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Remembrance, Indiana #1
Donovan's Promise
A SECOND CHANCE
Donovan Sinclair was stunned. His wife, Elizabeth, was leaving after almost twenty years of marriage. True, they'd gotten married as teenagers because they had to, but their love had been as real as the baby on the way. Donovan had made a promise then to take care of Elizabeth, and he'd thought his financial success was proof he'd lived up to that vow.
Now, forced to take a long, hard look at his marriage, he realized the sharing, the support, were gone. But not the loving. He had to go after his wife. And when he found her, he would make her a new promise: he would never let her go again...
Donovan Sinclair was stunned. His wife, Elizabeth, was leaving after almost twenty years of marriage. True, they'd gotten married as teenagers because they had to, but their love had been as real as the baby on the way. Donovan had made a promise then to take care of Elizabeth, and he'd thought his financial success was proof he'd lived up to that vow.
Now, forced to take a long, hard look at his marriage, he realized the sharing, the support, were gone. But not the loving. He had to go after his wife. And when he found her, he would make her a new promise: he would never let her go again...
252 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published June 1, 1988
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Dallas Schulze
89 books72 followersBorn and raised in Colorado, Dallas Schulze now lives in California. She sold her first book in October 1983. It was published under her pseudonym Dallas Hamlin in the Candlelight Ecstasy Romance line. She loves happy ending and wrote category romances, contemporaries and historicals for Harlequin, Silhouette, Dell and Mira. Her latest title was published in 2004.
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May 29, 2018
I could not get past a heroine who was "all about me".
Two points that bugged the hell out of me
1) The man put his life on the line to ensure a future for her and their son. That at least deserved a conversation before she walked out.
2) She never bothers to tell him she's unhappy and ask him to work to fix their marriage. She just walks out on 18 years of marriage to "go find herself". It takes two to tango.
I would have much preferred to read about the hero finding someone else and moving on with his life rather than going back to the heroine. She's going to make his life miserable. Poor soul.
Two points that bugged the hell out of me
1) The man put his life on the line to ensure a future for her and their son. That at least deserved a conversation before she walked out.
2) She never bothers to tell him she's unhappy and ask him to work to fix their marriage. She just walks out on 18 years of marriage to "go find herself". It takes two to tango.
I would have much preferred to read about the hero finding someone else and moving on with his life rather than going back to the heroine. She's going to make his life miserable. Poor soul.
December 22, 2020
“Donovan’s Promise” is the story of Elizabeth and Donovan.
A poignant and heartbreaking romance about a couple married for 18 years, who loses their passion somewhere along the line. The rude awakening comes when the heroine asks for a divorce, shaking the hero out of his reverie. We see a flashback of young love, a teenage pregnancy, the sacrifices they both made for each other and their child, and how they somehow lost track of what was most important: each other.
We see a second courtship, attempts to date again, realizations, a life changing accident and finally loving someone enough to give a second chance.
Beautiful tearjerker with nicely written flawed but very pure and in love characters. Dallas does it again!
Adored it!
Safe
4.25/5
A poignant and heartbreaking romance about a couple married for 18 years, who loses their passion somewhere along the line. The rude awakening comes when the heroine asks for a divorce, shaking the hero out of his reverie. We see a flashback of young love, a teenage pregnancy, the sacrifices they both made for each other and their child, and how they somehow lost track of what was most important: each other.
We see a second courtship, attempts to date again, realizations, a life changing accident and finally loving someone enough to give a second chance.
Beautiful tearjerker with nicely written flawed but very pure and in love characters. Dallas does it again!
Adored it!
Safe
4.25/5
February 1, 2015
The book opens with the h asking for divorce, but then moves to the past and we're taken on the journey of their lives together. The H/h were wildly in love, her 16, him 18. When she gets pregnant and they are forced to marry eariler than they planned, the reader follows the first years of their marriage, though school, war, new parents ...how they managed to cope with it all and still keep their love alive. Then the book cuts back to the present(nearly 2 decades after they first marry) with the H struggling to see where it went wrong and the h needing the independence she's never had.
This is the classic trope of workaholic H and a h whose lost her identity in the daily grind of her wife/mother role. I liked it, especially how clear it is from the start that the H is crazy in love with the h. The ending wasn't even as abrupt as the usual DS, though I did long for an epilogue.
This is the classic trope of workaholic H and a h whose lost her identity in the daily grind of her wife/mother role. I liked it, especially how clear it is from the start that the H is crazy in love with the h. The ending wasn't even as abrupt as the usual DS, though I did long for an epilogue.
January 3, 2024
I would have liked this book better if it hadn't taken a near tragedy to bring the H and h back together, and if the h had taken more accountability for the decisions that she made rather than blame the H for her discontent. It might have been acceptable if she were younger, but a woman in her late 30's with a teenage son acting like she's in her early 20's emotionally isn't very appealing.
Rather than a HEA, I'd have liked to see the H and h go their separate ways, him with a woman who'd appreciate him, and her with a man in his late 30's with the emotional maturity of a 20-something.
Rather than a HEA, I'd have liked to see the H and h go their separate ways, him with a woman who'd appreciate him, and her with a man in his late 30's with the emotional maturity of a 20-something.
March 6, 2018
Loved. I can’t wait to read the other books in this series. I don’t know why such low ratings for this book.
July 20, 2015
Heartbreaking
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