for LAURA VAN WORMER and RIVERSIDE DRIVE

“SHE IS A BORN STORYTELLER!”

—Esther Shapiro, cocreator of Dynasty

“STEAMY…You’ll never watch the TV evening news with such indifference again!”

—Los Angeles Times

“AMBITIOUS!”

—Newsday

“REALISTIC…from cocktail party to block party, through marital and job strife…her realistic characters…combined with occasional blasts of sensational sex, will keep her readers turning the pages.”

—Publishers Weekly

“LIVELY AND CONSISTENTLY ENTERTAINING…

With laugh-out-loud humor and fine appreciation for surprise, Van Wormer moves her characters’ stories briskly…. Well-drawn scenes, deft juggling of plots and subplots, and an ample supply of energetic and well-documented sex…Characters to care about and root for, long after the author’s last word.”

—Stamford Advocate

“SEXY!”

—Kirkus Reviews

“UNIQUE!”

—The Beacon (Macon, MS)

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Riverside Drive

Laura Van Wormer

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In Memory of My Mother

Margaret Garner Van Wormer

And for My Father

Benjamin Francis Van Wormer

And My “New” Mother

Marjorie Law Ault Van Wormer

I would still be talking rather than writing had it not been for two extraordinary individuals named Loretta Barrett and Ann Douglas. Their wisdom, generosity and powers of reassurance are awe-inspiring. Their spirit is, too. I can only wonder at my good fortune in having met them in this life and say, from the bottom of my heart, thank you for all you have taught me.

CONTENTS

PART I (#uf8f45b15-0a1f-56eb-8d07-ca941f44faab)

CHAPTER 1 (#u3beef354-c50c-5b4c-8395-3e81bc764c01)

CHAPTER 2 (#u7e0c8062-a5a5-574b-b52f-d9a7f20ace4d)

CHAPTER 3 (#ub0bd6bcd-e972-5143-bc22-9a703dfa9dd0)

CHAPTER 4 (#u2014ea0d-5196-5812-833a-6548edc32c8f)

CHAPTER 5 (#ubccf3730-7723-5e89-9201-9603ac1690f7)

CHAPTER 6 (#litres_trial_promo)

CHAPTER 7 (#litres_trial_promo)