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Wide Open Spaces #2
That Same Old Feeling
Chase McCall: The lonely road he'd chosen had somehow led him straight back to the home he'd always hated--and the woman he'd always loved ...
Devon Manyfeathers: She knew better than to believe this man could ever give up his restless ways--but that didn't keep her from hoping ...
She was the only woman he'd ever truly wanted, and yet Chase had always been too busy chasing his dreams on the rodeo circuit--and running from his troubled past--to make it work with Devon. But something seemed to be calling him home now, to the Alberta ranch country and to her--and making him dream of just one more chance...
Devon Manyfeathers: She knew better than to believe this man could ever give up his restless ways--but that didn't keep her from hoping ...
She was the only woman he'd ever truly wanted, and yet Chase had always been too busy chasing his dreams on the rodeo circuit--and running from his troubled past--to make it work with Devon. But something seemed to be calling him home now, to the Alberta ranch country and to her--and making him dream of just one more chance...
256 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published June 1, 1994
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Judith Duncan
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Judith Duncan is a popular author of romance novels published primarily by Harlequin Enterprises between 1983 and 2002. During the period when Duncan was actively publishing, she lived and worked in Alberta, Canada. She based many of her books in this region. She has been heavily involved in local writers groups in a variety of roles. In particular, she has been active in the organisation and running courses designed to develop writing and publishing skills
Judith Duncan is a popular author of romance novels published primarily by Harlequin Enterprises between 1983 and 2002. During the period when Duncan was actively publishing, she lived and worked in Alberta, Canada. She based many of her books in this region. She has been heavily involved in local writers groups in a variety of roles. In particular, she has been active in the organisation and running courses designed to develop writing and publishing skills
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June 27, 2011
I like the idea of the book, a couple so obviously in love, having to fight for their HEA. All in all I liked the book, but there were some things that bothered me.
Chase was great, patient, loving. Don't get me wrong he had major issues as well, mainly with his family, and some emotional scarring, but he managed to keep it contained in a way. It affects him but it doesn't rule his life.
I like his relationship with Tanner - his half-brother - and Tanner's family.
Dev is a whole different story. I do understand that it wasn't easy for her but she hurt not only Chase, but herself as well with her fears and insecurities. I couldn't like her at all, and she almost made me quit reading the book near the end.
And one other thing, the ending, I'm not convinced that Dev deserves Chase and everything he's done for her.
Dev almost managed to ruin the book, but the story drove me in, maybe not the story itself but the emotions and the pain of the characters, and because of that the book got the rating:
3.5 stars
Chase was great, patient, loving. Don't get me wrong he had major issues as well, mainly with his family, and some emotional scarring, but he managed to keep it contained in a way. It affects him but it doesn't rule his life.
I like his relationship with Tanner - his half-brother - and Tanner's family.
Dev is a whole different story. I do understand that it wasn't easy for her but she hurt not only Chase, but herself as well with her fears and insecurities. I couldn't like her at all, and she almost made me quit reading the book near the end.
And one other thing, the ending, I'm not convinced that Dev deserves Chase and everything he's done for her.
Dev almost managed to ruin the book, but the story drove me in, maybe not the story itself but the emotions and the pain of the characters, and because of that the book got the rating:
3.5 stars
May 9, 2011
That Same Old Feeling, what can I say about it the title does it justice.
Chase McCall is the legitimate McCall unlike Tanner who is considered worthless since he's half Indian. But Chase want no part of his heritage and his family's bigotry and left as soon as he could, first going on the rodeo circuit and then in Colorado. When he left, he left behind Dev, his soul-mate, his best friend, his lover. He promised her he would be back and he did come back when she turned 18, but she refused to marry him and he in his youth and anger left. Dev and Chase have met over the years like ships in the night, they have feelings for each other but they never talk about them. There is so much of history and even anger on Chase's part so he is not willing to put himself on the line again.
Dev, it was so difficult to understand her but she protected herself fiercely. Chase kept the reasons he had to leave for her and Dev kept the reasons for why she refused. Chase knows that after her humiliating, poverty-ridden, uncertain childhood with her alcoholic mother Dev is afraid of change and leaving a place where she finally feels she belongs. But he doesn't know the depth of it, what she went through during her childhood and how scared she is of him leaving her as he did. Seeing them both work through the issues that separated them was not easy since Dev and Chase both seem good at deflecting talk about issues with humor, sarcasm and even sex.
It took a long while for Dev to confront that wounded child, yes it was frustrating since she pushed and hurt Chase in the process. I enjoyed the book, it was painful to read sometimes because these two clearly loved each other but still weren't together.
Finally, when Chase realizes what Dev went through when he reads her letter and what he does for her is immensely sweet.
Chase McCall is the legitimate McCall unlike Tanner who is considered worthless since he's half Indian. But Chase want no part of his heritage and his family's bigotry and left as soon as he could, first going on the rodeo circuit and then in Colorado. When he left, he left behind Dev, his soul-mate, his best friend, his lover. He promised her he would be back and he did come back when she turned 18, but she refused to marry him and he in his youth and anger left. Dev and Chase have met over the years like ships in the night, they have feelings for each other but they never talk about them. There is so much of history and even anger on Chase's part so he is not willing to put himself on the line again.
Dev, it was so difficult to understand her but she protected herself fiercely. Chase kept the reasons he had to leave for her and Dev kept the reasons for why she refused. Chase knows that after her humiliating, poverty-ridden, uncertain childhood with her alcoholic mother Dev is afraid of change and leaving a place where she finally feels she belongs. But he doesn't know the depth of it, what she went through during her childhood and how scared she is of him leaving her as he did. Seeing them both work through the issues that separated them was not easy since Dev and Chase both seem good at deflecting talk about issues with humor, sarcasm and even sex.
It took a long while for Dev to confront that wounded child, yes it was frustrating since she pushed and hurt Chase in the process. I enjoyed the book, it was painful to read sometimes because these two clearly loved each other but still weren't together.
Finally, when Chase realizes what Dev went through when he reads her letter and what he does for her is immensely sweet.
December 8, 2020
2nd read. Very sensual, very emotional. Excellent writing. Judith Duncan is an amazing author.
November 18, 2012
Such a different and engaging tale from the normal harlequin romances. I didnt quite buy into the whole, it was her fault they couldnt be together. That just seemed wrong to me, given it was the H's selfish ass that couldnt stand still long enough. But never mind the ending, it was a good shot at something different.
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