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The Kiss Read by Joseph Siravo

Isabelle Forrester, wife of a Paris banker and mother of an extremely ill son, and Bill Robinson, a married Washington power broker, have had a telephone friendship for years. When they finally meet in London, their relationship begins to change. Then they are involved in a deadly crash.

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  • "Isabelle Forrester, wife of a Paris banker and mother of an extremely ill son, and Bill Robinson, a married Washington power broker, have had a telephone friendship for years. When they finally meet in London, their relationship begins to change. Then they are involved in a deadly crash."@en
  • "Who could tell that a kiss could be so dangerous? For years, Isabelle Forrester, a beautiful Parisian wife married to a heartless banker, has been carrying on a friendship via transatlantic telephone with Bill Robinson, a Washington power broker also trapped in a loveless marriage. Finally, they meet for a few platonic days in London, but just as they kiss for the first time in the back of Bill's limo, a bus ploughs into them, and they are crushed. Now, they must rehabilitate themselves from great lingering injuries. Will Bill ever walk again? face the truth about their marriages, and somehow, with a hope born of their great trials, look towards a future in which it is possible that they might be reunited."
  • "Who could tell that a kiss could be so dangerous? For years, Isabelle Forrester, a beautiful Parisian wife married to a heartless banker, has been carrying on a friendship via transatlantic telephone with Bill Robinson, a Washington power broker also trapped in a loveless marriage. Finally, they meet for a few platonic days in London, but just as they kiss for the first time in the back of Bill's limo, a bus ploughs into them, and they are crushed. Now, they must rehabilitate themselves from great lingering injuries. Will Bill ever walk again? face the truth about their marriages, and somehow, with a hope born of their great trials, look towards a future in which it is possible that they might be reunited."@en
  • "Abridged."
  • "Isabelle Forrester amd Bill Robinson, both caught in loveless marriages, are badly injured in a London traffic accident. As they spend weeks in an English hospital, they discover that they must heal their hearts and souls as well as their bodies."
  • "A Parisian wife and an American husband maintain a friendship that helps them cope with unhappy marriages, but everything changes after an accident while they are together."
  • "Isabelle Forrerster and Bill Robinson were long-distance friends who were both trapped in loveless marriages neither could leave or would betray. Agreeing to meet for a few innocent, precious days in London, their car is crushed beneath the wheels of a double-decker bus. Both are severely injured and must struggle to survive, only to find that the tangle of past relationships and the tragedy of another loss may be more than either of them can handle."@en
  • "Isabelle and Bill are trapped in empty marriages to others, allowing themselves their secret friendship. As they share their first kiss in London, a bus hits their car. While recovering, they need to embrace life again and face what they left behind."
  • "A married American man and the wife of a Parisian banker are both trapped in loveless marriages, and carry on a secret but innocent friendship until a horrible accident forces them to face difficult decisions."@en
  • "A married American man and the wife of a Parisian banker are both trapped in loveless marriages, and carry on a secret but innocent friendship until a horrible accident forces them to face difficult decisions."
  • "A double-decker bus collides with a limousine carrying a couple sharing their first kiss ... although each is married to someone else."
  • "Trapped in a loveless marriage, Frenchwoman Isabelle cares for her daughter and dangerously ill son while pursuing a secret friendship with American power broker Bill Robinson, until a car accident tests their growing love."@en
  • "Trapped in a loveless marriage, Frenchwoman Isabelle cares for her daughter and dangerously ill son while pursuing a secret friendship with American power broker Bill Robinson, until a car accident tests their growing love."
  • "Isabelle and Bill are both trapped in empty marriages. Their telephone relationship is their only respite. When they finally meet in London their lives change in a painful but unexpected way."@en
  • "Who could tell that a kiss could be so dangerous? For years, Isabelle Forrester, a beautiful Parisian wife married to a heartless banker, has been carrying on a friendship via transatlantic telephone with Bill Robinson, a Washington power broker also trapped in a loveless marriage. Finally, they meet for a few platonic days in London, but just as they kiss for the first time in the back of Bill's limo, a bus ploughs into them, and they are crushed. Now, they must rehabilitate themselves from great lingering injuries -- will Bill ever walk again? -- face the truth about their marriages, and somehow, with a hope born of their great trials, look towards a future in which it is possible that they might be reunited."@en
  • "Isabelle Forrester is the exquisite wife of a prominent Parisian banker who has long since shut her out of his heart. For lonely years, Isabelle has lived a life of isolation, pouring her passion into caring for her desperately ill son. Isabelle allows herself one secret pleasure: a long-distance friendship by telephone with an American man, a Washington power broker who travels in the highest circles of politics and who, like Isabelle, is trapped in an empty marriage ..."@en
  • "Isabelle and Bill are both trapped in empty marriages, their telephone relationship their only respite from the loneliness and heartache. When they finally meet in London a horrific car crash changes their lives forever, as they traverse the long road to recovery of the body and heart."@en
  • "Isabelle Forrester is the exquisite wife of a prominent Parisian banker who has long since shut her out of his heart. For lonely years, Isabelle has lived a life of isolation, pouring her passions into caring for her desperately ill son, Teddy, and into making their Paris home as happy as possible for her teenage daughter, Sophie. Isabelle allows herself one secret pleasure: a long-distance friendship by telephone with an American man, a Washington power broker who travels in the highest circles of politics and who, like Isabelle, is trapped in an empty marriage. To Bill Robinson, Isabelle is a godsend, a woman of extraordinary beauty and intellectual curiosity - a kindred spirit who touches him across the miles with her warmth and gentle empathy. Their relationship is a gift - a lifeline that sustains them both through the heartache of marriages they cannot leave and will not betray. Agreeing to meet for a few precious, innocent days in London, Isabelle and Bill find their friendship changing. Then, amid the sudden crash of steel against steel, they are thrust onto a new path, a path fraught with pain, but also with possibility."
  • "In this novel of compassion and courage, a solitary kiss changes lives forever when a man and a woman traveling together are involved in a horrific accident. It takes all their strength and courage to begin the long journey to recovery and heal the pain in their bodies as well as their spirits."
  • "In this book the author explores how a single shattering moment can change lives forever. It is at once a moving testament to the fragility of life and a breathtaking story about the power of love to heal, to free, to transform, and to make broken spirits whole."@en

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  • "Sound recordings"
  • "Electronic books"
  • "Romantic suspense fiction"@en
  • "Talking books"@en
  • "Romance fiction"@en
  • "Audiobooks"@en
  • "Audiobooks"
  • "Love stories"@en
  • "Love stories"
  • "Downloadable audio books"@en
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Fiction"
  • "Popular literature"@en

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  • "The kiss [spoken recording]"
  • "The Kiss Read by Joseph Siravo"@en
  • "The kiss"
  • "The kiss"@en
  • "The kiss [abridged] : a novel"@en

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