Never in a Lifetime

by Lilian Peake

On a visit to her friend in Scotland, Jacqui had met Fraser Grant and fallen deeply and irrevocably in love with him. Then, rather late in the day, she discovered that he was not free to marry her and had, apparently, no inclination to disentangle himself. So could Jacqui be blamed for turning to Fraser’s brother Malcolm instead? Yes, according to Fraser. But what right on earth had he to resent what she had done.

192 pages, Paperback

First published February 1, 1985

About the author

Lilian Margaret Peake was born on 25 May 1924 in London, England, UK. During the World War II, she moved to the countryside.

Her early ambition was to be a journalist, and she ended up working at various newspapers and magazines around England. She also married and started a family, and eventually she decided start to writing romance novels. She wrote over 65 romance novels for Mills & Boon from 1971 to 1996 as Lilian Peake.

Lilian passed away in 27 May 1997.

Reviews

[ANGELIA]

One of those books that isn't bad but isn't really good. Both the H and h let themselves be manipulated by the OM and OW way too much, and when the OM is the H's brother (as well as the h's fiancé) and the OW is the H's wife, AND the OM and OW are "soulmates" (loosely used term, as I doubt either of them has a soul) and ditto (though in the real sense) for the H and h, you have

ONE HECK OF A MESS!!

And one that requires you to suspend too much credibility.

Add to it the h's BFF being the H's sister, who keeps putting her two cents in when it's not wanted, and the H's parents, who turn blind eyes and deaf ears to just about everything (though Mom isn't above giving her erroneous opinions, too), and the MESS gets so BAT CRAPPY, it would be funny, if it wasn't so pathetic.

The HEA took too long in coming for you to really care.

Skip this with nary a regret!

[Tia]

The novel wasn't all that good, to me anyways. There was some highlights but most of it was way too screwed up morally. Falling in love and sleeping with another womans husband certainly isn't and won't ever be on my to do list. The story was intriguing at times though.