Betrayal

This is the third in the "For a Good Time Call..." series.  Alison Kent does a good job reconnecting college lovers Rennie Bergen and Milla Page after 6 years apart.  Rennie and Milla spent 4 years in college hiding their relationship.  Milla had a boyfriend who had been Rennie's roommate which is how they met.  Milla had her reasons for hiding the intense relationship she had with R

Back Cover:

'I never meant to do it...she was just there when I needed someone...'

Rachel and Daniel had three adorable children and a strong marriage - or so Rachel had always believed. But her happy existence was shattered when she was told that Daniel had been having a, affair. Then she realised that they'd been growing apart for years. Rachel wanted to save her marriage - but was it too late  

My Review: 

Holy crap.  I cried like mad during this book, even the happy loving moments between them made me cry.  I needed to pull out the kleenex.  This book is about Daniel and Rachel, who married when she was 17 and pregnant with the first of their kids.  They have been together seven years, and through those years Daniel has gained business success and his life has changed, but he's tried to keep his family life separate from that, keep his family as his "garden in the vile jungle".  During a bad period where all three of their kids were ill, Rachel was run-down, and Daniel was under threat of a business takeover, Daniel started seeing another woman... a colleague at work who he started seeing outside the office.  He quickly came to his senses, and he never had sex with the other woman, but he still felt what he did was cheating and he felt a lot of guilt.  Rachel was told by a third party about it, and it nearly destroyed their marriage, but she stayed and fought through the pain. 

2 Stars ~~~ Sadly, I can’t give a good rating to a book solely because it’s well written.

Maggie’s Dad by Diana Palmer

Silhouette Special Edition # 991 ~ Nov 1991

Warning ... this review contains spoilers, you may not wish to read on.

This wasn’t bad. In fact, it was much more interesting and compelling than the cover blurb makes it seem.

From the inside cover:
“At a remote ice station in Antarctica, a team of U.S. scientists has made an amazing discovery. They have found something buried deep within the coastal ice shelf. Something trapped inside a 100-million-year-old layer of ice.

“Something made of metal.

4 Stars! ~~~ This is a story of star-crossed lovers who both have to overcome the traumas of their youth.

Passionate Betrayal by Jacqueline Baird

Harlequin Presents #1431 – February 1992

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4 ½ Stars! ~~~ These are great characters and they are so wonderfully matched. I hope these two get revisited in another of Lucy’s books!

The Sicilian’s Marriage Arrangement by Lucy Monroe

Harlequin Presents #2604 ~ February 2007

Ruthless theme

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107. From This Day Forward (Heartland Homecoming, 1) – Irene Hannon, Steeple Hill Love Inspired Inspirational Romance Larger Print, November 2007, ISBN: 9780373813339, 308p.

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