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Dear Diary
THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY. . .
Rory Camden fell for Nick Shard in the third grade when he helped her save a hapless frog from several older boys. But it seemed that Nick and Rory were destined to be just friends and Rory put her unrequited feelings into her diary.
As they grew into adults, Nick’s feelings for Rory shifted to something more, and he began a campaign to win her love. But Rory had learned – through her father’s infidelity – that no man could be trusted and she couldn’t bring herself to believe she and Nick had a chance together, either.
And then tragedy struck and Rory feared she’d lost Nick forever.
Natalie Bishop is a pseudonym of Nancy Bush
Rory Camden fell for Nick Shard in the third grade when he helped her save a hapless frog from several older boys. But it seemed that Nick and Rory were destined to be just friends and Rory put her unrequited feelings into her diary.
As they grew into adults, Nick’s feelings for Rory shifted to something more, and he began a campaign to win her love. But Rory had learned – through her father’s infidelity – that no man could be trusted and she couldn’t bring herself to believe she and Nick had a chance together, either.
And then tragedy struck and Rory feared she’d lost Nick forever.
Natalie Bishop is a pseudonym of Nancy Bush
- GenresRomance
250 pages, ebook
First published May 1, 1990
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About the author
Nancy Bush
88 books1,104 followersNancy Bush is a New York Times bestselling author of over forty novels, including the River Glen Series, Nowhere Series, and numerous stand alone novels. She also is the co-author of Last Breath, Last Girl Standing, and the Wicked Series, written with her sister and bestselling author Lisa Jackson, as well as the collaborative novels Sinister and Ominous, written with Lisa Jackson and Rosalind Noonan.
Nancy has called Oregon her home all of her life. She grew up in a small logging community and after graduating from high school, attended Oregon State University where she met her husband, Ken and graduated with a degree in nutrition. They married a few years after graduation and together they have one daughter. After working in banking and the travel business, with her daughter still in diapers, Nancy read an article in Time Magazine about young mothers who, once the last diaper was changed and the final bottle was washed, pulled out their typewriters and wrote romance novels for the then expanding market. Nancy convinced her sister, Lisa Jackson, that they should try their hand at writing.
After writing several successful romance novels such as Lady Sundown, Miracle Jones, Jesse’s Renegade and Scandal’s Darling and a stint writing for one of ABC’s top-rated daytime shows: All My Children, she turned her attention to writing thrillers for Kensington Publishing. Today, her books appear on The New York Times, USA Today, and Publishers Weekly national bestseller lists.
In her free time Nancy enjoys walking, working on jigsaw and crossword puzzles and hanging out with family and friends. When she and Ken aren’t visiting their daughter and grandchildren in Southern California, Nancy is busy working on her next book!
Visit https://www.NancyBush.net where you can find a Media Kit with photos and more information.
Nancy has called Oregon her home all of her life. She grew up in a small logging community and after graduating from high school, attended Oregon State University where she met her husband, Ken and graduated with a degree in nutrition. They married a few years after graduation and together they have one daughter. After working in banking and the travel business, with her daughter still in diapers, Nancy read an article in Time Magazine about young mothers who, once the last diaper was changed and the final bottle was washed, pulled out their typewriters and wrote romance novels for the then expanding market. Nancy convinced her sister, Lisa Jackson, that they should try their hand at writing.
After writing several successful romance novels such as Lady Sundown, Miracle Jones, Jesse’s Renegade and Scandal’s Darling and a stint writing for one of ABC’s top-rated daytime shows: All My Children, she turned her attention to writing thrillers for Kensington Publishing. Today, her books appear on The New York Times, USA Today, and Publishers Weekly national bestseller lists.
In her free time Nancy enjoys walking, working on jigsaw and crossword puzzles and hanging out with family and friends. When she and Ken aren’t visiting their daughter and grandchildren in Southern California, Nancy is busy working on her next book!
Visit https://www.NancyBush.net where you can find a Media Kit with photos and more information.
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September 16, 2012
Rating 2.5 stars
This book bored me. I am serious. The h/H supposedly become best friends, then they become teens, she witnesses her father boinking someone else, the same night the hero kisses her, she says she only wants a friend. Then comes college and they become distant, she has her one and only love affair and concludes men can't be faithful. The hero gets married and that kind of ends their friendship, even when he gets divorced and moves away. Then he comes back as her boss and wants to be friends again. What I found weird was that she called him her best friend but I found no evidence of it. Even at 32 the heroine was judgmental and cynical as ever and pictured her dad and ex when the hero made a move on her. I was seriously bored, the romance was bland, the heroine stupid, the hero unassuming.
This book bored me. I am serious. The h/H supposedly become best friends, then they become teens, she witnesses her father boinking someone else, the same night the hero kisses her, she says she only wants a friend. Then comes college and they become distant, she has her one and only love affair and concludes men can't be faithful. The hero gets married and that kind of ends their friendship, even when he gets divorced and moves away. Then he comes back as her boss and wants to be friends again. What I found weird was that she called him her best friend but I found no evidence of it. Even at 32 the heroine was judgmental and cynical as ever and pictured her dad and ex when the hero made a move on her. I was seriously bored, the romance was bland, the heroine stupid, the hero unassuming.
July 18, 2012
I can say I truly adored this novel. It was about love and facing your fear to fight it. It began in childhood for the hero and heroine, they fell in love but wanted to keep their friendship. As they grew into adults they both still loved each other until the hero married another give, go into the future almost ten years and our hero has gotten a divorce and bought out the heroines company where she works. They haven't talked in almost six years and there feelings are still there. Now the heroine must face her fears in order to be with the hero but now it might all be in vain, because his boat just exploded.
July 30, 2012
Free from the Kindle store. It was OK. Predictable. I read the whole thing anyway...
I realized afterwards that I had read a library book from this author, and had intended to stay away. Oops. Better check Goodreads better before I pick up something new. At least it was free.
I realized afterwards that I had read a library book from this author, and had intended to stay away. Oops. Better check Goodreads better before I pick up something new. At least it was free.
July 19, 2012
loved this book
February 15, 2016
she was in love with him as a child, he is in love with her as adult, her father was unfaithful so she doesn't trust men, then trajedy strikes, contemporary romance,
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