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Twice Loved
He'd abandoned her once! An idyllic love affair in Vernazza, Italy, changedSuzanne Lane's life--she found herself pregnant and alone. She married another man, and they raised a family. But she never forgot that one heavenly time--or forgave. A return visit to the Mediterranean shores years later was a dream come true--until he arrived. David Marshall should have had the appeal of the devil incarnate, but Suzanne could no more resist his seductive lure than when she was young and in love. Even as she succumbed, she feared the results. If either David--or their daughter--learned the truth, the consequences would be devastating....
220 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published July 25, 1991
About the author
Rita Clay Estrada
69 books10 followersRita Clay was born on 31 July 1941 in Michigan, U.S.A.. Her mother was a former Miss Michigan, while her father was a U.S. Air Force pilot. She spent much of her early years living in Europe.
Rita married very young with her high school sweetheart, James Estrada, and she stayed at home to raise their four children. In 1977, when she had been married about 20 years, her husband brought her a typewriter and said, "'You said you always wanted to write. Now write." She and her mother, Rita Gallagher, accepted the challenge. While beginning to write, they learned how to publish books and made great friendships with other writers.
Rita's first attempt of publication was a long historical romance which was promptly rejected. Her next manuscript, a contemporary romance, was like wise rejected. But her third manuscript, Wanderer's Dream, was sold to Silhouette Books. She used her maiden name, Rita Clay for her titles for Silhouette. In 1982, she moved to Dell to write for their Candlelight Ecstasy line and she wrote as Tira Lacy, an anagram of Rita Clay, because Harlequin owned her pen name. In 1985 she resigned from Harlequin and asked to use her fullname, Rita Clay Estrada, on all future books.
Rita, her mother, and 35 other authors, decided that an association was needed to defend their published members. They founded the Romance Writers of America (R.W.A), that years later persuaded Harlequin books to register copyrights for authors' works and to allow writers to own their own pseudonyms. Previously, the authors were forced to leave their pseudonym behind if they switched publishing houses, making it more difficult fortheir fans to follow.
R.W.A. signature award, the RITA, which is the highest award of excellence given in the genre of romantic fiction, is named after her. The R.W.A. also awarded Estrada their Lifetime Achievement Award in 2000.
Rita married very young with her high school sweetheart, James Estrada, and she stayed at home to raise their four children. In 1977, when she had been married about 20 years, her husband brought her a typewriter and said, "'You said you always wanted to write. Now write." She and her mother, Rita Gallagher, accepted the challenge. While beginning to write, they learned how to publish books and made great friendships with other writers.
Rita's first attempt of publication was a long historical romance which was promptly rejected. Her next manuscript, a contemporary romance, was like wise rejected. But her third manuscript, Wanderer's Dream, was sold to Silhouette Books. She used her maiden name, Rita Clay for her titles for Silhouette. In 1982, she moved to Dell to write for their Candlelight Ecstasy line and she wrote as Tira Lacy, an anagram of Rita Clay, because Harlequin owned her pen name. In 1985 she resigned from Harlequin and asked to use her fullname, Rita Clay Estrada, on all future books.
Rita, her mother, and 35 other authors, decided that an association was needed to defend their published members. They founded the Romance Writers of America (R.W.A), that years later persuaded Harlequin books to register copyrights for authors' works and to allow writers to own their own pseudonyms. Previously, the authors were forced to leave their pseudonym behind if they switched publishing houses, making it more difficult fortheir fans to follow.
R.W.A. signature award, the RITA, which is the highest award of excellence given in the genre of romantic fiction, is named after her. The R.W.A. also awarded Estrada their Lifetime Achievement Award in 2000.
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August 4, 2025
Any book that starts out with hokey "Dear Diary" entries (like anyone in the late 20thc wrote in a diary, except Marcia Brady) has got to be one big loser (as well as another DNF to add to my list) and I sure wasn't wrong!
a chance meeting, instant "love" (aka teenage horndogs), a misunderstanding (naturally), a pregnancy (of course) and then we're supposed to believe that, over 20 years later, there's going to be a HEA, with the H happily excepting the adult daughter he never knew he had!
Of course! And pigs have wings, and Hell's in a deep freeze, and this so-called author has writing talent!
OH, COME ON!!!!
a chance meeting, instant "love" (aka teenage horndogs), a misunderstanding (naturally), a pregnancy (of course) and then we're supposed to believe that, over 20 years later, there's going to be a HEA, with the H happily excepting the adult daughter he never knew he had!
Of course! And pigs have wings, and Hell's in a deep freeze, and this so-called author has writing talent!
OH, COME ON!!!!
April 25, 2025
An older book. Love scenes were written fully but poetically. It’s hard to remember that women were like this back in the day! But they were! Thankfully we have evolved!
A storyline that has been done before but still a decent vintage read.
A storyline that has been done before but still a decent vintage read.
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