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A Song in the Wilderness
It was a shock to have him back in her life
Lucas Tremayne had played an overwhelming role in her teenage past. Now, as the new writer-in-residence at the university where Amber was secretary to the dean, there was no way she could avoid him.
While Amber hoped the past could stay buried, it nevertheless gave her a strange feeling of rejection to find that she no longer held his interest.
Because whatever else she might feel about Luke--anger, resentment, fear of his upsetting her careful little world--her physical response to him was still instantaneous and disturbing!
Lucas Tremayne had played an overwhelming role in her teenage past. Now, as the new writer-in-residence at the university where Amber was secretary to the dean, there was no way she could avoid him.
While Amber hoped the past could stay buried, it nevertheless gave her a strange feeling of rejection to find that she no longer held his interest.
Because whatever else she might feel about Luke--anger, resentment, fear of his upsetting her careful little world--her physical response to him was still instantaneous and disturbing!
- GenresHarlequin Romance
192 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1990
About the author
Lee Stafford
48 books6 followersLee Stafford was born and educated in Sheffield, England where she worked as a secretary. However, she has been a compulsive scribbler for as long as she can remember. She lives in Sussex with her husband, their two teenage daughters and three cats.
To keep fit, she swims and does a weekly dance exercise class. when not traveling to research new backgrounds, she likes to relax at the small apartment they have recently bought in France.
To keep fit, she swims and does a weekly dance exercise class. when not traveling to research new backgrounds, she likes to relax at the small apartment they have recently bought in France.
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April 4, 2019
Ten years ago, stupid, teenaged virgin threw herself at drunken hero who, far from returning her feelings, used her body one time as a stand in for his recently deceased wife. The next day, he sent her on her way, telling her half-heartedly to contact him for money if she needed an abortion. What a knight in shining armor!
As if that callous treatment wasn't enough, heroine also overheard him and his current girlfriend making fun of her cause she’s so stupid and naive. The heartbroken ninny runs off, gives birth to her Seekret Baybee, and even enters a short-lived marriage to a friend who was in love with her and willing to support her love-child.
The story picks up five years after the death of heroine’s platonic husband. Her Seekret Baby is now a 9 year old, horse-mad daughter who has no idea about her biological dad. Meanwhile hero has been manwhoring his way through the globe for the past ten years equally oblivious to the fact that he is a father. He is also still having an affair with the same woman he was with when he had his ONS with the heroine, except his mistress is now married to his friend, who also happens to be his publisher. Rumors are getting so ugly about hero and his floozie cuckolding her husband that the publisher is about to dump both his wife and his "friend"/client. It is at this point that hero coincidentally crosses paths again with heroine when he shows up to guest lecture at the college she works in.
The hero recognizes heroine and teases her lightly about their past. And though he flirts with the heroine, and dummy heroine propositions him after imbibing one glass too many, he once again firmly rejects her. Then, he inevitably finds out about his Seekret Daughter. Now, all of a sudden, hero is all about marrying the heroine and forming a neat little ready-made family with their hitherto Seekret Daughter. Was he suddenly struck by Love’s Arrow ten years after almost completely forgetting the heroine? Did he feel genuine remorse for pumping and dumping a teenager then leaving her to face the consequences? Is he looking for atonement and redemption? I think not.
I think he used a marriage of convenience to the heroine and playing dad to his daughter because it was a perfect excuse to avoid the Big Escandalo of his mistress’s husband divorcing her and exposing them both to the world for the lying, lowlife scumbags they are. And I am sure he wanted to salvage his lucrative writing career and not get dumped or blackballed by his cuckolded "friend" who also happens to be his lucrative book publisher. He and the stupid heroine even blithely joked that their engagement would surely prevent the hero from being named as co respondent in OW's divorce as well as convince the hero's publisher that the OW and the H were not having an affair. How romantic!!!!
No way do I buy that this zero hero won't continue his involvement with his side piece nor do I believe his "love" declaration to the spineless ninny, utterly forgettable heroine. He simply wants a marriage of convenience now that he is interested in playing dad. He had the nerve to accuse the heroine of "stealing" his daughter for ten years, you know the same daughter he would have been happy to fund the abortion for. What??????
But honestly, as awful as this guy is, the blobfish, spineless heroine got no sympathy from me either. Ten years on, she is no wiser and still pursued this guy humiliatingly. She had no pride! The hero didn't want anything she offered until he found out about the daughter and decided he would have to seduce the blowfish in order to get unfettered access to his daughter as well as finally have the perfect cover up for his decade long, never-ending affair with the obsessed OW.
The only one I am rooting for here is the delightful, horsey, plot moppet daughter. Hopefully, she will star in some future Hplandia jaunt of her own, preferably in a majestic horse ranch somewhere in the Australian Outback, with a besotted Alpha hero who chases her relentlessly, all of which will make up for the icky dysfunctionality of her parents' relationship.
As if that callous treatment wasn't enough, heroine also overheard him and his current girlfriend making fun of her cause she’s so stupid and naive. The heartbroken ninny runs off, gives birth to her Seekret Baybee, and even enters a short-lived marriage to a friend who was in love with her and willing to support her love-child.
The story picks up five years after the death of heroine’s platonic husband. Her Seekret Baby is now a 9 year old, horse-mad daughter who has no idea about her biological dad. Meanwhile hero has been manwhoring his way through the globe for the past ten years equally oblivious to the fact that he is a father. He is also still having an affair with the same woman he was with when he had his ONS with the heroine, except his mistress is now married to his friend, who also happens to be his publisher. Rumors are getting so ugly about hero and his floozie cuckolding her husband that the publisher is about to dump both his wife and his "friend"/client. It is at this point that hero coincidentally crosses paths again with heroine when he shows up to guest lecture at the college she works in.
The hero recognizes heroine and teases her lightly about their past. And though he flirts with the heroine, and dummy heroine propositions him after imbibing one glass too many, he once again firmly rejects her. Then, he inevitably finds out about his Seekret Daughter. Now, all of a sudden, hero is all about marrying the heroine and forming a neat little ready-made family with their hitherto Seekret Daughter. Was he suddenly struck by Love’s Arrow ten years after almost completely forgetting the heroine? Did he feel genuine remorse for pumping and dumping a teenager then leaving her to face the consequences? Is he looking for atonement and redemption? I think not.
I think he used a marriage of convenience to the heroine and playing dad to his daughter because it was a perfect excuse to avoid the Big Escandalo of his mistress’s husband divorcing her and exposing them both to the world for the lying, lowlife scumbags they are. And I am sure he wanted to salvage his lucrative writing career and not get dumped or blackballed by his cuckolded "friend" who also happens to be his lucrative book publisher. He and the stupid heroine even blithely joked that their engagement would surely prevent the hero from being named as co respondent in OW's divorce as well as convince the hero's publisher that the OW and the H were not having an affair. How romantic!!!!
No way do I buy that this zero hero won't continue his involvement with his side piece nor do I believe his "love" declaration to the spineless ninny, utterly forgettable heroine. He simply wants a marriage of convenience now that he is interested in playing dad. He had the nerve to accuse the heroine of "stealing" his daughter for ten years, you know the same daughter he would have been happy to fund the abortion for. What??????
But honestly, as awful as this guy is, the blobfish, spineless heroine got no sympathy from me either. Ten years on, she is no wiser and still pursued this guy humiliatingly. She had no pride! The hero didn't want anything she offered until he found out about the daughter and decided he would have to seduce the blowfish in order to get unfettered access to his daughter as well as finally have the perfect cover up for his decade long, never-ending affair with the obsessed OW.
The only one I am rooting for here is the delightful, horsey, plot moppet daughter. Hopefully, she will star in some future Hplandia jaunt of her own, preferably in a majestic horse ranch somewhere in the Australian Outback, with a besotted Alpha hero who chases her relentlessly, all of which will make up for the icky dysfunctionality of her parents' relationship.
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