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Back in the Marriage Bed (Amnesia)
Her husband... her lover?
Annie can't believe Dominic Carlyle's claim. How can he be her husband? Why would she have walked out on him and forgotten all about their marriage?
To jog Annie's memory, Dominic insists they move in together. Annie is compelled to say yes -- haunted by the memory of a dream in which a man makes love to her... a man who looks just like Dominic.
Annie can't believe Dominic Carlyle's claim. How can he be her husband? Why would she have walked out on him and forgotten all about their marriage?
To jog Annie's memory, Dominic insists they move in together. Annie is compelled to say yes -- haunted by the memory of a dream in which a man makes love to her... a man who looks just like Dominic.
192 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published September 1, 2000
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Penny Jordan
1,124 books666 followersPenelope Jones Halsall
aka Caroline Courtney, Annie Groves, Lydia Hitchcock, Melinda Wright
Penelope "Penny" Jones was born on November 24, 1946 at about seven pounds in a nursing home in Preston, Lancashire, England. She was the first child of Anthony Winn Jones, an engineer, who died at 85, and his wife Margaret Louise Groves Jones. She has a brother, Anthony, and a sister, Prudence "Pru".
She had been a keen reader from the childhood - her mother used to leave her in the children's section of their local library whilst she changed her father's library books. She was a storyteller long before she began to write romantic fiction. At the age of eight, she was creating serialized bedtime stories, featuring make-believe adventures, for her younger sister Prue, who was always the heroine. At eleven, she fell in love with Mills & Boon, and with their heroes. In those days the books could only be obtained via private lending libraries, and she quickly became a devoted fan; she was thrilled to bits when the books went on full sale in shops and she could have them for keeps.
Penny left grammar school in Rochdale with O-Levels in English Language, English Literature and Geography. She first discovered Mills & Boon books, via a girl she worked with. She married Steve Halsall, an accountant and a "lovely man", who smoked and drank too heavily, and suffered oral cancer with bravery and dignity. Her husband bought her the small electric typewriter on which she typed her first novels, at a time when he could ill afford it. He died at the beginning of 21st century.
She earned a living as a writer since the 1970s when, as a shorthand typist, she entered a competition run by the Romantic Novelists' Association. Although she didn't win, Penny found an agent who was looking for a new Georgette Heyer. She published four regency novels as Caroline Courtney, before changing her nom de plume to Melinda Wright for three air-hostess romps and then she wrote two thrillers as Lydia Hitchcock. Soon after that, Mills and Boon accepted her first novel for them, Falcon's Prey as Penny Jordan. However, for her more historical romance novels, she adopted her mother's maiden-name to become Annie Groves. Almost 70 of her 167 Mills and Boon novels have been sold worldwide.
Penny Halsall lived in a neo-Georgian house in Nantwich, Cheshire, with her Alsatian Sheba and cat Posh. She worked from home, in her kitchen, surrounded by her pets, and welcomed interruptions from her friends and family.
aka Caroline Courtney, Annie Groves, Lydia Hitchcock, Melinda Wright
Penelope "Penny" Jones was born on November 24, 1946 at about seven pounds in a nursing home in Preston, Lancashire, England. She was the first child of Anthony Winn Jones, an engineer, who died at 85, and his wife Margaret Louise Groves Jones. She has a brother, Anthony, and a sister, Prudence "Pru".
She had been a keen reader from the childhood - her mother used to leave her in the children's section of their local library whilst she changed her father's library books. She was a storyteller long before she began to write romantic fiction. At the age of eight, she was creating serialized bedtime stories, featuring make-believe adventures, for her younger sister Prue, who was always the heroine. At eleven, she fell in love with Mills & Boon, and with their heroes. In those days the books could only be obtained via private lending libraries, and she quickly became a devoted fan; she was thrilled to bits when the books went on full sale in shops and she could have them for keeps.
Penny left grammar school in Rochdale with O-Levels in English Language, English Literature and Geography. She first discovered Mills & Boon books, via a girl she worked with. She married Steve Halsall, an accountant and a "lovely man", who smoked and drank too heavily, and suffered oral cancer with bravery and dignity. Her husband bought her the small electric typewriter on which she typed her first novels, at a time when he could ill afford it. He died at the beginning of 21st century.
She earned a living as a writer since the 1970s when, as a shorthand typist, she entered a competition run by the Romantic Novelists' Association. Although she didn't win, Penny found an agent who was looking for a new Georgette Heyer. She published four regency novels as Caroline Courtney, before changing her nom de plume to Melinda Wright for three air-hostess romps and then she wrote two thrillers as Lydia Hitchcock. Soon after that, Mills and Boon accepted her first novel for them, Falcon's Prey as Penny Jordan. However, for her more historical romance novels, she adopted her mother's maiden-name to become Annie Groves. Almost 70 of her 167 Mills and Boon novels have been sold worldwide.
Penny Halsall lived in a neo-Georgian house in Nantwich, Cheshire, with her Alsatian Sheba and cat Posh. She worked from home, in her kitchen, surrounded by her pets, and welcomed interruptions from her friends and family.
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July 30, 2017
Three and one half stars rounded up because the H/h privately consider the middle initial of their daughter's name to stand for "Amnesia" rather than "Alice." Even the *characters* know their second chance amnesia story is nuts.
This is one of Penny Jordan's most fragile heroines - and that is saying a lot. She's an 18 year-old orphan when she meets the hero. They fall in love almost immediately, marry, and have a blissful two months of marriage until it's time for the H to go to the Middle East for three years on a work contract. The heroine is upset he's leaving and hopes he'll leave a souvenir in the form of a baby so she'll have someone to love while he's gone. He doesn't want children and says if one is on the way the heroine should have an abortion. Heroine thinks he doesn't want a child with her because of her unknowable "bad blood," so she runs away - only to have her period on the train. She returns to the hero on the day he's going to the airport, but she gets hit by a car.
She spends the rest of that year fighting death, having her arm operated on, and enjoying amnesia. The surgeon who saved her arm is a childless woman who takes her into her home. The surgeon eventually marries because of the heroine and they are her surrogate parents as she goes to university and gets her life back together. All is well, except the heroine is starting to have sex dreams and wonders if her dream man is out there.
The story opens when she spots her dream man at a local restaurant. She faints, of course. (This is the first of a least 100* faints in the course of this story.) Later on she follows her intuition to take a fork in the road and she finds herself at a familiar mansion. Her dream man is there. She tells him she loves him. They go upstairs and reenact her dream. It doesn't seem to bother the heroine that he knows her name, but she doesn't know his.
The next morning the H angrily shows her their marriage certificate. Guess who faints? He doesn't believe her that she has had amnesia. The heroine drives away. A few days later the heroine's surrogate mother calls on the hero and tells him the story.
The hero is upset the heroine was hurt - but he still wants to know the mystery of why she left him. They agree to "reenact" their two months of marriage (without sex).
From then on, it's a matter of time until the heroine remembers the abortion remark. They spend that time remembering good memories and fighting their love. When the heroine discovers she's pregnant, she remembers why she left. Before she can tell the hero - he has to rescue her from an oncoming car and *he* is injured. The nurse tells him the heroine and baby are okay thanks to his actions.
He waits for the heroine to trust him enough to tell him about the baby. Eventually she is angry enough to tell him, but she doesn't believe him when he says he's ready to be a father. He finally figures out how she interpreted his remarks about her "background." He assures her that she doesn't have bad blood. HEA - with Charlotte Amnesia starring in the background.
This review has been brought to you by P. Jordan smelling salts (found next to the P. Jordan sponges) and the letter "A."
* I'm not exaggerating - okay maybe a little - but if you add in the dizziness, nausea, whirling sensations, etc. .. .You're easily up to 100 adjectives/adverbs and verbs to describe her swoons.
This is one of Penny Jordan's most fragile heroines - and that is saying a lot. She's an 18 year-old orphan when she meets the hero. They fall in love almost immediately, marry, and have a blissful two months of marriage until it's time for the H to go to the Middle East for three years on a work contract. The heroine is upset he's leaving and hopes he'll leave a souvenir in the form of a baby so she'll have someone to love while he's gone. He doesn't want children and says if one is on the way the heroine should have an abortion. Heroine thinks he doesn't want a child with her because of her unknowable "bad blood," so she runs away - only to have her period on the train. She returns to the hero on the day he's going to the airport, but she gets hit by a car.
She spends the rest of that year fighting death, having her arm operated on, and enjoying amnesia. The surgeon who saved her arm is a childless woman who takes her into her home. The surgeon eventually marries because of the heroine and they are her surrogate parents as she goes to university and gets her life back together. All is well, except the heroine is starting to have sex dreams and wonders if her dream man is out there.
The story opens when she spots her dream man at a local restaurant. She faints, of course. (This is the first of a least 100* faints in the course of this story.) Later on she follows her intuition to take a fork in the road and she finds herself at a familiar mansion. Her dream man is there. She tells him she loves him. They go upstairs and reenact her dream. It doesn't seem to bother the heroine that he knows her name, but she doesn't know his.
The next morning the H angrily shows her their marriage certificate. Guess who faints? He doesn't believe her that she has had amnesia. The heroine drives away. A few days later the heroine's surrogate mother calls on the hero and tells him the story.
The hero is upset the heroine was hurt - but he still wants to know the mystery of why she left him. They agree to "reenact" their two months of marriage (without sex).
From then on, it's a matter of time until the heroine remembers the abortion remark. They spend that time remembering good memories and fighting their love. When the heroine discovers she's pregnant, she remembers why she left. Before she can tell the hero - he has to rescue her from an oncoming car and *he* is injured. The nurse tells him the heroine and baby are okay thanks to his actions.
He waits for the heroine to trust him enough to tell him about the baby. Eventually she is angry enough to tell him, but she doesn't believe him when he says he's ready to be a father. He finally figures out how she interpreted his remarks about her "background." He assures her that she doesn't have bad blood. HEA - with Charlotte Amnesia starring in the background.
This review has been brought to you by P. Jordan smelling salts (found next to the P. Jordan sponges) and the letter "A."
* I'm not exaggerating - okay maybe a little - but if you add in the dizziness, nausea, whirling sensations, etc. .. .You're easily up to 100 adjectives/adverbs and verbs to describe her swoons.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
March 5, 2022
3.5 stars
Sprinkled with marine symbolisms* this amnesia/second-chance romance definitely floated my boat. Annie and Dominic are both living adrift ever since they separated, which is represented by Annie's lost memory while Dominic is stuck in emotional limbo. Contributing to this maelstrom are their feelings of abandonment, which began separately in their childhoods and continued when they believed each had forsaken the other.
Both tropes are handled well overall. In fact this is one of the best amnesia-themed love stories I've read so far. I did, however, had to suspend my disbelief while reading the official reunion scene.
The amnesia plot device didn't bug me as much as it usually does. That's because, instead of going for blatant manipulation, once Dominic learns that Annie has amnesia he doesn't use it against her but, lo and behold, actually tries to help her recall her lost memories so they can both finally move on and divorce each other.
So the man won some points for being conscientious in that regard, and it didn't hurt that he was still besotted with Annie. His initial courtship of Annie oozed all kinds of sweetness and poignancy, which constituted my favorite part of the romance.
Annie had her share of insecurities which were rather understandable considering her background. It helped a lot, too, that her character traits didn't include whining. I did, however, find it funny how Annie was determined to leave Dominic because she didn't trust he loved her, yet it's only after she's stabbed again by his Manly Harpoon that she decides to stay. Damned traitorous bodies!
* Dominic is a marine biologist, possesses navy-blue eyes, and owns a house originally built by a whaling captain who had marine designs incorporated into the architecture. While Annie is never referred to as a mermaid she definitely represents that mythic being: a siren who called to Dominic and pulled him in two directions.
Sprinkled with marine symbolisms* this amnesia/second-chance romance definitely floated my boat. Annie and Dominic are both living adrift ever since they separated, which is represented by Annie's lost memory while Dominic is stuck in emotional limbo. Contributing to this maelstrom are their feelings of abandonment, which began separately in their childhoods and continued when they believed each had forsaken the other.
Both tropes are handled well overall. In fact this is one of the best amnesia-themed love stories I've read so far. I did, however, had to suspend my disbelief while reading the official reunion scene.
The amnesia plot device didn't bug me as much as it usually does. That's because, instead of going for blatant manipulation, once Dominic learns that Annie has amnesia he doesn't use it against her but, lo and behold, actually tries to help her recall her lost memories so they can both finally move on and divorce each other.
So the man won some points for being conscientious in that regard, and it didn't hurt that he was still besotted with Annie. His initial courtship of Annie oozed all kinds of sweetness and poignancy, which constituted my favorite part of the romance.
Annie had her share of insecurities which were rather understandable considering her background. It helped a lot, too, that her character traits didn't include whining. I did, however, find it funny how Annie was determined to leave Dominic because she didn't trust he loved her, yet it's only after she's stabbed again by his Manly Harpoon that she decides to stay. Damned traitorous bodies!
* Dominic is a marine biologist, possesses navy-blue eyes, and owns a house originally built by a whaling captain who had marine designs incorporated into the architecture. While Annie is never referred to as a mermaid she definitely represents that mythic being: a siren who called to Dominic and pulled him in two directions.
September 7, 2017
Ah, the angst.
Oh Penny Jordan loves, loves, loves to torture her little heroines almost to death! It's not enough that the h was abandoned cruelly by her mother as a baby, oh no, she has to get hit by a car, almost die and get amnesia.
The h lost her memory five years ago when she was struck by a car. Sexy dreams with her dream lover have begun. She sees a man at a restaurant and faints, and later finds herself outside an Victorian mansion where she ends up having sex with same man who is her dream lover. I wish PJ had titled this Dream Lover rather than the blandBack in the Marriage Bed as the heroine talks about it all the time.
Dream lover is actually the husband she left five years ago before she was struck by a car. Man must be an idiot as he marries an 18 year old girl, she disappears for five years, shows up out of the blue and blabs about how it's fate, and he doesn't think something is off. Something more than she just left you?
I had problems with this. Actually I have problems with about 95% of Penny Jordan's romances, but it's a deal breaker when the H I will admit he does love her!
I'm wimping out at three stars. It's a one star for my enjoyment, but I know there are plenty of readers who will love the 4 star, rip your heart angst fest has.
Oh Penny Jordan loves, loves, loves to torture her little heroines almost to death! It's not enough that the h was abandoned cruelly by her mother as a baby, oh no, she has to get hit by a car, almost die and get amnesia.
The h lost her memory five years ago when she was struck by a car. Sexy dreams with her dream lover have begun. She sees a man at a restaurant and faints, and later finds herself outside an Victorian mansion where she ends up having sex with same man who is her dream lover. I wish PJ had titled this Dream Lover rather than the blandBack in the Marriage Bed as the heroine talks about it all the time.
Dream lover is actually the husband she left five years ago before she was struck by a car. Man must be an idiot as he marries an 18 year old girl, she disappears for five years, shows up out of the blue and blabs about how it's fate, and he doesn't think something is off. Something more than she just left you?
I had problems with this. Actually I have problems with about 95% of Penny Jordan's romances, but it's a deal breaker when the H I will admit he does love her!
I'm wimping out at three stars. It's a one star for my enjoyment, but I know there are plenty of readers who will love the 4 star, rip your heart angst fest has.
June 27, 2019
I need to digest this before I write the review because half of me wants to rant and another part wants me to be nice but I just say this is another heroine that annoyed me. And he was a jerk at the beginning of the book and when she asked him about children! I would have run too.some people said he was celibate, but I don't remember it being cleared up! I will go with it because i want it to be true.
August 13, 2015
I will try to make this short. Girl married a dick thought she was preggers he told her I want you to abort it and she runs away. 5 years later asshat wants answers she has amnesia can't remember he was an ass and when she does she gets all I can't be with you because you feel responsible. And what's all this shit about leaving a contracts after contracts if you are in a marriage you make these decision together. His career was more important then she was and the sex was not love making. It was just him getting his rocks off (pardon the expression). She was stupid and kept saying my dream lover. She had it right later he was a nightmare. Not worth your time. If you want a good amnesia story read Jennie Lucas Bought: the Greek's baby. That is one awesome book.
March 2, 2022
Too neurotic h, even for PJ’s book.
June 17, 2016
I think this is the Mills and Boon with the most bonkers heroine and the most quota of car accidents I’ve ever read. The story is as follows:
Annie (orphan Annie – she was found as a baby abandoned in a ladies’ toilet) suffers a car accident and has amnesia, so large chunks of her life are missing. However, she keeps having dreams about a “dream lover”. During chapter one, whilst out for a meal with her doctor (who saved her arm after the accident, and now feels very close to her – I know, I know – you have to suspend disbelief, dear reader, despite the fact that nearly everyone has a doctor who would never take them out for a meal – I can’t even get a ten-minute appointment with mine) she sees said dream lover in the restaurant and realises that he must be real! (There’s no flies on this girl).
Anyway, despite not even knowing the man’s name, Annie somehow finds out where he lives and then goes round to his house. Before she’s even said hello to him, she’s asking him to take her upstairs and re-enacting certain crucial parts of her dream. When the re-enactment is over, however, the man in question (“Dominic”) asks her why she left him and ended their marriage. Of course, this comes as something of a shock to Annie – she doesn’t even remember his name, never mind the fact that she’s married to him. To help her remember, she moves back in with Dominic and instead of re-enacting just the dream scene, she tries to re-enact the past).
There are several wonderful things going on in this novel – first of all, the heroine is treated like a child by everyone. Indeed, she acts like a child for most of the novel. Even her nightie is one that a child would wear and her handwriting (“i”’s dotted with little hearts) is the handwriting of a child. There’s a crucial moment when Annie suddenly realises this:
“‘Come on,’ Dominic reiterated. ‘You’re exhausted. What you need is a hot bath and then bed. I’ll bring you some supper up on a tray and-‘
‘Read me a bedtime story?’ Annie finished dryly.
‘I’m not a child now, Dominic.’” (p. 148)
However, up until this point, Annie has just surrendered responsibility for her life to a man she can’t remember and who she doesn’t know from Adam. Before that she was letting her doctor make her decisions for her (including choosing what car she should drive and where she should live).
In the end, of course, the hero and heroine are re-united – although the heroine takes her chances when she waits for him in a car park, because, of course, she is nearly run over again (this time the Hero gets it ) but he recovers enough to lure her into his bedroom to nurse him better and do some more re-enacting. How did Jordan even make this stuff up? Yes, it's utterly crazy, but I still loved it.
Annie (orphan Annie – she was found as a baby abandoned in a ladies’ toilet) suffers a car accident and has amnesia, so large chunks of her life are missing. However, she keeps having dreams about a “dream lover”. During chapter one, whilst out for a meal with her doctor (who saved her arm after the accident, and now feels very close to her – I know, I know – you have to suspend disbelief, dear reader, despite the fact that nearly everyone has a doctor who would never take them out for a meal – I can’t even get a ten-minute appointment with mine) she sees said dream lover in the restaurant and realises that he must be real! (There’s no flies on this girl).
Anyway, despite not even knowing the man’s name, Annie somehow finds out where he lives and then goes round to his house. Before she’s even said hello to him, she’s asking him to take her upstairs and re-enacting certain crucial parts of her dream. When the re-enactment is over, however, the man in question (“Dominic”) asks her why she left him and ended their marriage. Of course, this comes as something of a shock to Annie – she doesn’t even remember his name, never mind the fact that she’s married to him. To help her remember, she moves back in with Dominic and instead of re-enacting just the dream scene, she tries to re-enact the past).
There are several wonderful things going on in this novel – first of all, the heroine is treated like a child by everyone. Indeed, she acts like a child for most of the novel. Even her nightie is one that a child would wear and her handwriting (“i”’s dotted with little hearts) is the handwriting of a child. There’s a crucial moment when Annie suddenly realises this:
“‘Come on,’ Dominic reiterated. ‘You’re exhausted. What you need is a hot bath and then bed. I’ll bring you some supper up on a tray and-‘
‘Read me a bedtime story?’ Annie finished dryly.
‘I’m not a child now, Dominic.’” (p. 148)
However, up until this point, Annie has just surrendered responsibility for her life to a man she can’t remember and who she doesn’t know from Adam. Before that she was letting her doctor make her decisions for her (including choosing what car she should drive and where she should live).
In the end, of course, the hero and heroine are re-united – although the heroine takes her chances when she waits for him in a car park, because, of course, she is nearly run over again (this time the Hero gets it ) but he recovers enough to lure her into his bedroom to nurse him better and do some more re-enacting. How did Jordan even make this stuff up? Yes, it's utterly crazy, but I still loved it.
August 9, 2013
The heroine has incredibly deep-seated trust issues because of her bad childhood. She grew up in foster care after she was dumped by her mother like yesterday's garbage. As a result Annie is very insecure and after a fight she walks away from her husband. Few days later she has an accident and amnesia.
Five years later they meet again. Annie never really told Dominic why she left, and he doesn't want to get divorced even though she thinks it's a done deal. But Annie trusts no one and has learned to rely only on herself.
Hero is amazing. He has no intention of letting Annie go. He wants his wife back with a passion. He just adores her.
Heroine was a little annoying. I just wanted to yell at her sometimes, "Get over it, he didn't know!" but her trust issues did help drive the plot. Still her reactions were extreme and it was really hard to like her.
Five years later they meet again. Annie never really told Dominic why she left, and he doesn't want to get divorced even though she thinks it's a done deal. But Annie trusts no one and has learned to rely only on herself.
Hero is amazing. He has no intention of letting Annie go. He wants his wife back with a passion. He just adores her.
Heroine was a little annoying. I just wanted to yell at her sometimes, "Get over it, he didn't know!" but her trust issues did help drive the plot. Still her reactions were extreme and it was really hard to like her.
February 28, 2022
This h was over the top emotional. Too much melodrama from her. She was a mental wreck.
Not even halfway through the book and the h has already fainted twice and is on the verge of fainting a third time, she has felt dizzy numerous times, she cries her eye balls out, she burns herself with hot water because she sees the H, she gets a shock after which she has to be lying in bed and be taken care of for 3 whole days.
And on top of all that emotion, she gets an orgasm - or an orgasmic feeling - by only looking at the H who is fully clothed and doing nothing.
Omg.
I stopped reading at page 136 or so. She was just too much.
Not even halfway through the book and the h has already fainted twice and is on the verge of fainting a third time, she has felt dizzy numerous times, she cries her eye balls out, she burns herself with hot water because she sees the H, she gets a shock after which she has to be lying in bed and be taken care of for 3 whole days.
And on top of all that emotion, she gets an orgasm - or an orgasmic feeling - by only looking at the H who is fully clothed and doing nothing.
Omg.
I stopped reading at page 136 or so. She was just too much.
July 31, 2017
Enjoyed this much better than the first PJ book I read, even though the melodrama is a bit OTT.
May 21, 2021
رواية حوريتي الجميله
من روايات عبير القديمة
استمتعت بقراءة الروايه
مليئة بالرومانسيه تخرجنا من واقع الحياة الكئيبة
احب الروايات الرومانسية رغم خلوها من المعنى
ليو ولندا متزوجين وقع بينهما خلاف فرقهما لكنها عادا الى بعضهما باجبار من ليو وعدم رغبه من لندا
قصة مسليه
من روايات عبير القديمة
استمتعت بقراءة الروايه
مليئة بالرومانسيه تخرجنا من واقع الحياة الكئيبة
احب الروايات الرومانسية رغم خلوها من المعنى
ليو ولندا متزوجين وقع بينهما خلاف فرقهما لكنها عادا الى بعضهما باجبار من ليو وعدم رغبه من لندا
قصة مسليه
May 26, 2019
Quite an angst filled read. The Hero and heroine are very much in love and have a whirlwind marriage. The heroine is very young and insecure so this leads to a misunderstanding and she leaves the Hero a few days before he needs to leave for an important job abroad.
This ultimately leads to their 5year separation until they unexpectedly meet again. Unbeknownst to the Hero, The heroine has been in an accident and is suffering from amnesia. He has never really known the real reason why she left him, since they had loved each other so much.
Most of the story is the two of them trying to piece the puzzles of her memory and getting to know each other again. It’s a good story, although unusual in that there are hardly any secondary characters. Most of the book are the two main characters interacting with each other.
No OM OW drama to complicate and muddle up matters.
This ultimately leads to their 5year separation until they unexpectedly meet again. Unbeknownst to the Hero, The heroine has been in an accident and is suffering from amnesia. He has never really known the real reason why she left him, since they had loved each other so much.
Most of the story is the two of them trying to piece the puzzles of her memory and getting to know each other again. It’s a good story, although unusual in that there are hardly any secondary characters. Most of the book are the two main characters interacting with each other.
No OM OW drama to complicate and muddle up matters.
March 18, 2019
Annie can't believe Dominic Carlyle's claim. How can he be her husband? Why would she have walked out on him and forgotten all about their marriage?
To jog Annie's memory, Dominic insists they move in together. Annie is strangely compelled to say yes -- haunted by the memory of a dream in which a man makes love to her . . . a man who looks just like Dominic.
To jog Annie's memory, Dominic insists they move in together. Annie is strangely compelled to say yes -- haunted by the memory of a dream in which a man makes love to her . . . a man who looks just like Dominic.
August 13, 2018
A wonderful amnesia/ reunited story.
Annie and Dominic met, fell in love and married with a few short months. She was only eighteen and ten years younger and he had contracted to a three year job in the Middle East.
As the date of his departure drew closer, their relationship grew strained. Until the day they had a discussion on children and Dominic said some really thoughtless things that Annie took the wrong way causing her to walk out on their marriage.
The day of Dominic’s departure arrived. Annie had been gone almost two weeks when she realized that she couldn’t let him go without seeing him. In her haste to get to him she was hit by a speeding car that left her in a coma and took away a chunk of her memory. The chunk of memory that had everything to do with Dominic.
Five years later, Annie has recovered physically from her accident but that chunk of her memory is missing. Then she see’s a man in a restaurant and faints in shock. She doesn’t know him in person, but he is her dream lover come to life.
Annie finds her way to Dominic’s house. The reunion is hot until Dominic asks her why she left him and informs her that she is his wife. That is the start of a heart wrenching story of two people who, in spite of their love for each other, have to learn to trust again before they can have their HEA.
A lovely and enjoyable read. A lot of angst during and after they worked to regain the h’s memory. Both characters are really likable. I had doubts about the H initially, but he redeemed himself. I loved Helena, the h’s doctor and friend. She was wonderful and compassionate. She loved the h and wanted her happiness.
This book is worth the read.
Annie and Dominic met, fell in love and married with a few short months. She was only eighteen and ten years younger and he had contracted to a three year job in the Middle East.
As the date of his departure drew closer, their relationship grew strained. Until the day they had a discussion on children and Dominic said some really thoughtless things that Annie took the wrong way causing her to walk out on their marriage.
The day of Dominic’s departure arrived. Annie had been gone almost two weeks when she realized that she couldn’t let him go without seeing him. In her haste to get to him she was hit by a speeding car that left her in a coma and took away a chunk of her memory. The chunk of memory that had everything to do with Dominic.
Five years later, Annie has recovered physically from her accident but that chunk of her memory is missing. Then she see’s a man in a restaurant and faints in shock. She doesn’t know him in person, but he is her dream lover come to life.
Annie finds her way to Dominic’s house. The reunion is hot until Dominic asks her why she left him and informs her that she is his wife. That is the start of a heart wrenching story of two people who, in spite of their love for each other, have to learn to trust again before they can have their HEA.
A lovely and enjoyable read. A lot of angst during and after they worked to regain the h’s memory. Both characters are really likable. I had doubts about the H initially, but he redeemed himself. I loved Helena, the h’s doctor and friend. She was wonderful and compassionate. She loved the h and wanted her happiness.
This book is worth the read.
September 11, 2012
Kitaba kafa dağıtmak için başlamıştım fakat hiçte öyle olmadı.Konusu fena değildi fakat akışı ve diyaloglar çok rutin ve sıkıcıydı.Bir süre sonra iyice baymaya başladı.Kısa bir hikaye olmasına rağmen beni çok yordu.Okurken hiç zevk almadığım, bir an önce bitse de kurtulsam dediğim bir kitaptı.
Annie geçmişi ile ilgili hiç bir şey hatırlamamaktadır. Her gece rüyalarına giren o muhteşem erkeğin gerçekte evli ve aşık olduğu kocası Dominic olduğundan habersizdir. Rüyalarının erkeğiyle karşılaştığında Dominic'i ona kaderin yolladığını düşünür.
Dominic ise Annie'nin hafızasını kaybettiğinden habersizdir. Kavga ettikleri gecenin sabahında hiç bir şey söylemeden onu terk ettiğini düşünür, nereye gittiğine dair hiç bir fikri yoktur. Annie'nin aşkının yalan olduğuna inananır ve ülkeyi terk eder. Beş yıl sonra Annie'yi karşında ona sırılsıklam aşık bir şekilde kaderden ve aşktan bahsederken görünce çok sinirlenir. Neden terk edildiğinin ve bunca yıl sonra Annie'nin niçin kapısına geldiğinin hesabını sormaya karalıdır.
Annie geçmişi ile ilgili hiç bir şey hatırlamamaktadır. Her gece rüyalarına giren o muhteşem erkeğin gerçekte evli ve aşık olduğu kocası Dominic olduğundan habersizdir. Rüyalarının erkeğiyle karşılaştığında Dominic'i ona kaderin yolladığını düşünür.
Dominic ise Annie'nin hafızasını kaybettiğinden habersizdir. Kavga ettikleri gecenin sabahında hiç bir şey söylemeden onu terk ettiğini düşünür, nereye gittiğine dair hiç bir fikri yoktur. Annie'nin aşkının yalan olduğuna inananır ve ülkeyi terk eder. Beş yıl sonra Annie'yi karşında ona sırılsıklam aşık bir şekilde kaderden ve aşktan bahsederken görünce çok sinirlenir. Neden terk edildiğinin ve bunca yıl sonra Annie'nin niçin kapısına geldiğinin hesabını sormaya karalıdır.
June 2, 2021
I actually found this book hard to read. The writer enjoys creating super-long sentences, and I kept getting lost in what the sentences were saying. I had to cut out unneeded clauses and adjectives mentally just to get to the meaning of some of the sentences.
I found that the reason for the couple's separation was childish and immature. I found it silly that she couldn't take a pregnancy test before she got to running away from home and wound up in the wreck-causing amnesia. I was also disappointed that when she actually wound up pregnant, she did the same childish thing -- she ran.
It didn't seem like the heroine grow at all.
I found that the reason for the couple's separation was childish and immature. I found it silly that she couldn't take a pregnancy test before she got to running away from home and wound up in the wreck-causing amnesia. I was also disappointed that when she actually wound up pregnant, she did the same childish thing -- she ran.
It didn't seem like the heroine grow at all.
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December 6, 2011
This was pretty far-fetched, and I didn't get very attached to the characters. Completely unbelievable that Annie could have showed up at Dominic's house and had sex with him without him making a single comment about the fact that she had disappeared 5 years before. Not a terrible story, but I just didn't find the characters or plot very believable.
January 17, 2011
Read this when I was sick once as a challenge in Outreach to try to get through at least one Harlequin novel. It was as awful as I expected it to be.
July 29, 2021
Enjoyable because somehow I cared about the two, but stupid plot.
July 4, 2022
The heroine is very drippy...and irritating...and her thoughts and dialogue are all written...like this? Not finishing this book because I don't feel like reading more anti-abortion shit.
July 31, 2017
3.5 I never read this when it was first released in 2000. I don't really feel I missed anything by not reading it back then. It has Ms. Jordan's usual virgin ingénue and her strong, alpha male. Sighs. I didn't love this book, but I also didn't hate it.
November 1, 2022
I continue my "not really impressed with amnesia trope" run. Why did I read this? I don't know. She was a wreck. He was a bit harsh and then completely bewildered. Neither behaved rationally or communicated. It all got very repetitive. Meh.
not-interested-in-reading
July 4, 2022Did Not Read. Refuse to Read. Not My Cuppa. From other reviews, this book sounded a bit on the dumbed-down side, and that's not something I'd be interested in.
March 6, 2023
cw: amnesia, mention of accident
Classic Harlequin. With amnesia!
Classic Harlequin. With amnesia!
August 18, 2024
The story starts out intriguing, if a bit far-fetched. How many surgeons "adopt" their patients? In this case, the h's did, since the h was alone in the world and the surgeon couldn't have children, which is why she said no to marrying her true love, because he wanted a family. The h - despite being a grown woman - becomes their "child", and lives in their house while she recuperates from a bad auto accident that left her needing rehab, as well as without a memory. The doctor and her boyfriend get married (finally) while the h continues to dream about a sexy mystery man, who she thinks might be a memory from the past, or is it just her imagination/secret longings of her subconscious?
Then, in a restaurant with Doc and Hubby, she sees him! The man of her dreams!!! But why does he look angry??? When she later finds herself arriving at a house she just knew was there, despite it being quite a distance away, and recognizes it somehow, and finds that same man again staring at her, the story begins to enfold.
The story of a young woman without a family/proper background, the sophisticated man she falls for, whom she's convinced she's inferior to, a whirlwind marriage, her insecurities, his career taking him out of the country, her interrupted education/career plans, his insistence on no children and talk of a bad background, her suspicions that she's pregnant, and - final nail on the coffin - his saying that (hypothetically) if she were pregnant, at this time an abortion would be best. That night, she packed up and left, but a week or so later (the day he was leaving for his overseas job), discovering she wasn't pregnant, wanted to get to him at the airport before he left to explain why she left, but it was Murphy's Law all the way, ending up with her getting hit by a car and nearly killed.
Quite a story! When they meet again, not yet remembering the past, she thinks she's found the man of her dreams (literally) and that fate brought them together. He, meanwhile, knows his runaway wife has returned and thinks she's playing games.
From there, it's him coming to accept her story, her gradually getting her memory back, and the two of the clearing up all the misunderstandings and finding their way back to each other (with help from Doc, of course).
It was pretty good, but some things were a little silly (like their daughter's name, at the HEA point), as well as far-tetched (the H also has a car accident); still, it's worth reading.
Then, in a restaurant with Doc and Hubby, she sees him! The man of her dreams!!! But why does he look angry??? When she later finds herself arriving at a house she just knew was there, despite it being quite a distance away, and recognizes it somehow, and finds that same man again staring at her, the story begins to enfold.
The story of a young woman without a family/proper background, the sophisticated man she falls for, whom she's convinced she's inferior to, a whirlwind marriage, her insecurities, his career taking him out of the country, her interrupted education/career plans, his insistence on no children and talk of a bad background, her suspicions that she's pregnant, and - final nail on the coffin - his saying that (hypothetically) if she were pregnant, at this time an abortion would be best. That night, she packed up and left, but a week or so later (the day he was leaving for his overseas job), discovering she wasn't pregnant, wanted to get to him at the airport before he left to explain why she left, but it was Murphy's Law all the way, ending up with her getting hit by a car and nearly killed.
Quite a story! When they meet again, not yet remembering the past, she thinks she's found the man of her dreams (literally) and that fate brought them together. He, meanwhile, knows his runaway wife has returned and thinks she's playing games.
From there, it's him coming to accept her story, her gradually getting her memory back, and the two of the clearing up all the misunderstandings and finding their way back to each other (with help from Doc, of course).
It was pretty good, but some things were a little silly (like their daughter's name, at the HEA point), as well as far-tetched (the H also has a car accident); still, it's worth reading.
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May 26, 2016طيف بلا اسم- بيني جوردان
الملخص
* * *
لم تصدق آني ادعاء دومينك كارلايل .. فكيف يمكن ان يكون زوجها ؟
ولماذا خرجت من حياته ؟
ولمَ نسيت كل شيء عن زواجهما ؟
حتى تعود ذاكرتها اليها اصر دومينك عليها ان تنتقل للعيش معه ووجد آني نفسها مجبره على
قول نعم .. فأحلامها يسكنها رجل واحد دائما .. رجل يشبه دومينك كل الشبه !
الملخص
* * *
لم تصدق آني ادعاء دومينك كارلايل .. فكيف يمكن ان يكون زوجها ؟
ولماذا خرجت من حياته ؟
ولمَ نسيت كل شيء عن زواجهما ؟
حتى تعود ذاكرتها اليها اصر دومينك عليها ان تنتقل للعيش معه ووجد آني نفسها مجبره على
قول نعم .. فأحلامها يسكنها رجل واحد دائما .. رجل يشبه دومينك كل الشبه !
December 8, 2021
Back in the Marriage Bed
Amnesia was the main component in this story. She had woken up in a hospital not remembering that she was married. When her husband finds her her felt betrayed. As they work on the marriage she finds herself drawn to him. But what happens when she remembers? What caused her to forget him?
Amnesia was the main component in this story. She had woken up in a hospital not remembering that she was married. When her husband finds her her felt betrayed. As they work on the marriage she finds herself drawn to him. But what happens when she remembers? What caused her to forget him?
September 4, 2019
the age gap was a bit skeevy, and the dude was an ass, but eh
i-tried
July 28, 2018At first it seemed ok, but then there reunion scene was so stupid. She just goes to his house and have sex. No talks. Like really?
I couldn’t go further. Read some spoiler reviews and they are enough for me.
This one is not for me.
I couldn’t go further. Read some spoiler reviews and they are enough for me.
This one is not for me.
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