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The Yuletide Child
The birth of a Christmas baby...
Dylan was thrilled when, within a few weeks, handsome Ross Jefferson met and married her. But marrying Ross meant that Dylan abandoned her career, friends and the bright lights of the city. It also brought an unexpected pregnancy. Suddenly Dylan found her previously passionate husband was holding her at arm's length, and he seemed to prefer the vivacious wife of his best friend.
Christmas was coming and Dylan had to get away. But her car skidded. She was stranded in a blizzard and she was about to have her baby. Now she needed Ross more than ever....
Dylan was thrilled when, within a few weeks, handsome Ross Jefferson met and married her. But marrying Ross meant that Dylan abandoned her career, friends and the bright lights of the city. It also brought an unexpected pregnancy. Suddenly Dylan found her previously passionate husband was holding her at arm's length, and he seemed to prefer the vivacious wife of his best friend.
Christmas was coming and Dylan had to get away. But her car skidded. She was stranded in a blizzard and she was about to have her baby. Now she needed Ross more than ever....
186 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Published December 1, 1999
About the author
Charlotte Lamb
262 books316 followersSheila Ann Mary Coates Holland
aka Sheila Holland, Sheila Coates, Charlotte Lamb, Sheila Lancaster, Victoria Woolf, Laura Hardy
Sheila Ann Mary Coates was born on 1937 in Essex, England, just before the Second World War in the East End of London. As a child, she was moved from relative to relative to escape the bombings of World War II. Sheila attended the Ursuline Convent for Girls. On leaving school at 16, the convent-educated author worked for the Bank of England as a clerk. Sheila continued her education by taking advantage of the B of E's enormous library during her lunch breaks and after work. She later worked as a secretary for the BBC. While there, she met and married Richard Holland, a political reporter. A voracious reader of romance novels, she began writing at her husband's suggestion. She wrote her first book in three days with three children underfoot! In between raising her five children (including a set of twins), Charlotte wrote several more novels. She used both her married and maiden names, Sheila Holland and Sheila Coates, before her first novel as Charlotte Lamb, Follow a Stranger, was published by Mills & Boon in 1973. She also used the pennames: Sheila Lancaster, Victoria Wolf and Laura Hardy. Sheila was a true revolutionary in the field of romance writing. One of the first writers to explore the boundaries of sexual desire, her novels often reflected the forefront of the "sexual revolution" of the 1970s. Her books touched on then-taboo subjects such as child abuse and rape, and she created sexually confident - even dominant - heroines. She was also one of the first to create a modern romantic heroine: independent, imperfect, and perfectly capable of initiating a sexual or romantic relationship. A prolific author, Sheila penned more than 160 novels, most of them for Mills & Boon. Known for her swiftness as well as for her skill in writing, Sheila typically wrote a minimum of two thousand words per day, working from 9:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. While she once finished a full-length novel in four days, she herself pegged her average speed at two weeks to complete a full novel. Since 1977, Sheila had been living on the Isle of Man as a tax exile with her husband and four of their five children: Michael Holland, Sarah Holland, Jane Holland, Charlotte Holland and David Holland. Sheila passed away on October 8, 2000 in her baronial-style home 'Crogga' on the Island. She is greatly missed by her many fans, and by the romance writing community.
aka Sheila Holland, Sheila Coates, Charlotte Lamb, Sheila Lancaster, Victoria Woolf, Laura Hardy
Sheila Ann Mary Coates was born on 1937 in Essex, England, just before the Second World War in the East End of London. As a child, she was moved from relative to relative to escape the bombings of World War II. Sheila attended the Ursuline Convent for Girls. On leaving school at 16, the convent-educated author worked for the Bank of England as a clerk. Sheila continued her education by taking advantage of the B of E's enormous library during her lunch breaks and after work. She later worked as a secretary for the BBC. While there, she met and married Richard Holland, a political reporter. A voracious reader of romance novels, she began writing at her husband's suggestion. She wrote her first book in three days with three children underfoot! In between raising her five children (including a set of twins), Charlotte wrote several more novels. She used both her married and maiden names, Sheila Holland and Sheila Coates, before her first novel as Charlotte Lamb, Follow a Stranger, was published by Mills & Boon in 1973. She also used the pennames: Sheila Lancaster, Victoria Wolf and Laura Hardy. Sheila was a true revolutionary in the field of romance writing. One of the first writers to explore the boundaries of sexual desire, her novels often reflected the forefront of the "sexual revolution" of the 1970s. Her books touched on then-taboo subjects such as child abuse and rape, and she created sexually confident - even dominant - heroines. She was also one of the first to create a modern romantic heroine: independent, imperfect, and perfectly capable of initiating a sexual or romantic relationship. A prolific author, Sheila penned more than 160 novels, most of them for Mills & Boon. Known for her swiftness as well as for her skill in writing, Sheila typically wrote a minimum of two thousand words per day, working from 9:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. While she once finished a full-length novel in four days, she herself pegged her average speed at two weeks to complete a full novel. Since 1977, Sheila had been living on the Isle of Man as a tax exile with her husband and four of their five children: Michael Holland, Sarah Holland, Jane Holland, Charlotte Holland and David Holland. Sheila passed away on October 8, 2000 in her baronial-style home 'Crogga' on the Island. She is greatly missed by her many fans, and by the romance writing community.
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December 18, 2025
Dylan (our heroine) was a young ballerina in London. One night while performing on stage at the theatre she noticed a man sitting in the front row of seats. She felt that she had known him all her life!
Later he came to her dressing room and asked her out to dinner. He wanted to get to know her, he was only in London for a week.
Ross was a forester up North at the other end of the country.
A week later they got engaged to all of Dylan's friends and relatives' astonishment and disapproval.
A month later Ross returned back for the wedding.
After the honeymoon Ross took her North to the house they were going to share, and for the first time she saw his beloved forest. There was no other house in sight, and Dylan was a city girl.
This was the first moment she felt a stirring of doubt and panic. She had married Ross without stopping to think what she was leaving behind. Love had obsessed her and consumed her.
Now she was alone with Ross and his forest, she saw nothing but trees and sky and heard only the wind. What had she done?
But then Ross put his arms around her and Dylan knew that whatever she had to give up weighted very little in the scales against having Ross!
LIGHT SPOILERS
One day a beautiful, voluptuous young woman came to visit. Ross introduced her as Suzy, Alan's wife, one of his colleagues and a good friend of his. They lived a few miles away.
But Dylan was too busy noticing the smear of red lipstick on his mouth.
Suzy stayed for lunch and Dylan did not particularly like her, but she accepted the dinner invitation at her and Alan's house, where Suzy kept making fun of her husband humiliating him, and when Dylan and Ross had the couple over for dinner, Suzy was making snide and spiteful remarks.
Dylan's dislike for Suzy grew.
Dylan missed London and her old friends and she missed dancing.
A few months later Dylan discovered she was pregnant.
Ross was working a lot and she was lonely.
A few months later Dylan was driving home from the antenatal clinic one late afternoon and when she passed the forest entrance she noticed Ross's Land Rover parked next to Suzy's car. She and Ross were sitting very close together in his car. They had been so absorbed in each other that they hadn't noticed her.
Jealousy consumed her. Suzy was beautiful and sexy and she wasn't pregnant, and it was obvious that she was not happy with her own husband.
Dylan knew Ross found her body a turn-off these days. He was polite to her, talking as if to a stranger he just met. Their marriage had withered and she wondered if love always wear out this quickly.
She felt clumsy and ugly while he was vibrant with health and was so handsome.
They had not made love for weeks now, and she sometimes felt she hated him. She had given up everything for him and now she didn't know who she had married.
Just before Christmas Ross told her he had to go to York for an emergency work meeting for a day and a night.
"I don't want to be left alone here all night, Ross. How can you even think leaving me alone miles from anywhere with nobody to turn to if anything goes wrong? And tomorrow is Christmas eve"
"Nothing is going to go wrong. I'll only be away for one night for heaven's sake" he said avoiding her eyes. She was close to tears but he refused to take her worries seriously. They had so little in common.
They did not understand each other.
"If you loved me you'd take me with you "
"Stop it! I won't stand for that sort of blackmail. You knew the sort of life you were marrying into. I wish l could take you with me but there won't be any other wives coming. Look l'll leave my mobile phone with you. If anything did happen to the phone lines you could still call for help"
He left and a little while later Ross's mobile phone began to ring. Dylan answered it and before she could say anything the caller spoke:
"Hello? It's me darling, Suzy! I can't hear you very well, Ross, the line keeps breaking up-can you hear me! Darling, l'm sorry. I'm going to be late. Alan hasn't gone yet and l can't get away without arousing his suspicions. Can't wait to get to York! It's going to be a wonderful night. Oh...can't talk any more, he's coming back. See you soon Ross!"
There was the sound of a kiss being blown, then the call ended abruptly.
Shocked Dylan wondered how long had it been going on and how serious it was?
Rage flared inside her. She packed her things and drove away never intending to be back!
Later he came to her dressing room and asked her out to dinner. He wanted to get to know her, he was only in London for a week.
Ross was a forester up North at the other end of the country.
A week later they got engaged to all of Dylan's friends and relatives' astonishment and disapproval.
A month later Ross returned back for the wedding.
After the honeymoon Ross took her North to the house they were going to share, and for the first time she saw his beloved forest. There was no other house in sight, and Dylan was a city girl.
This was the first moment she felt a stirring of doubt and panic. She had married Ross without stopping to think what she was leaving behind. Love had obsessed her and consumed her.
Now she was alone with Ross and his forest, she saw nothing but trees and sky and heard only the wind. What had she done?
But then Ross put his arms around her and Dylan knew that whatever she had to give up weighted very little in the scales against having Ross!
LIGHT SPOILERS
One day a beautiful, voluptuous young woman came to visit. Ross introduced her as Suzy, Alan's wife, one of his colleagues and a good friend of his. They lived a few miles away.
But Dylan was too busy noticing the smear of red lipstick on his mouth.
Suzy stayed for lunch and Dylan did not particularly like her, but she accepted the dinner invitation at her and Alan's house, where Suzy kept making fun of her husband humiliating him, and when Dylan and Ross had the couple over for dinner, Suzy was making snide and spiteful remarks.
Dylan's dislike for Suzy grew.
Dylan missed London and her old friends and she missed dancing.
A few months later Dylan discovered she was pregnant.
Ross was working a lot and she was lonely.
A few months later Dylan was driving home from the antenatal clinic one late afternoon and when she passed the forest entrance she noticed Ross's Land Rover parked next to Suzy's car. She and Ross were sitting very close together in his car. They had been so absorbed in each other that they hadn't noticed her.
Jealousy consumed her. Suzy was beautiful and sexy and she wasn't pregnant, and it was obvious that she was not happy with her own husband.
Dylan knew Ross found her body a turn-off these days. He was polite to her, talking as if to a stranger he just met. Their marriage had withered and she wondered if love always wear out this quickly.
She felt clumsy and ugly while he was vibrant with health and was so handsome.
They had not made love for weeks now, and she sometimes felt she hated him. She had given up everything for him and now she didn't know who she had married.
Just before Christmas Ross told her he had to go to York for an emergency work meeting for a day and a night.
"I don't want to be left alone here all night, Ross. How can you even think leaving me alone miles from anywhere with nobody to turn to if anything goes wrong? And tomorrow is Christmas eve"
"Nothing is going to go wrong. I'll only be away for one night for heaven's sake" he said avoiding her eyes. She was close to tears but he refused to take her worries seriously. They had so little in common.
They did not understand each other.
"If you loved me you'd take me with you "
"Stop it! I won't stand for that sort of blackmail. You knew the sort of life you were marrying into. I wish l could take you with me but there won't be any other wives coming. Look l'll leave my mobile phone with you. If anything did happen to the phone lines you could still call for help"
He left and a little while later Ross's mobile phone began to ring. Dylan answered it and before she could say anything the caller spoke:
"Hello? It's me darling, Suzy! I can't hear you very well, Ross, the line keeps breaking up-can you hear me! Darling, l'm sorry. I'm going to be late. Alan hasn't gone yet and l can't get away without arousing his suspicions. Can't wait to get to York! It's going to be a wonderful night. Oh...can't talk any more, he's coming back. See you soon Ross!"
There was the sound of a kiss being blown, then the call ended abruptly.
Shocked Dylan wondered how long had it been going on and how serious it was?
Rage flared inside her. She packed her things and drove away never intending to be back!
June 10, 2019
Re The Yuletide Child - Charlotte Lamb gets the Christmas and final book of the Expecting Series for 1999.
(The series continues sporadically up to 2008.)
The h and H in this one have only been married for about 8 months. They are total opposites. He is a big burly forester guy and the h is a tiny, big city ballerina. She is also pregnant and not feelin' the joy of the impending stork visit.
The h also has an adjustment problem, as her life prior to meeting the H was in the big, bustling City of London and the h now lives in an isolated cottage on the outskirts of the forest her H manages.
The difficulties in adjusting to a domestic routine and being pregnant have also limited the h's social interactions and needless to say, things aren't going well.
Especially since her taciturn H refuses to touch the h in any way and has taken to either being at work all night or sleeping in another room. Since the H never explains himself in any way either, the h assumes he is disgusted by her pregnancy and avoiding her.
Since it seems like the only thing these two had going for them was a fierce Lurve Mojo Passion, the h is starting to believe that her marriage is over. Especially when she gets a call from her H's BFF's wife, a woman the h DOES NOT LIKE, and it appears that she and the H are having a seekrit affair.
(The h answered the H's mobile and the woman never heard her hello before launching off into verbosity.)
This is the final straw for the h. She and the H had a huge argument earlier about him leaving for the weekend when there were severe storm warnings in effect. There is no landline in their cottage and the h did not want to be pregnant and isolated while the H supposedly went off to 'work'.
The H went anyway, (there is a meeting and then he is going to party with his BFF and the BFF wife,) leaving the h behind and very upset. The phone call is the last straw. The h packs her bags, dumps her ring and leaves a note and takes off for her sister's house in the Lake District.
But the h is too late, the snow has begun and she winds up crashing into a wall. She is very preggers with a hurt ankle and is now stuck by an English Farm field in a growing snowstorm. Not to worry tho, help is on they way in the form of a very friendly goat named Fred.
Fred's goat staffer is an nice lady named Ruth, who also does cat staffing for Clio the Cat. Ruth lives in the farm by the field where the h crashed, she returned home a few years earlier to care for her dying mother. The mother has passed on and Ruth sorta misses her own big city career, but she is getting on in years and likes the farm well enough.
Fred leads our h to Ruth and Ruth and Clio care for the h while trying to summon the local and recently divorced Doctor - his wife ran off with another man. Soon Ruth and the h are the best of friends and the snowstorm steadily gets worse.
Meanwhile the H is realizing that he left his pregnant wife alone in a bad snowstorm and he can't reach her. The h's sister also calls to let him know the h is missing and the H decides to go on the hunt.
He finds the h at Ruth's house the next day - no one can leave because the storm is so bad and the h is going into labor. Fortunately the local doctor has a thing for Ruth and doesn't mind tramping the fields to her house.
The H and h have an argument, the h throws her affair accusation in the H's face and the H defends himself by saying his doctor sister told him the h was having a fragile pregnancy and that he should stay away from her.
The H also asserts that the BFF wife's call was about a surprise party for the BFF - that the h wasn't invited to- but he is not having an affair cause he wouldn't do that to the BFF.
The h kinda believes him, but then the baby rapture takes over and then Ruth and the Doctor find out they are both in love with each other. We leave everyone celebrating Christmas with a new baby girl, also named Ruth, Fred the Goat and Clio the Cat and two couples all prepared to celebrate the day for the HEA.
This one was just sorta meh. The H and h don't actually solve their problems and their marriage probably won't last, but Ruth and the Doctor were pretty well done. It was like CL realized she wrote an impossible to resolve impasse with the first h and H and had to switch over in the last part of the book.
Fred and Clio's antics were well done too and worth the read, but for the main romance, it was a bit of a disappointing HP outing.
(The series continues sporadically up to 2008.)
The h and H in this one have only been married for about 8 months. They are total opposites. He is a big burly forester guy and the h is a tiny, big city ballerina. She is also pregnant and not feelin' the joy of the impending stork visit.
The h also has an adjustment problem, as her life prior to meeting the H was in the big, bustling City of London and the h now lives in an isolated cottage on the outskirts of the forest her H manages.
The difficulties in adjusting to a domestic routine and being pregnant have also limited the h's social interactions and needless to say, things aren't going well.
Especially since her taciturn H refuses to touch the h in any way and has taken to either being at work all night or sleeping in another room. Since the H never explains himself in any way either, the h assumes he is disgusted by her pregnancy and avoiding her.
Since it seems like the only thing these two had going for them was a fierce Lurve Mojo Passion, the h is starting to believe that her marriage is over. Especially when she gets a call from her H's BFF's wife, a woman the h DOES NOT LIKE, and it appears that she and the H are having a seekrit affair.
(The h answered the H's mobile and the woman never heard her hello before launching off into verbosity.)
This is the final straw for the h. She and the H had a huge argument earlier about him leaving for the weekend when there were severe storm warnings in effect. There is no landline in their cottage and the h did not want to be pregnant and isolated while the H supposedly went off to 'work'.
The H went anyway, (there is a meeting and then he is going to party with his BFF and the BFF wife,) leaving the h behind and very upset. The phone call is the last straw. The h packs her bags, dumps her ring and leaves a note and takes off for her sister's house in the Lake District.
But the h is too late, the snow has begun and she winds up crashing into a wall. She is very preggers with a hurt ankle and is now stuck by an English Farm field in a growing snowstorm. Not to worry tho, help is on they way in the form of a very friendly goat named Fred.
Fred's goat staffer is an nice lady named Ruth, who also does cat staffing for Clio the Cat. Ruth lives in the farm by the field where the h crashed, she returned home a few years earlier to care for her dying mother. The mother has passed on and Ruth sorta misses her own big city career, but she is getting on in years and likes the farm well enough.
Fred leads our h to Ruth and Ruth and Clio care for the h while trying to summon the local and recently divorced Doctor - his wife ran off with another man. Soon Ruth and the h are the best of friends and the snowstorm steadily gets worse.
Meanwhile the H is realizing that he left his pregnant wife alone in a bad snowstorm and he can't reach her. The h's sister also calls to let him know the h is missing and the H decides to go on the hunt.
He finds the h at Ruth's house the next day - no one can leave because the storm is so bad and the h is going into labor. Fortunately the local doctor has a thing for Ruth and doesn't mind tramping the fields to her house.
The H and h have an argument, the h throws her affair accusation in the H's face and the H defends himself by saying his doctor sister told him the h was having a fragile pregnancy and that he should stay away from her.
The H also asserts that the BFF wife's call was about a surprise party for the BFF - that the h wasn't invited to- but he is not having an affair cause he wouldn't do that to the BFF.
The h kinda believes him, but then the baby rapture takes over and then Ruth and the Doctor find out they are both in love with each other. We leave everyone celebrating Christmas with a new baby girl, also named Ruth, Fred the Goat and Clio the Cat and two couples all prepared to celebrate the day for the HEA.
This one was just sorta meh. The H and h don't actually solve their problems and their marriage probably won't last, but Ruth and the Doctor were pretty well done. It was like CL realized she wrote an impossible to resolve impasse with the first h and H and had to switch over in the last part of the book.
Fred and Clio's antics were well done too and worth the read, but for the main romance, it was a bit of a disappointing HP outing.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
December 22, 2025
I think he was cheating. Plus the thoughts that he had about how slim she was and now she was heavy and slow. How he wished she was more like Suzy and stuff. That pissed me off. I just don't know what to think. But he said he didn't and I guess we have to believe him but I know someone that said they hadn't but they had and it was devastating. So maybe the author really made him faithful but the whole book Made me feel otherwise.
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March 29, 2026
I couldn’t feel the angst. Are we sure this is a CL’s book?
July 17, 2010
There was a lot more telling than showing in this book. The heroine was a doormat. She is a city girl who gives up her ballet career to marry a man and live in a forest. There is a village close by but she is too much of a wimp to get out and find herself some friends or something to do. She spends her time cleaning house and growing a garden and sulking. She gets pregnant and her husband ignores her and doesn't share a bed or have sex with her or even look at her. Somehow he doesn't get that he is making her feel ugly and unloved and that he only liked her for her hot body. He thinks he's doing it to not hurt her delicate self with his passion. But she's a dancer, I don't buy that she was delicate. I don't think you get far in ballet being a weinie. Also evidently her doctor told him that she was too tiny and had to take it easy. But she didn't tell her actual patient. I don't buy it. She was a size 8, about 5'2" and about 125 lbs in good health with good muscle tone. Seems like she'd be pretty set for an easy pregnancy if her husband wasn't making her feel like a troll.
He was just an ass through the whole thing and treated her like crap. He doesn't respect her at all, thinks she's childish and dismisses her concerns. And he never really gets better or apologizes much at all. He even went so far as to help his best friend's wife plan a party for her husband and didn't tell the heroine about it or invite her because she was too delicate at 8 months pregnant to go to a party. In fact he lied and told her he was going to York on a business trip. If my husband had tried that with me when I was pregnant, he'd have regretted it and he'd still be regretting it today 10 years later. Even though I might not have landed a skillet upside his head, I'd sure never let him forget his stupidity.
Then she runs away and ends up in a crash and staying with strangers. The hero finds her there and she promptly goes into labor. She has the baby then doesn't seem to mind when for the next 30 pages some strange lady keeps taking the baby into another room only bringing her to her mother for feeding. Most women are a bit more excited about their babies than that. But maybe she didn't want the kid, she spent so much time whining about being pregnant and none at all being excited. The author threw in one sentence at the end “Of course I wanted the baby!” But she sure didn't show that in any way during the course of the book. If the author had wanted to write that non motherly character she should have just stuck with it. Not only that but about 20 minutes after she delivers, she is fantasizing about getting in the hero's pants. Now I am a baby person and I can tell you that is a total fantasy. It was A LOT longer than 20 minutes before I was interested in anything having to do with my husband's naughty bits after my boys were born.
He was just an ass through the whole thing and treated her like crap. He doesn't respect her at all, thinks she's childish and dismisses her concerns. And he never really gets better or apologizes much at all. He even went so far as to help his best friend's wife plan a party for her husband and didn't tell the heroine about it or invite her because she was too delicate at 8 months pregnant to go to a party. In fact he lied and told her he was going to York on a business trip. If my husband had tried that with me when I was pregnant, he'd have regretted it and he'd still be regretting it today 10 years later. Even though I might not have landed a skillet upside his head, I'd sure never let him forget his stupidity.
Then she runs away and ends up in a crash and staying with strangers. The hero finds her there and she promptly goes into labor. She has the baby then doesn't seem to mind when for the next 30 pages some strange lady keeps taking the baby into another room only bringing her to her mother for feeding. Most women are a bit more excited about their babies than that. But maybe she didn't want the kid, she spent so much time whining about being pregnant and none at all being excited. The author threw in one sentence at the end “Of course I wanted the baby!” But she sure didn't show that in any way during the course of the book. If the author had wanted to write that non motherly character she should have just stuck with it. Not only that but about 20 minutes after she delivers, she is fantasizing about getting in the hero's pants. Now I am a baby person and I can tell you that is a total fantasy. It was A LOT longer than 20 minutes before I was interested in anything having to do with my husband's naughty bits after my boys were born.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
June 12, 2019
I'm not convinced Dylan (h) and Ross (H) had a Happily Ever After because their problems were glossed over. They only addressed one issue (Dylan's jealousy over the other woman). Even then Dylan didn't sound like she believed Ross much, but decided she should trust him anyway. There was no mention of Ross's jealousy over Dylan's former dance partner. No mention of how Dylan would continue to adjust to her new life. Nor did Dylan relay her concerns to Ross about her loneliness. These were matters that needed addressing!
Time that should have been spent on Dylan and Ross was wasted on the introduction of a secondary romance 3/4 way into the story between new characters. I actually had to check if I was reading the same book, it felt so out of place and detracted from the main storyline.
On top of all this, Ross was underdeveloped as a character and the ending was anti-climatic.
Time that should have been spent on Dylan and Ross was wasted on the introduction of a secondary romance 3/4 way into the story between new characters. I actually had to check if I was reading the same book, it felt so out of place and detracted from the main storyline.
On top of all this, Ross was underdeveloped as a character and the ending was anti-climatic.
December 9, 2022
Many of the problems that the h had in this book were not actually resolved. I also felt appalled by how biddable the H was as concerned his wife's health and his sex life.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
April 21, 2020
Lettura scorrevole ma per nulla avvincente.
February 11, 2025
Merry Christmas
Definitely an old style Harlequin where the book would have been ten pages long if the couple had only communicated.
While it did end in an HEA and no doubt it would continue in Harlequin tradition, there were a lot of issues not addressed but I will assume that happens after!
Definitely an old style Harlequin where the book would have been ten pages long if the couple had only communicated.
While it did end in an HEA and no doubt it would continue in Harlequin tradition, there were a lot of issues not addressed but I will assume that happens after!
December 17, 2012
Heroine was a ballet dancer and gave up her career for him.
Hero had an ordinary job as a forester and did not understand her needs at all. But at the same time, she made no effort to adjust to her new chosen lifestyle.
The secondary story of Ruth and the doctor seemed out of place. For a few pages, I thought there was a problem with my copy and that pages from another book had mistakenly been inserted.
As another reviewer remarked, this book was mostly telling and very little showing. I love CL books, but this one missed the mark for me.
Hero had an ordinary job as a forester and did not understand her needs at all. But at the same time, she made no effort to adjust to her new chosen lifestyle.
The secondary story of Ruth and the doctor seemed out of place. For a few pages, I thought there was a problem with my copy and that pages from another book had mistakenly been inserted.
As another reviewer remarked, this book was mostly telling and very little showing. I love CL books, but this one missed the mark for me.
September 21, 2011
It was very good read,holds your interest till the end and got my emotions involved
The only issue between their relation was lack of trust from both sides and hiding things from each other which lead to misunderstandings and separation but eventually with the birth of their child they talked out all the issue and cleared all misunderstandings out and had their HEA
Recommend it
The only issue between their relation was lack of trust from both sides and hiding things from each other which lead to misunderstandings and separation but eventually with the birth of their child they talked out all the issue and cleared all misunderstandings out and had their HEA
Recommend it
January 4, 2012
The heroine Dylan and the hero Ross meet after he sees her dancing, he is totally captivated by her. It is virtually love at first sight for both of them. Their whirlwind romance leads to marriage and Dylan willingly giving up her ballet career, much to her dance partners disgust. However much Dylan and Ross's marriage is full of passion for one another, the remote location of their home and Ross's busy working life are hard for Dylan and she soon becomes lonely. When Dylan becomes pregnant, Ross seems to pull even further away from her and she can't help feeling that their marriage was a mistake.
I don't really know what to say about this book. I expected a lot more from it, especially from Charlotte Lamb, but I was sadly disappointed. There is no POV from the hero and I found it difficult to actually believe the relationship. The heroine is a very unsympathetic character, she comes across as very immature and whiny. This book is basically about the heroines insecurities, and not much else. The great misunderstanding was obvious, I saw it coming a mile off.
I also found the writing style very difficult to get into, there is a lot of telling not showing and the pace is rather odd.
As I said, disappointing.
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I don't really know what to say about this book. I expected a lot more from it, especially from Charlotte Lamb, but I was sadly disappointed. There is no POV from the hero and I found it difficult to actually believe the relationship. The heroine is a very unsympathetic character, she comes across as very immature and whiny. This book is basically about the heroines insecurities, and not much else. The great misunderstanding was obvious, I saw it coming a mile off.
I also found the writing style very difficult to get into, there is a lot of telling not showing and the pace is rather odd.
As I said, disappointing.
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January 31, 2021
The h is a doormat and the H is a jerk.
August 5, 2023
I don't much like this story. My longer review here is more detailed. https://www.morebooksthantime.com/the...
There are two romances, one that's going to be a HEA and one that's going to fizzle just as soon as the reality of having a baby crying every couple of hours and a remote husband and wife who's too tired and feeling too lousy for passion hits the h and H.
The H and h are passionately attracted to each other, or were before h was pregnant. Now H won't touch, talk to, sleep with, sleep beside, spend time with her. He even mulls over that he wishes his wife was more like his supposed best friend's wife Suzy.
Meanwhile h is sick with morning sickness, constant backache, lonely and torn from her life as a prima ballerina in London and shoved in a remote house in a pine forest with a taciturn unloving husband. She suspects H is having an affair with Suzy but willing to think otherwise until he leaves her behind with a blizzard coming to go to York for a meeting and she answers the phone to Suzy's darlings, sultry sexy voice, and she can't wait to see him that night but can't leave quite yet because her hubby is still there. Our h isn't standing for that and packs up and goes to her sisters.
She runs off the road into a stone wall in the blizzard, reaches safety with 40-something Ruth who gives her a bed, warm bath and dinner. Her sister calls her husband worried and husband leaves York before the ultimate important meeting to go find her. He reaches her just as the baby decides to come. Lots of recriminations later she has the baby.
Ruth gets her good friend and doctor Harry to come deliver the baby as there's no way to get to the hospital with the weather. Ruth has loved Harry but he was married until his wife ran off and now, a couple years later, he's ready to find someone else. Harry proposes, they accept.
I do not see H and h lasting more than a couple months. A new baby stresses any marriage, add in remoteness, loneliness, lack of commitment, lack of anything in common outside of bed and it's going to be difficult for them. I do not believe H was getting with Suzy to plan a birthday party for her husband, I think it was exactly what h believes, an affair.
There are two romances, one that's going to be a HEA and one that's going to fizzle just as soon as the reality of having a baby crying every couple of hours and a remote husband and wife who's too tired and feeling too lousy for passion hits the h and H.
The H and h are passionately attracted to each other, or were before h was pregnant. Now H won't touch, talk to, sleep with, sleep beside, spend time with her. He even mulls over that he wishes his wife was more like his supposed best friend's wife Suzy.
Meanwhile h is sick with morning sickness, constant backache, lonely and torn from her life as a prima ballerina in London and shoved in a remote house in a pine forest with a taciturn unloving husband. She suspects H is having an affair with Suzy but willing to think otherwise until he leaves her behind with a blizzard coming to go to York for a meeting and she answers the phone to Suzy's darlings, sultry sexy voice, and she can't wait to see him that night but can't leave quite yet because her hubby is still there. Our h isn't standing for that and packs up and goes to her sisters.
She runs off the road into a stone wall in the blizzard, reaches safety with 40-something Ruth who gives her a bed, warm bath and dinner. Her sister calls her husband worried and husband leaves York before the ultimate important meeting to go find her. He reaches her just as the baby decides to come. Lots of recriminations later she has the baby.
Ruth gets her good friend and doctor Harry to come deliver the baby as there's no way to get to the hospital with the weather. Ruth has loved Harry but he was married until his wife ran off and now, a couple years later, he's ready to find someone else. Harry proposes, they accept.
I do not see H and h lasting more than a couple months. A new baby stresses any marriage, add in remoteness, loneliness, lack of commitment, lack of anything in common outside of bed and it's going to be difficult for them. I do not believe H was getting with Suzy to plan a birthday party for her husband, I think it was exactly what h believes, an affair.
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November 12, 2019The birth of a Christmas baby…
Dylan was thrilled when, within a few weeks, handsome Ross Jefferson met and married her. But marrying Ross meant that Dylan abandoned her career, friends and the bright lights of the city. It also brought an unexpected pregnancy. Suddenly Dylan found her previously passionate husband was holding her at arm's length, and he seemed to prefer the vivacious wife of his best friend.
Christmas was coming and Dylan had to get away. But her car skidded. She was stranded in a blizzard and she was about to have her baby. Now she needed Ross more than ever….
Dylan was thrilled when, within a few weeks, handsome Ross Jefferson met and married her. But marrying Ross meant that Dylan abandoned her career, friends and the bright lights of the city. It also brought an unexpected pregnancy. Suddenly Dylan found her previously passionate husband was holding her at arm's length, and he seemed to prefer the vivacious wife of his best friend.
Christmas was coming and Dylan had to get away. But her car skidded. She was stranded in a blizzard and she was about to have her baby. Now she needed Ross more than ever….
February 21, 2024
In this story, the H, Ross, acts like he's having an affair with his friend's wife. (Secret meetings, secret phone calls, love withdrawal from his wife, and jealousy over the wife's male friends that seems like projection of his guilty conscience.) The reconciliation was so sudden. Honestly, I don't think any problems were actually resolved. She'll still hate living in the Forest. He'll still work all the time. A baby just adds stress, it doesn't fix a bad marriage.
October 26, 2017
Good
I liked this story but it didn't feel like a mills and boon, I was a little confused where it was going even though I continued, and I'm glad I did. I gave it four stars as I felt it was a bit slow to start with.
I liked this story but it didn't feel like a mills and boon, I was a little confused where it was going even though I continued, and I'm glad I did. I gave it four stars as I felt it was a bit slow to start with.
December 8, 2015
A sweet read.
Dylan and Ross meet in a whirl of undeniable passion. Ross is so sexy and sweet Dylan can't help but fall in love with him. They quickly get married as they can't stand to be parted.
But giving up her ballet career and being stuck out in the middle of nowhere as a housewife is very fightening for her. She hardly see her husband and he is out doing the job he enjoys.
There are some dull moments and they both will annoy you as they don't discuss things which leads to much misunderstandings. My favorite part was Ross' helpless love for her.....kinda of sweet.
Dylan and Ross meet in a whirl of undeniable passion. Ross is so sexy and sweet Dylan can't help but fall in love with him. They quickly get married as they can't stand to be parted.
But giving up her ballet career and being stuck out in the middle of nowhere as a housewife is very fightening for her. She hardly see her husband and he is out doing the job he enjoys.
There are some dull moments and they both will annoy you as they don't discuss things which leads to much misunderstandings. My favorite part was Ross' helpless love for her.....kinda of sweet.
March 19, 2022
The Yuletide Child
The story was about two people who met and married very soon after. Their growing pains intensified with not truly knowing each other. Jealousy hits both of them. When she became pregnant the cracks in the marriage widened. This book when placed in e format showed some duplicate parts. Very detracting. There was also a side couple in the end who got their story told.
The story was about two people who met and married very soon after. Their growing pains intensified with not truly knowing each other. Jealousy hits both of them. When she became pregnant the cracks in the marriage widened. This book when placed in e format showed some duplicate parts. Very detracting. There was also a side couple in the end who got their story told.
November 13, 2012
I actually didn't mind this however the hero made it seem as if he was having affair. A lot of issues could of been avoided if he would of just talked to his wife, instead of trying to control her and taking advice from other people. How the heroine forgave him so easily for that made me mad, he should of gotten a little payback from the heroine.
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