Her parents named her Sara, At college

she was called "The Brain a Phi Beta

Kappa student admire by many,

known intimately by no one.

When she came from Ohio to write copy

for a top New York advertising , agency, she

brightened everyone s life and became "Little

Sara Sunshine." Never one to complain, she

always satisfied the agency s needs...never her

OWn.

Then a freak medical accident frees her of

every inhibition and turns her into a vibrant

woman, determined to finally make a name for

herself. Her talents, ambitions, and extraordi-

nary sexuality are unleashed-for wealth, for

power, and for personal satisfaction. How Sara

Vardon gets all that she wants is the fascinating

story of what happens when a beautiful woman

who used to write headlines starts making her

own.

An Accidental Woman details the power

plays, the compromising positions, and the

tangled personal lives of Madison Avenue s rul-

ing elite: the chairmen and vice-presidents, the

creative directors and account executives, the

all-important clients. Weaving the compelling

mystique and alluring settings of Scruples with

the corporate intrigue of Kane and Abel, at last

a novel bares the hidden persuaders who tell us

what to buy, how to feel, whom to love:

Rick Bradley-product of Andover, Yale, and

Harvard Business School, a senior vice-pres-

ident of Madden and Associates before his thir-

tieth birthday. His impeccable good looks and

charm help give him the quiet self-assurance

that make men sit up and listenin the board-

room and women give all of themselves in the

bedroom. Rick, the man who so gently, so

romantically inducts Sara into womanhood,

and then so suddenly, so cruelly leaves her for

another woman --his wife.