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Amber Enchantment
Why couldn't she practice what she preached! As coach of her son's Little League team, she found it easy to say, "We win some, we lose some." Was she the sore loser?
Or was it the better part of valor to be content with what she had -- a good job and a solitary summer ahead of her. With Scott across the country visiting his father, she wanted nothing but peaceful privacy. Then Dr. Zachary Wilder strode into her life prescribing a regimen of biking, picnics, and outings in tandem that could only lead to trouble. He was handsome, brilliant--but certainly not harmless. Was she afraid to play the game that could put her once more under loves dangerous, passionate spell?
Or was it the better part of valor to be content with what she had -- a good job and a solitary summer ahead of her. With Scott across the country visiting his father, she wanted nothing but peaceful privacy. Then Dr. Zachary Wilder strode into her life prescribing a regimen of biking, picnics, and outings in tandem that could only lead to trouble. He was handsome, brilliant--but certainly not harmless. Was she afraid to play the game that could put her once more under loves dangerous, passionate spell?
- GenresRomance
191 pages, Paperback
First published December 1, 1982
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About the author
Bonnie Drake
16 books4 followersA pseudonym used by Barbara Delinsky
Barbara Ruth Greenberg was born on August 9, 1945, in Newton, a suburb of Boston, Massachusetts, where she raised in a family of lawyers. Her mother died of breast cancer, when she was eight, it was the defining event of a childhood that was otherwise ordinary. She took piano lessons and flute lessons. She took ballroom dancing lessons. She went to summer camp through her fifteenth year (in Maine, which explains the setting of so many of her stories), then spent her sixteenth summer learning to type and to drive (two skills that have served her better than all of her other high school courses combined). In 1967, she earned a B.A. in psychology at Tufts University and an M.A. in sociology at Boston College in 1969. The motivation behind the M.A. was sheer greed. Her husband, Steve Delinsky, was just starting law school and they needed the money.
Following graduate school, she was a researcher for the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children. After the birth of her first child, Andrew, she took a job as a photographer and reporter for the Belmont Herald newspaper, and later for the Boston Herald. She also filled her time doing volunteer work at hospitals, and serving on the Board of Directors of the Friends of the Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center and their Women's Cancer Advisory Board.
Barbara's career in writing began in 1980, after having a pair of twins, Eric and Jeremy, when she read a newspaper article about romance fiction. She researched the field, read 40 to 50 category romances and sat down to begin her own. She found that her background in psychology was helpful in "planning the emotional entanglements of (her) characters," and claims that she has "pulled on virtually every aspect of (her) background and of (her) life experience in general (in her writing)."
Barbara Delinsky is nothing if not prolific. Since 1980, she has written well over 80 novels, and shows no sign of slowing down. She began signing her novels as Billie Douglass and as Bonnie Drake, now she signs her novels with her married name: Barbara Delinsky. More than 20 million copies of her books are in print worldwide, translated into over a dozen foreign languages. From Romantic Times Magazine, she's received the Special Achievement Award (twice), the Reviewer's Choice Award and the Best Contemporary Romance Award. She's also received the Romance Writers of America Golden Medallion and Golden Leaf awards.
In 1994, Barbara was diagnosed breast cancer, like her mother. But it had surgery and treatment. And in 2001 she published the non-fiction Uplift: Secrets From the Sisterhood of Breast Cancer Survivors.
Now, the Delinsky family resides in Needham, Massachusetts, where Barbara's husband is a prominent local lawyer.
Barbara Ruth Greenberg was born on August 9, 1945, in Newton, a suburb of Boston, Massachusetts, where she raised in a family of lawyers. Her mother died of breast cancer, when she was eight, it was the defining event of a childhood that was otherwise ordinary. She took piano lessons and flute lessons. She took ballroom dancing lessons. She went to summer camp through her fifteenth year (in Maine, which explains the setting of so many of her stories), then spent her sixteenth summer learning to type and to drive (two skills that have served her better than all of her other high school courses combined). In 1967, she earned a B.A. in psychology at Tufts University and an M.A. in sociology at Boston College in 1969. The motivation behind the M.A. was sheer greed. Her husband, Steve Delinsky, was just starting law school and they needed the money.
Following graduate school, she was a researcher for the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children. After the birth of her first child, Andrew, she took a job as a photographer and reporter for the Belmont Herald newspaper, and later for the Boston Herald. She also filled her time doing volunteer work at hospitals, and serving on the Board of Directors of the Friends of the Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center and their Women's Cancer Advisory Board.
Barbara's career in writing began in 1980, after having a pair of twins, Eric and Jeremy, when she read a newspaper article about romance fiction. She researched the field, read 40 to 50 category romances and sat down to begin her own. She found that her background in psychology was helpful in "planning the emotional entanglements of (her) characters," and claims that she has "pulled on virtually every aspect of (her) background and of (her) life experience in general (in her writing)."
Barbara Delinsky is nothing if not prolific. Since 1980, she has written well over 80 novels, and shows no sign of slowing down. She began signing her novels as Billie Douglass and as Bonnie Drake, now she signs her novels with her married name: Barbara Delinsky. More than 20 million copies of her books are in print worldwide, translated into over a dozen foreign languages. From Romantic Times Magazine, she's received the Special Achievement Award (twice), the Reviewer's Choice Award and the Best Contemporary Romance Award. She's also received the Romance Writers of America Golden Medallion and Golden Leaf awards.
In 1994, Barbara was diagnosed breast cancer, like her mother. But it had surgery and treatment. And in 2001 she published the non-fiction Uplift: Secrets From the Sisterhood of Breast Cancer Survivors.
Now, the Delinsky family resides in Needham, Massachusetts, where Barbara's husband is a prominent local lawyer.
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Displaying 1 - 13 of 13 reviews
July 4, 2018
Sweet story. Not much plot.
September 17, 2018
I have read quite a few Barbara Delinsky books and generally consider myself a fan.
Going into this book i went in with expectations that it would be similar to other books i have read.
At this point i dont remember the other books but do remember that they make you think, reflect.
No such thing happened in this book. It could have been considered as a regular M& B or Harlequin romance book. The characters were lame. The misunderstandings were repetitive. Not worth a read.
Going into this book i went in with expectations that it would be similar to other books i have read.
At this point i dont remember the other books but do remember that they make you think, reflect.
No such thing happened in this book. It could have been considered as a regular M& B or Harlequin romance book. The characters were lame. The misunderstandings were repetitive. Not worth a read.
April 19, 2025
Almost DNF
This was a tough book to finish. They H and h were both immature and played let’s make each other jealous games like they were teenagers. This is my 1st book by this author and I don’t plan to read any others. It was hard to believe they were adults!
This was a tough book to finish. They H and h were both immature and played let’s make each other jealous games like they were teenagers. This is my 1st book by this author and I don’t plan to read any others. It was hard to believe they were adults!
August 14, 2025
Had to DNF, the aggression and lack of respect/consent from the main male characters was too much. Originally published in the 80s, the book has not remained timeless in the way relationships should be described
June 16, 2020
I LOVE anything and everything about Barbara Delinsky books.
September 9, 2023
Book 3 or 4 of my Candlelight reads. This one was really slow with a ton of internal meanderings. Didn't work for me but I could see the beginnings of the author's voice.
April 20, 2025
Hard to Get Through
I was through with her halfway through the book. Why Zachary put up with and stayed with her childish behavior was beyond me.
I was through with her halfway through the book. Why Zachary put up with and stayed with her childish behavior was beyond me.
April 21, 2025
Endless summer
Both have been hurt in the past. Can they overcome their insecurities? What will the summer bring for the two of them?
Both have been hurt in the past. Can they overcome their insecurities? What will the summer bring for the two of them?
February 16, 2024
It was hard to believe it was written by Barbara Delinsky. I generally love her books. Not so with this book. Huge disappointment.
May 28, 2013
I haven't read a book by Ms. Delinsky for a while, so decided to read this "Mind Candy" book that she wrote twenty years ago, and has now been re-released. It was about a boy and a girl who meet, overcome some problems, and in the end live happily-everafter.
It was a quick read for a rainy afternoon. I liked it and awarded it 3***. It is part of my Nook library.
It was a quick read for a rainy afternoon. I liked it and awarded it 3***. It is part of my Nook library.
February 21, 2013
Worse than awful.
March 19, 2013
I really liked the story line but just thought it was a little bit long winded. Good thing for Amber that the guy had a PHD and had her figured out and didnt give up on her!!
May 26, 2015
Great
I thought it was excellent. Would recommend it to anyone. A great summer read. You won't be able to put it down.
I thought it was excellent. Would recommend it to anyone. A great summer read. You won't be able to put it down.
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