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The Big Event #4
Daddy, komm zurück! (Bianca Herzensbrecher)
Hat Garth eine zweite Chance verdient? Faye hat den heftigen Streit nicht vergessen, nach dem sie ihn vor zwei Jahren verließ. Doch Garth willigt nicht in die Scheidung ein, im Gegenteil: Er will bei Faye einziehen und ihr beweisen, dass nur er ihr vollkommene Erfüllung schenken kann …
164 pages, Kindle Edition
Published May 4, 2018
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About the author
Lucy Gordon
692 books90 followersChristine Sparks was born in England, UK. She wanted to be a writer all her life, and began by working on a British women's magazine. As a features writer, she gained a wide variety of experience. She interviewed some of the world's most attractive and interesting men, including Warren Beatty, Richard Chamberlain, Charlton Heston, Sir Roger Moore, Sir Alec Guiness.
Single life was so enjoyable that she put marriage, and even romance, on the back burner, while she went about the world having a great time. Then, while on vacation in Venice, she met a tall, dark handsome Venetian artist, who changed all her ideas in a moment, and proposed on the second day. Three months later they were married. Her friends said a whirlwind romance would never last, but they celebrated their 25 anniversary, they are still married, still happy and in love.
After 13 years on the magazine Christine decided that it was now or never if she was ever going to write that novel. So she wrote Legacy of Fire which became a Silhouette Special Edition, followed by another, Enchantment in Venice. Then she did something crazy gave up her job. Since then she has concentrated entirely on writing romances for Mills & Boon, Harlequin and Silhouette and has written over 75 books. Her settings have been European and her heroes mainly English or Italian. Christine now claims to be an expert on one particular subject. Italian men are the most romantic in the world. They are also the best cooks.
A few years ago she and her husband returned to Venice and lived there for a couple of years. This proved the perfect base for exploring the rest of Italy, and she has given many of her books Italian settings: Venice (of course), Rome, Florence, Milan, Sicily, Tuscany. She has also used the Rhine in Germany for Song of the Lorelei, for which she won her first RITA Award, in 1991. Her second RITA came in 1998, with His Brother's Child, set in Rome.
Eventually Christine Fiorotto and her husband returned to England, where they now live. She write and he paints, they have no children, but have a cat and a dog.
Single life was so enjoyable that she put marriage, and even romance, on the back burner, while she went about the world having a great time. Then, while on vacation in Venice, she met a tall, dark handsome Venetian artist, who changed all her ideas in a moment, and proposed on the second day. Three months later they were married. Her friends said a whirlwind romance would never last, but they celebrated their 25 anniversary, they are still married, still happy and in love.
After 13 years on the magazine Christine decided that it was now or never if she was ever going to write that novel. So she wrote Legacy of Fire which became a Silhouette Special Edition, followed by another, Enchantment in Venice. Then she did something crazy gave up her job. Since then she has concentrated entirely on writing romances for Mills & Boon, Harlequin and Silhouette and has written over 75 books. Her settings have been European and her heroes mainly English or Italian. Christine now claims to be an expert on one particular subject. Italian men are the most romantic in the world. They are also the best cooks.
A few years ago she and her husband returned to Venice and lived there for a couple of years. This proved the perfect base for exploring the rest of Italy, and she has given many of her books Italian settings: Venice (of course), Rome, Florence, Milan, Sicily, Tuscany. She has also used the Rhine in Germany for Song of the Lorelei, for which she won her first RITA Award, in 1991. Her second RITA came in 1998, with His Brother's Child, set in Rome.
Eventually Christine Fiorotto and her husband returned to England, where they now live. She write and he paints, they have no children, but have a cat and a dog.
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March 6, 2019
Lucy Gordon’s stories always start out simplistic and then take interesting turns as she layers on the nuances. This story opens with the H/h estranged for two years. Heroine walked out on her builder hero - with their two kids - after 8 years of marriage. She is now engaged to manipulative veterinarian and wants a divorce.
Hero is a workaholic because they were young, poor and pregnant when they married and hero wanted to give the heroine every material comfort. Heroine only wanted his time and attention.
During the two years the heroine has been gone, the hero has had her watched (like a good alpha) and has seen his children on occasion. However, he is an unreliable father and the OM has been working the kids to get to the mother.
Spoilers below.
Hero shows up at the heroine’s small house and announces he’s going to move in. The daughter is thrilled and the son not so much. Hero starts going to their events, etc. Then he promises the daughter a dog. They go to the rescue shelter and the daughter immediately falls in love with a ten year-old St. Bernard called Barker. The rescue lady warns them that the dog is old and won’t live every long and will need a lot of space. The hero overrides the concerns since his daughter is so happy.
They end up moving to the hero’s large house because the dog needs more room. Everyone is happier – except the OM and the hero’s personal assistant (wanna be OW).
The hero is pushing for completion of a housing estate his company is building before the diamond anniversary of the company (and the H/h’s diamond anniversary). He wants heroine and kids to be part of the publicity push. Heroine isn’t happy about this and points out that ten years is tin – not diamonds.
Hero bulldozes his way to a happy family until Barker has a heart attack. Their vet tells them to let the dog die. Heroine is distraught trying to contact the hero who is on a business trip. His PA won’t let her talk to him. Even when the daughter calls, the cold-hearted woman won’t put her call through. Heroine then hijacks the H’s private plane and flies up to the hotel. Hero can’t believe the PA didn’t tell him what was going on and fires her on the spot. The H/h fly back where Barker is holding on.
Hero tries to strong arm a Famous Vet to do open heart surgery. Famous Vet is giving a paper and can’t be bothered. Hero then goes to the OM who is friends with Famous Vet to ask him to cash in a favor and get the guy there for surgery. OM is shagging his secretary, but he must have been done, since he’s in a good enough mood to call his Famous Vet friend. By that time Famous Vet has given his paper and is willing to fly over on the H’s private plane.
Long story short – Barker recovers. H/h have sex again. Heroine realizes she has to cut it off with the OM. Hero regrets ruining the heroine’s life, but doesn’t tell her that. He finds a one year old St. Bernard named Peaches to marry Barker. That way if Barker dies, then they’ll have puppies. He gives a nice speech at the ten year anniversary and then diamonds to the heroine. Then he drops the heroine off at the house and gives her a note with the tin plates they used to eat off of when they were poor. The note explains he’s giving heroine her freedom.
Heroine is horrified and cajoles the hero’s pilot (they had become good friends by then) to delay the flight. Heroine drives to the airport and declares her love for an HEA.
The romance/second chance part of this was fine, although I don’t understand the heroine getting engaged to anyone while she is still married. That’s just weird and wrong. The heroine never slept with the OM (he had his secretary) and seemed she just wanted him around to fill a void with the kids.
Hero truly was clueless about children and emotions and life, but he figured it out. He was a workaholic and just didn’t know how to stop once he was successful.
The whole Barker storyline bothered me because the surgery was such a long shot and it seemed cruel to put that animal through all of that just so the daughter would think he daddy could do anything. I’m glad the author didn’t kill off an animal in middle of the story – but it didn’t seem realistic in the least.
On the whole, this was a solid second chance story with the hero learning his lesson and the heroine finally understanding the man she married at 18.
Hero is a workaholic because they were young, poor and pregnant when they married and hero wanted to give the heroine every material comfort. Heroine only wanted his time and attention.
During the two years the heroine has been gone, the hero has had her watched (like a good alpha) and has seen his children on occasion. However, he is an unreliable father and the OM has been working the kids to get to the mother.
Spoilers below.
Hero shows up at the heroine’s small house and announces he’s going to move in. The daughter is thrilled and the son not so much. Hero starts going to their events, etc. Then he promises the daughter a dog. They go to the rescue shelter and the daughter immediately falls in love with a ten year-old St. Bernard called Barker. The rescue lady warns them that the dog is old and won’t live every long and will need a lot of space. The hero overrides the concerns since his daughter is so happy.
They end up moving to the hero’s large house because the dog needs more room. Everyone is happier – except the OM and the hero’s personal assistant (wanna be OW).
The hero is pushing for completion of a housing estate his company is building before the diamond anniversary of the company (and the H/h’s diamond anniversary). He wants heroine and kids to be part of the publicity push. Heroine isn’t happy about this and points out that ten years is tin – not diamonds.
Hero bulldozes his way to a happy family until Barker has a heart attack. Their vet tells them to let the dog die. Heroine is distraught trying to contact the hero who is on a business trip. His PA won’t let her talk to him. Even when the daughter calls, the cold-hearted woman won’t put her call through. Heroine then hijacks the H’s private plane and flies up to the hotel. Hero can’t believe the PA didn’t tell him what was going on and fires her on the spot. The H/h fly back where Barker is holding on.
Hero tries to strong arm a Famous Vet to do open heart surgery. Famous Vet is giving a paper and can’t be bothered. Hero then goes to the OM who is friends with Famous Vet to ask him to cash in a favor and get the guy there for surgery. OM is shagging his secretary, but he must have been done, since he’s in a good enough mood to call his Famous Vet friend. By that time Famous Vet has given his paper and is willing to fly over on the H’s private plane.
Long story short – Barker recovers. H/h have sex again. Heroine realizes she has to cut it off with the OM. Hero regrets ruining the heroine’s life, but doesn’t tell her that. He finds a one year old St. Bernard named Peaches to marry Barker. That way if Barker dies, then they’ll have puppies. He gives a nice speech at the ten year anniversary and then diamonds to the heroine. Then he drops the heroine off at the house and gives her a note with the tin plates they used to eat off of when they were poor. The note explains he’s giving heroine her freedom.
Heroine is horrified and cajoles the hero’s pilot (they had become good friends by then) to delay the flight. Heroine drives to the airport and declares her love for an HEA.
The romance/second chance part of this was fine, although I don’t understand the heroine getting engaged to anyone while she is still married. That’s just weird and wrong. The heroine never slept with the OM (he had his secretary) and seemed she just wanted him around to fill a void with the kids.
Hero truly was clueless about children and emotions and life, but he figured it out. He was a workaholic and just didn’t know how to stop once he was successful.
The whole Barker storyline bothered me because the surgery was such a long shot and it seemed cruel to put that animal through all of that just so the daughter would think he daddy could do anything. I’m glad the author didn’t kill off an animal in middle of the story – but it didn’t seem realistic in the least.
On the whole, this was a solid second chance story with the hero learning his lesson and the heroine finally understanding the man she married at 18.
December 10, 2024
Las 3 estrellas bien merecidas!
Un hombre que sí se arrastró por una segunda oportunidad 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Un hombre que sí se arrastró por una segunda oportunidad 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
July 26, 2022
H was a horrible husband and father. I didn't feel like he redeemed himself at all. He was still a manipulate jerk to the end and not a very nice person. I could never get past how he treated his little girl.
Wife (h) was no better. She was a cheater. You don't get engaged to one man while still married to another. It never said specifically but I'm assuming she slept with the OM while estranged from her husband. I hated her.
The kids and dog were the only decent characters.
Wife (h) was no better. She was a cheater. You don't get engaged to one man while still married to another. It never said specifically but I'm assuming she slept with the OM while estranged from her husband. I hated her.
The kids and dog were the only decent characters.
March 25, 2024
I liked the kids and the dog a lot more than the H and h, who were incredibly clueless about each other, despite a decade or marriage and two kids. He worked hard and gave her everything she needed materially (as well as what she didn't need or even want) and kind of took over all the decisions. He wasn't around much with all his working, but didn't want her to work, because she didn't have to, not realizing she was lonely and needed something to do with the kids in school and everything taken care of for her. He didn't have a clue.
She, meanwhile, got married young (preggers) and felt guilty that maybe she trapped the H (who felt guilty that he got her pregnant, making her a wife/mother so young), and had too storybook an idea of marriage, so that she felt hurt and neglected if he didn't pay her attention all the time, thinking maybe he didn't really love her.
Did they ever talk? Of course not!!! Just temporarily separated, with the h insisting she wanted it to be permanent, and the H having other ideas.
I also didn't like the h getting engaged to the OM while still married to the H, even if she wanted a divorce at the time. While she wasn't sleeping with the OM it can't really be called cheating, and since she was only kidding herself about her supposed feelings for him, I guess you can't call it an "emotional affair" either.
Still, I do call it cheating when she sleeps with the H while engaged to the OM, and doesn't tell him about it, still planning to marry him (though of course, you know she had no intention of going through with it. She kisses the OM, hoping for the fire she feels with the H, but there's not even a spark! (What did she plan to do if she had married the guy, fake orgasms? Or have one while pretending he was the H? STUPID!!!!)
But don't feel too sorry for the OM (her former boss, BTW), because it seems he wasn't in a blue ball state waiting to get into the h's panties, as he was removing his new secretary's undies on a regular basis!
These two cheaters kind of deserved each other!
There's also the conniving OW (who worked for the H until he wised up to her machinations), but considering that the h had the OM, she had no business being jealous of the OW. (Ironically, she was suspicious that the H was messing around, when it was the OM who was guilty of that!)
It ends with a hokey airport chase scene, with the h doing the chasing, declaring her undying eternal love (after dumping the OM who was pumping the secretary), the H not getting on the plane, and of course, the HEA!
Can you say, "YECK, I'M GOING TO BARF!!!!" I sure can!!
She, meanwhile, got married young (preggers) and felt guilty that maybe she trapped the H (who felt guilty that he got her pregnant, making her a wife/mother so young), and had too storybook an idea of marriage, so that she felt hurt and neglected if he didn't pay her attention all the time, thinking maybe he didn't really love her.
Did they ever talk? Of course not!!! Just temporarily separated, with the h insisting she wanted it to be permanent, and the H having other ideas.
I also didn't like the h getting engaged to the OM while still married to the H, even if she wanted a divorce at the time. While she wasn't sleeping with the OM it can't really be called cheating, and since she was only kidding herself about her supposed feelings for him, I guess you can't call it an "emotional affair" either.
Still, I do call it cheating when she sleeps with the H while engaged to the OM, and doesn't tell him about it, still planning to marry him (though of course, you know she had no intention of going through with it. She kisses the OM, hoping for the fire she feels with the H, but there's not even a spark! (What did she plan to do if she had married the guy, fake orgasms? Or have one while pretending he was the H? STUPID!!!!)
But don't feel too sorry for the OM (her former boss, BTW), because it seems he wasn't in a blue ball state waiting to get into the h's panties, as he was removing his new secretary's undies on a regular basis!
These two cheaters kind of deserved each other!
There's also the conniving OW (who worked for the H until he wised up to her machinations), but considering that the h had the OM, she had no business being jealous of the OW. (Ironically, she was suspicious that the H was messing around, when it was the OM who was guilty of that!)
It ends with a hokey airport chase scene, with the h doing the chasing, declaring her undying eternal love (after dumping the OM who was pumping the secretary), the H not getting on the plane, and of course, the HEA!
Can you say, "YECK, I'M GOING TO BARF!!!!" I sure can!!
August 5, 2025
Realistic and human perspective of imperfect people marrying too early in life
Misunderstandings that led to a separation and a non solution solution
I hated the beginning of this book; by the end however, I loved it!
Misunderstandings that led to a separation and a non solution solution
I hated the beginning of this book; by the end however, I loved it!
November 22, 2017
Beautiful beautiful book. Funny and movingly realistic romance.
July 29, 2020
Loved the sentimental ending. A story of H and h who were separated coming back together. The H really comes off as the worst dad in the history of parents but really redeems himself.
February 1, 2015
H/h are married, but have been separated for 2 years. The H is a workaholic who neglected his family and the h was a doormat who finally grew up enough to stand up for herself and her children. When the book opens the h goes back to the H home to ask him for a divorce because she doesn't want to be married to him by their 10th anniversey and also she wants to marry someone else, and the H schemes to get his family back.
Overall, a nice oldie. It had the old school "the moral of the story is" vibe, with the author clearly telling a life lesson about money and love. However, I still liked it, a clearly besotted H, cute kids, a scraggly dog and a h who does what she wants, what's not to like?
Overall, a nice oldie. It had the old school "the moral of the story is" vibe, with the author clearly telling a life lesson about money and love. However, I still liked it, a clearly besotted H, cute kids, a scraggly dog and a h who does what she wants, what's not to like?
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