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All Those Years Ago
252 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published January 1, 1991
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Emilie Richards
192 books943 followersI'm the author of seventy-something novels, including romance, women's fiction and mystery. When We Were Sisters debuted in June 2016, a stand alone novel about two foster sisters traveling back into their past together. I loved writing it and love the cover my publisher chose.
I'm also excited about my recent series, Goddesses Anonymous, which started with One Mountain Away and was followed by Somewhere Between Luck and Trust. The third book in the series, A River Too Wide, came out in July 2014. The Color of Light debuted in August 2015. Will there be more? We'll see.
I'm also putting up my newly edited romance backlist and love re-reading and updating them a bit.
Last year my husband and I moved from Virginia, to Osprey, Florida, the state where both of us were raised, met, and married. In the summer we live in Chautauqua, New York. I'm a quilter, knitter, kayaker, and the mother of four children, whom I regard as my greatest creative endeavors. And now there are four wonderful grandchildren to spoil.
Visit me at my web site, emilierichards.com, and my blog, www.emilierichards.com/blog. You can also find me at Twitter and on my Facebook reader page.
I'm also excited about my recent series, Goddesses Anonymous, which started with One Mountain Away and was followed by Somewhere Between Luck and Trust. The third book in the series, A River Too Wide, came out in July 2014. The Color of Light debuted in August 2015. Will there be more? We'll see.
I'm also putting up my newly edited romance backlist and love re-reading and updating them a bit.
Last year my husband and I moved from Virginia, to Osprey, Florida, the state where both of us were raised, met, and married. In the summer we live in Chautauqua, New York. I'm a quilter, knitter, kayaker, and the mother of four children, whom I regard as my greatest creative endeavors. And now there are four wonderful grandchildren to spoil.
Visit me at my web site, emilierichards.com, and my blog, www.emilierichards.com/blog. You can also find me at Twitter and on my Facebook reader page.
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June 30, 2018
3.5 stars
This was a very pretty nice book about a heroine who had never been able to move forward from the events of a decade ago; they had led her to crash & burn in college, damaged her relationship with her parents and found her stuck in her life. However when her boss signs her up for a college class which happens to be taught by the hero his interest in her finally leads her to deal with her issues. H used to be a intelligent teenager who fell for a friend's bf who whispered words of love to her however when she fell pregnant showed his true colours and promptly died in an accident. The young heroine & her parents & bf's parents arranged for the adoption of her daughter hoping the past would remain just that. But obviously it doesn't and the heroine needs to confront it. In some ways the heroine was still that scared 18 year old and she acted like that thinking she could find her daughter and that would fix everything; never mind that the hero kept pointing out the reality to her.
For me this was not as much of an emotional read than Season of Miracles by this author although I did enjoy it and found the hero amazing.
This was a very pretty nice book about a heroine who had never been able to move forward from the events of a decade ago; they had led her to crash & burn in college, damaged her relationship with her parents and found her stuck in her life. However when her boss signs her up for a college class which happens to be taught by the hero his interest in her finally leads her to deal with her issues. H used to be a intelligent teenager who fell for a friend's bf who whispered words of love to her however when she fell pregnant showed his true colours and promptly died in an accident. The young heroine & her parents & bf's parents arranged for the adoption of her daughter hoping the past would remain just that. But obviously it doesn't and the heroine needs to confront it. In some ways the heroine was still that scared 18 year old and she acted like that thinking she could find her daughter and that would fix everything; never mind that the hero kept pointing out the reality to her.
For me this was not as much of an emotional read than Season of Miracles by this author although I did enjoy it and found the hero amazing.
September 6, 2012
Embarrassingly - I cried, and I can't remember the last book that did that to me. I actually had to create a tearjerker shelf.
This story is one where the chance meeting between two people actually changes lives. The heroine Meredith was a straight A student with her life carefully plotted out who due to a teenage pregnancy, and a tragedy involving the baby's father cut off her life plan and has been living a half life, cutting ties with family and friends, moving to another town and settling for a job when her future had held so much promise.
While she has a special friendship with the elderly owner of the bookstore she works at, she seems to have no friends and no real life. Her boss enrolls her at the local college in a composition class taught by the hero Garrett. He is the catalyst that wakes her up to facing her past so that she may have a future instead of living in limbo as she's done all these years.
It is Meredith who has the largest arc in the story - returning to her hometown, reconnecting with her parents, facing her and Sonny's parents and trying to find out about her daughter. Garrett is the one who breaks past her protective shell, helps her find her daughter and supports her every step of the way. He gives her his love, his understanding, his large boisterous family and even her daughter - and for one heartbreaking moment is seems that this couple won't make it so when Meredith comes to his last class, when everything seems lost, and they finally come together it's just absolutely lovely.
The kicker - I never paid for this book it was a freebie with the purchase of a magazine - can't for the life of me remember the magazine but the freebie was the winner in my week reading from the atttic stash - I loved, loved, loved it.
This story is one where the chance meeting between two people actually changes lives. The heroine Meredith was a straight A student with her life carefully plotted out who due to a teenage pregnancy, and a tragedy involving the baby's father cut off her life plan and has been living a half life, cutting ties with family and friends, moving to another town and settling for a job when her future had held so much promise.
While she has a special friendship with the elderly owner of the bookstore she works at, she seems to have no friends and no real life. Her boss enrolls her at the local college in a composition class taught by the hero Garrett. He is the catalyst that wakes her up to facing her past so that she may have a future instead of living in limbo as she's done all these years.
It is Meredith who has the largest arc in the story - returning to her hometown, reconnecting with her parents, facing her and Sonny's parents and trying to find out about her daughter. Garrett is the one who breaks past her protective shell, helps her find her daughter and supports her every step of the way. He gives her his love, his understanding, his large boisterous family and even her daughter - and for one heartbreaking moment is seems that this couple won't make it so when Meredith comes to his last class, when everything seems lost, and they finally come together it's just absolutely lovely.
The kicker - I never paid for this book it was a freebie with the purchase of a magazine - can't for the life of me remember the magazine but the freebie was the winner in my week reading from the atttic stash - I loved, loved, loved it.
January 2, 2013
It´s a sweet storie.
A young girl afraid to be hurt again. But a man´s love will heall all.
It´s about a good eleven/pupil, who to fit in made some changes and fell in love with her´s friend boyfriend. She got pregenant and had to give her baby away.
Read.
Wish you the best,
Py
A young girl afraid to be hurt again. But a man´s love will heall all.
It´s about a good eleven/pupil, who to fit in made some changes and fell in love with her´s friend boyfriend. She got pregenant and had to give her baby away.
Read.
Wish you the best,
Py
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