The Business is show business: magical, glamorous, but ultimately ruthless and cruel. Meredith Brown came up the hard way, starting at the bottom as a child actress. Max Kassov, on the other hand, has always had everything. Despite their different backgrounds the two are very alike, and a mutual attraction deepens into a passionate love affair. But Max betrays Meredith, a vicious betrayal that leaves her humiliated and determined to rise to even greater heights than he - if only to exact retribution. "The Business" chronicles the tragedies and failures as well as the glittering rewards earned by a galaxy of memorable characters. Against the rich backdrop of their brittle, uncertain yet fascinating world is set a powerful tale of romance and sex, of money and corruption, of brilliant talent used and abused.

Author Biography

Charlotte Bingham comes from a literary family - her father sold a story to H. G. Wells when he was only seventeen - and Charlotte wrote her autobiography, CORONET AMONG THE WEEDS, at the age of nineteen. Since then, she has written comedy and drama series, films and plays for both England and America with her husband, the actor and playwright Terence Brady. Her other published novels are the highly acclaimed bestsellers SUMMERTIME, THE SEASON, THE BLUE NOTE, THE LOVE KNOT, THE KISSING GARDEN, LOVE SONG, TO HEAR A NIGHTINGALE, THE BUSINESS, IN SUNSHINE OR IN SHADOW, STARDUST, NANNY, CHANGE OF HEART, which won the 1994 Romantic Novel of the Year Award, DEBUTANTES, THE NIGHTINGALE SINGS, GRAND AFFAIR, THE CHESTNUT TREE, THE WIND OFF THE SEA, THE MOON AT MIDNIGHT, DAUGHTERS OF EDEN, THE HOUSE OF FLOWERS, THE MAGIC HOUR, FRIDAY'S GIRL , IN DISTANT FIELDS and THE WHITE MARRIAGE.