De otro hombre

by Kim Lawrence

Santiago Morán era fuerte, orgulloso y apasionado, todo lo que no era el canalla con el que Lily había estado casada. Y fue en sus brazos donde descubrió que no era la mujer fría que creía ser. Pero un descubrimiento sorprendente hizo que Santiago creyera que Lily lo había traicionado y la echó de su lado... sin saber que era el padre de su futuro hijo. ¿Tendría que enfrentarse sola a la maternidad?

Genres: Harlequin, Romance, Contemporary Romance, Harlequin Presents, Contemporary, Fiction, Harlequin Romance

160 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Published December 26, 2006

About the author

Though lacking much authentic Welsh blood, Kim Lawrence comes from English-Irish stock. She was born and brought up in North Wales. She returned there when she married, and her sons were both born on Anglesey, an island off the coast. Though not isolated, Anglesey is a little off the beaten track, but lively Dublin, which Kim loves, is only a short ferry ride away. Today they live on the farm her husband was brought up on. Welsh is the first language of many people in this area and Kim's husband and sons are all bilingual she is having a lot of fun, not to mention a few headaches, trying to learn the language! She is a keen gardener and cook and enjoys running often on the beach, as living on an island the sea is never very far away. She is usually accompanied by her Jack Russell, Sprout don't ask, it's long story!

With small children, the unsocial hours of nursing didn't look attractive so encouraged by a husband who thinks she can do anything she sets her mind to, Kim tried her hand at writing. Always a keen Mills & Boon reader, it seemed natural for her to write a romance novel. In 1995, she published her first novels and now she can't imagine doing anything else.

Reviews

[Vintage · Rating 2 out of 5]

This falls under the Why do I do this to myself category.

Did not like it the first time, so I've read it twice now.

What's not to like?

She's still a cheater. Okay, her husband was a lying, cheating snake in the grass, but a little communication would not have been amiss.

He finds out about the baby that she miscarried, and can she answer a straight question? The answer would be NO. Forget the hero, I was pissed over her dodging the issue.

The H is still as supercilious and arrogant. Forget how he treats the heroine who missed her opportunity to tell him the truth. No, he shows his real colors when he wants to dictate how his little sister should live. This was written in 2006, and unless Warren Jeff is your father, brother, or husband (or all three in his case) most men don't TELL their sisters what occupation to take on. Okay, topless dancer would get a no go from just about any paternalistic figure, but a nurse!!!

He is way too stereotypical Harlequin alpha Romero, chest beating, fill in the blank Mediterranean H. Do they all have to be 6'4" to 6' 5"?

[AvidReader · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book have been in my radar for quite a while now. Finally decided to take the plunge!
I usually love this author’s dialogues. But here sometimes it was frustrating and other times hilarious.
Hero and heroine was quite smitten with each other from the first meeting itself and the chemistry was off the charts. But technically heroine was married, although to a lying- serial adulterer. That bothered me a tiny bit because though he ditched their supposed second honeymoon and heroine was quite sure there is another woman involved, as far as I remember she hasn’t taken any final decision regarding their marriage.
Still the scene were all of them meet together accidentally was very entertaining . I also loved epilogue.
Recommended.

[Tia · Rating 3 out of 5]

The heroine was married to a cheating scumbag, she needed love, passion and understanding so she had an affair with the hero. When the hero found out she was married, he dumped her on her ass not knowing she was pregnant with his child. Six months later and they detected that the heroines baby had no heartbeat, it was born stillborn. Now the hero has made a reappearance in her life and he's finally finding out the truth.

[Missy · Rating 4 out of 5]

A fast paced passionate emotional read. The wonderful heartfelt writing just brings the emotion alive so you can feel their pain and love. A great read.

[KatLynne · Rating 4 out of 5]

I didn't think I would like this due to Lily having an affair with Santiago while married....but, this was a good fast paced short read and I really like it. Will try other books by this author.

[suman · Rating 1 out of 5]

Did not start heroine was married when she met and had an affair with hero.

[Angel · Rating 5 out of 5]

i LOVE this book !!! and i think that the introduction/description doesn't do it justice ...

first of all it is an amaaaaaaaazing love story combined with lose and passion ....
and let me just say i LOVE Santiago ! he is Awesome !!!
OK back to the story >>> the story begins with a very broken Lily, she is devastated after a bad marriage that ended in divorce and on top of that she lost her child after being six months pregnant :(

i couldn't help but feel for the Heroins loss ... her husband cheated on her more than once !!!

Now as for Santiago >>>> he's got Lily back in his life and he suspects that the child she lost was actually his !!!!
This a story about love from first sight , Romance and lots and lots more !

now I'm such a romantic person ,,, so for whoaever out there that's just like me ,,, i say go a head and try this one :) you won't regret it ,,,

[iamGamz · Rating 3 out of 5]

A great twist in that the heroine, Lily, was married when she has a holiday affair with the hero, Santiago. He finds out about her husband and was not pleased. Upon her arrival back home her hubby asked for a divorce and from that a point on her life seemed to fall apart.

A year later Santiago and Lily meet each other again through mural friends and the truth about her situation and the reason why she has gone through the changes she has.

It was a heartbreaking story and while I do not condone infidelity, it was totally excusable in this story. I was happy to see Lily find a few days of happiness after years of none.

[Anne Holly · Rating 2 out of 5]

Heroine's travails were compelling, and I found her fine enough, but the tyrannical hero's misogyny and pathological need to control everything around him made this book a wash for me. No amount of handsome makes up for being a cruel creep, IMO.

[JJH--Judy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good writing style. Great characters--super alpha male, smart heroine who doesn't fall at his feet. Lots of angst. But I didn't feel a love connection--there was lust, remorse, anger, but I didn't get a sense of real love. A good read, but not very romantic.

[Mrseiji Kun · Rating 3 out of 5]

A medida que avanza la historia, vamos descubriendo que Santiago y Lily tuvieron una relación previa al momento en que inicia el relato. Rápidamente sabemos que el motivo por el que no siguen juntos, por el que Santiago le tiene tanta bronca a la protagonista y por uno de los motivos por los que Lily está deprimida es que ella estaba casada y no le había avisado nada a su amante… ¿extraño, no, que no le avisara?

Igual, la relación matrimonial ya estaba terminada desde hacía tiempo, como si eso lo justificara todo y habilitara la situación. Sin embargo, lo que no creo que justificara nada —salvo que ella hubiera buscado un polvo de una vez— es que no le avisara de su condición matrimonial a nuestro protagonista tan bonito y tan romántico, Santiago, que claramente estaba involucrado emocionalmente.

Lo que resulta sorpresivo y es la base de lo que continúa de la historia, son las consecuencias de esa relación sexual, que ya se imaginarán a qué me refiero (no entiendo cómo todos se animan a tener relaciones sin cuidarse).

Esa parte de la historia se las dejo a ustedes. El libro se basa en el después de ese romance, abordado desde un enfoque más serio de la relación, con la expectativa de un HEA que todos esperamos.



Leído de carne y hueso.

[Natalia Francais · Rating 3 out of 5]

A medida que avanza la historia, vamos descubriendo que Santiago y Lily tuvieron una relación previa al momento en que inicia el relato. Rápidamente sabemos que el motivo por el que no siguen juntos, por el que Santiago le tiene tanta bronca a la protagonista y por uno de los motivos por los que Lily está deprimida es que ella estaba casada y no le había avisado nada a su amante… ¿extraño, no, que no le avisara?

Igual, la relación matrimonial ya estaba terminada desde hacía tiempo, como si eso lo justificara todo y habilitara la situación. Sin embargo, lo que no creo que justificara nada —salvo que ella hubiera buscado un polvo de una vez— es que no le avisara de su condición matrimonial a nuestro protagonista tan bonito y tan romántico, Santiago, que claramente estaba involucrado emocionalmente.

Lo que resulta sorpresivo y es la base de lo que continúa de la historia, son las consecuencias de esa relación sexual, que ya se imaginarán a qué me refiero (no entiendo cómo todos se animan a tener relaciones sin cuidarse).

Esa parte de la historia se las dejo a ustedes. El libro se basa en el después de ese romance, abordado desde un enfoque más serio de la relación, con la expectativa de un HEA que todos esperamos.



Leído de carne y hueso.

[Tammie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Lilly and Santiago met when Lilly was supposed to be on a second honeymoon with her husband. He unfortunately was unable to get away from his mistress to make it. The H and h have a week together and then he finds out she is married (he thought she was widowed). He is cruel and sends her away and they part for about a year. When they meet up the h is divorced and he is angry. Yep I loved this one. I will be rereading it again....

[Everly Reads · Rating 1 out of 5]

It's written in a very odd way. Like the scenes end without any notice or fleshed out. Weird. I honestly hated it 20% in. I only finished to see if it would get better. It did not. Ended abruptly and weirdly too. If I could give it 0 stars I would.

[Christine · Rating 5 out of 5]

Cute 2nd chance romance. A book about two people torn apart by angst and drama because of (wait for it-common theme in HQN) LACK OF COMMUNICATION!

Solid characters that you like and no OW/OM none sense. Has a sweet HEA.

Makes you feel that you could have one too.

[Desi · Rating 1 out of 5]

leído febrero 2014

Ehhh.... nop!!

[GuisBell · Rating 3 out of 5]

No es si fue mala o buena la sincronización de encontrarse en ese momento de vida, solo se que eran el uno para el otro...

[More Books Than Time · Rating 2 out of 5]

She is married when she meets H, falls in love, sleeps with him and gets pregnant. Tacky.

[Dislacie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Uno de los problemas de las novelas de Harlequin es que sus finales son tan... asquerosamente cutres. Sé que no puedo pedir más que el típico epílogo que te cuenta lo que pasa un tiempo después pero eso definitivamente me desanima. Esta historia empezó y siguió espléndidamente, con una narración fácil de leer, diálogos entretenidos y suficientes personajes para una historia corta. Obviamente trato de criticar sin ser exigente. Eso sí, desde hoy les confirmo que las sinopsis de este tipo de libros cortos no son confiables. Elijo leer una de estas novelas con una idea en la mente pero termino leyendo algo... curiosamente diferente pero que a la vez se advirtió en la sinopsis.
En fin, 3 estrellas porqueeeeeeeeee de verdad que me gustó leerlo, al menos hasta la parte en que ella huye y todo pierde ritmo y chispa.
Cómo último, quiero decir que si algo realmente me decepcionó o bien, cuando sucedió no fue como me hubiera gustado que fuera es lo siguiente: la manera, la reacción y todo de cuando Santiago se enteró de lo que le había pasado a Lily.

[Debra · Rating 4 out of 5]

She had gone an a vacation without her husband to Italy. It was supposed to be a reconnection. But he bailed. While there the hotel assumed that she is now a widow. She meets a very handsome man there and had an affair. When he finds out he is furious and kicks her to the curb. Now she is healing from a pregnancy where the child died at six months invitro. She has been healing with the help of her bf. She goes with her to girlfriends boyfriends vacation chalet. And guess who is also there? And he is not going to let her get away with making him the "other man". What happens when he finds out what was going on at that time? What will he do to get her back is the rest of the story.

[Kace | The Booknerd · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good for a perfect lazy afternoon.