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Kiss Yesterday Goodbye
Time Hadn't Changed Her Heelings for Dane
There had always been a peculiarly bitter hatred between Jenny and her stepbrother, Dane Sutherland. She'd so much resented his influence with her father she had run away from home.
Now, five years later, she was back in Iowa, and apparently nothing had altered. Dane, not content with controlling the family, was trying to take over her father's business, too.
It didn't occur to her that there might be something more to her emotions than mere sibling rivalry...
There had always been a peculiarly bitter hatred between Jenny and her stepbrother, Dane Sutherland. She'd so much resented his influence with her father she had run away from home.
Now, five years later, she was back in Iowa, and apparently nothing had altered. Dane, not content with controlling the family, was trying to take over her father's business, too.
It didn't occur to her that there might be something more to her emotions than mere sibling rivalry...
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First published January 1, 1984
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Leigh Michaels
351 books172 followersLeigh Michaels is the pseudonym used by LeAnn Lemberger (b. July 27 in Iowa, United States), a popular United States writer of over 85 romance novels. She has published with Harlequin, Sourcebooks, Montlake Romance, Writers Digest Books, and Arcadia Publishing. She teaches romance writing at Gotham Writers' Workshop (www.writingclasses.com) She is the author of On Writing Romance.
When Leigh was fifteen she wrote her first romance novel and burned it. She burned five more complete manuscripts before submitting to a publisher. The first submission was accepted by Harlequin, the only publisher to look at it, and was published in 1984.
Michaels was born in Iowa, United States. She received a Bachelor of Arts in journalism from Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, after three years of study and maintained a 3.93 grade-point average. She received the Robert Bliss Award as top-ranking senior in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication, and won a national William Randolph Hearst Award for feature-writing as an undergraduate.
She is married to Michael W. Lemberger, an artist-photographer.
When Leigh was fifteen she wrote her first romance novel and burned it. She burned five more complete manuscripts before submitting to a publisher. The first submission was accepted by Harlequin, the only publisher to look at it, and was published in 1984.
Michaels was born in Iowa, United States. She received a Bachelor of Arts in journalism from Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, after three years of study and maintained a 3.93 grade-point average. She received the Robert Bliss Award as top-ranking senior in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication, and won a national William Randolph Hearst Award for feature-writing as an undergraduate.
She is married to Michael W. Lemberger, an artist-photographer.
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May 31, 2011
It's amazing to me how back in the day, 1984 to be precise, covers like this were the norm. No preggo h, no kissing-and-nearly -doing-it-on-the-bed. Just a kiss on the forehead by the H to convey his love. AW!!!!!!
Anyhoo. This is one of the only hard-core old school romances I have read from LM. If you've wondered what LM would have written had she embodied Carole Mortimer's spirit: this is your answer. Any yet, she still managed to inject humor in it. AMAZING! haha!
choice quotes:
[Finnegan is H's dog. Lucifer is h's cat]
H: "I'm afraid my dog is going to have a nervous breakdown because of your cat"
h: "I doubt it. There has to be a certain amount of intelligence present for there to be mental illness."
P.S This book has everything: bickerfest, step siblings, OW, OMan, tasty goodies, engagement on, engagement off. a cute 8 mo old baby, a dog, a cat, ducks, snow storm, driving lessons, PR ideas to name a few
Anyhoo. This is one of the only hard-core old school romances I have read from LM. If you've wondered what LM would have written had she embodied Carole Mortimer's spirit: this is your answer. Any yet, she still managed to inject humor in it. AMAZING! haha!
choice quotes:
[Finnegan is H's dog. Lucifer is h's cat]
H: "I'm afraid my dog is going to have a nervous breakdown because of your cat"
h: "I doubt it. There has to be a certain amount of intelligence present for there to be mental illness."
P.S This book has everything: bickerfest, step siblings, OW, OMan, tasty goodies, engagement on, engagement off. a cute 8 mo old baby, a dog, a cat, ducks, snow storm, driving lessons, PR ideas to name a few
May 18, 2016
Oooh forbidden love ~_~, June 11, 2011
My thoughts: I like those forbidden love themes and stepbrother/stepsister is one of my families (sorry sue me =P) I liked the back and forth fighting/dialogue between the hero and heroine. I thought it was absolutely cute that the hero was so in love with the heroine way back when and even asked for her hand back then. Of course some of you might be like ewww pedophile (she was 15 when he realized he loved her and she was 17 when they had that "incident" and he was 22 I think) The heroine was ok too but I guess she was a little dense about the hero's feeling and her own feelings, LOL. It was a little annoying/mean of the heroine too to keep ragging on the hero for stealing/attempting to steal her family inheritance/taking over but of course there has to be a story. Anyhow, I love the story.
My thoughts: I like those forbidden love themes and stepbrother/stepsister is one of my families (sorry sue me =P) I liked the back and forth fighting/dialogue between the hero and heroine. I thought it was absolutely cute that the hero was so in love with the heroine way back when and even asked for her hand back then. Of course some of you might be like ewww pedophile (she was 15 when he realized he loved her and she was 17 when they had that "incident" and he was 22 I think) The heroine was ok too but I guess she was a little dense about the hero's feeling and her own feelings, LOL. It was a little annoying/mean of the heroine too to keep ragging on the hero for stealing/attempting to steal her family inheritance/taking over but of course there has to be a story. Anyhow, I love the story.
November 2, 2015
this cud have been an interesting read but I was bored wid their petty quarrels. reading the book, I felt like the author was recounting the love story between two teenagers ! at my age, I think I'm looking for something more intense, wid more angst ! between Dane's annoying habit of calling Jenny "Red " and getting a free grab at Suzanne whenever he felt like it and Jenny's indecision about Brian, Steve and Dane himself; I was beyond irritated and annoyed wid all the hassles going on!
January 17, 2023
Sadly, I can’t seem to get into works produced by this author. Occasionally, I found the author’s writing style to be non-descriptive——failing to properly portray or completely carry a scene & emotions as it should, especially at times when it matters the most. Leaving page fillers to be a tad bit dull to nothingness.
December 12, 2021
The H was in love with the h since ages and the h never knew but was insanely affected by being near him etc. The bickering was definitely more than I am used to in romances from this era, and that is saying something - maybe because the taunts hit a little too close to the truth and were pretty incessant. The h had a sharp tongue tbh, while the H mostly said taunting stuff to hide his love/attraction. Her friend Alison and her step mom Margaret, heck even the hospital doctor delivered some hard home truths to her and we see the h improving as a person.
One thing I realized after finishing the book was that the h basically dangled 3 men throughout the story - Brian, Steve and Dane. Dane had a semi regular thing with Suzanne, his PA. Both discarded their SOs extreeeeeemely casually towards the end, and both continued harping on about finances, the inheritance, the stock, constantly - very unromantically jarring.
PS The H's mom and h's dad married when she was 12 and he was 17. The h comes from a rich family with it's own factory while the H was apparently other side of the tracks but is now a hot shot chemist with multiple patents and super rich. The H admits 1/4th of the way to the h that he had never considered himself as a brother to her.
One thing I realized after finishing the book was that the h basically dangled 3 men throughout the story - Brian, Steve and Dane. Dane had a semi regular thing with Suzanne, his PA. Both discarded their SOs extreeeeeemely casually towards the end, and both continued harping on about finances, the inheritance, the stock, constantly - very unromantically jarring.
PS The H's mom and h's dad married when she was 12 and he was 17. The h comes from a rich family with it's own factory while the H was apparently other side of the tracks but is now a hot shot chemist with multiple patents and super rich. The H admits 1/4th of the way to the h that he had never considered himself as a brother to her.
January 28, 2026
I'm kissing the entire book goodbye without a single regret, except that the kiss should have been a kick!
I should have known better than to start reading it, because I can never get into those stepsiblings-into-lovers ones, unless they're both 18 and older when they become related. But in this case the H was 17 and the h 12 when it started, so ICK to that!
And both the H and h were self-centered and snarky, acting like the Brady Bunch kids at their worst! I was waiting for Jenny to do a Jan Brady, "It's always Dane, Dane, Dane!!" She's 22, he's 27, and they both needed to be sent to their rooms without dinner and no TV like they were the kids they're acting like!
I know, we're supposed to buy the crap that all this vitriol comes from sexual tension, but it doesn't work here the way it does in other books.
And I resent how the h ignored her father for five years because she couldn't stand to be around the H. As soon as she returns home and sees her father in the hospital after a heart attack, and he tells her how glad he is that she's back and how much he wants her to stay, all she can think about is leaving again ASAP, because she doesn't want to be around the H. Talk about self-centered! I was glad both a friend of hers and the family housekeeper called her out on her crap attitude.
I can understand her resentment of the H because he comes off as controlling and self-righteous, and acts like she shouldn't be there in her family home where she was born! Meanwhile, it wasn't his home until he was 17, so he had no right to that attitude. And he takes over the family business as if he's entitled to it and doesn't like the idea of her working there. He thinks she should be back because of her father yet adds to the tension by making things more difficult.
And how come she had no qualms about forgiving her selfish mother, who walked out on her when she was only 2 years old? She resented her dad for remarrying, but didn't resent her mom for dumping both him and her toddler daughter???
Maybe there's logic to all this, but I couldn't stick around to finish it, I didn't like the H or the h so why should I wish them a HEA?
Maybe I'm not being fair since it was a DNF for me, but this story just doesn't work; too much time spent on snarks and too little on character development.
One more thing: if the h was only 17 when she left town to live with her mom and had half as many guys with the hots for her as one of her friends claimed, then she must have been the town bicycle! (Maybe the H felt entitled to a ride???)
I should have known better than to start reading it, because I can never get into those stepsiblings-into-lovers ones, unless they're both 18 and older when they become related. But in this case the H was 17 and the h 12 when it started, so ICK to that!
And both the H and h were self-centered and snarky, acting like the Brady Bunch kids at their worst! I was waiting for Jenny to do a Jan Brady, "It's always Dane, Dane, Dane!!" She's 22, he's 27, and they both needed to be sent to their rooms without dinner and no TV like they were the kids they're acting like!
I know, we're supposed to buy the crap that all this vitriol comes from sexual tension, but it doesn't work here the way it does in other books.
And I resent how the h ignored her father for five years because she couldn't stand to be around the H. As soon as she returns home and sees her father in the hospital after a heart attack, and he tells her how glad he is that she's back and how much he wants her to stay, all she can think about is leaving again ASAP, because she doesn't want to be around the H. Talk about self-centered! I was glad both a friend of hers and the family housekeeper called her out on her crap attitude.
I can understand her resentment of the H because he comes off as controlling and self-righteous, and acts like she shouldn't be there in her family home where she was born! Meanwhile, it wasn't his home until he was 17, so he had no right to that attitude. And he takes over the family business as if he's entitled to it and doesn't like the idea of her working there. He thinks she should be back because of her father yet adds to the tension by making things more difficult.
And how come she had no qualms about forgiving her selfish mother, who walked out on her when she was only 2 years old? She resented her dad for remarrying, but didn't resent her mom for dumping both him and her toddler daughter???
Maybe there's logic to all this, but I couldn't stick around to finish it, I didn't like the H or the h so why should I wish them a HEA?
Maybe I'm not being fair since it was a DNF for me, but this story just doesn't work; too much time spent on snarks and too little on character development.
One more thing: if the h was only 17 when she left town to live with her mom and had half as many guys with the hots for her as one of her friends claimed, then she must have been the town bicycle! (Maybe the H felt entitled to a ride???)
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October 5, 2020
This one was actually pretty fun, mostly because Jenny and Dane really did a good job yelling at each other, but Dane's manipulation of Jenny was pretty obvious and the fact that she didn't register any of it - or much of anything, really - makes it clear she's dumb as rocks. Also, Michaels apparently thinks that Dane could run a successful bakery conglomerate (and be beloved by all employees) while spending hours holed up in a lab in the back developing new perfumes which have made him millions - um, okay.
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November 23, 2021There had always been a peculiarly bitter hatred between Jenny and her stepbrother, Dane Sutherland. She'd so much resented his influence with her father she had run away from home.
Now, five years later, she was back in Iowa, and apparently nothing had altered. Dane, not content with controlling the family, was trying to take over her father's business, too.
It didn't occur to her that there might be something more to her emotions than mere sibling rivalry.
Now, five years later, she was back in Iowa, and apparently nothing had altered. Dane, not content with controlling the family, was trying to take over her father's business, too.
It didn't occur to her that there might be something more to her emotions than mere sibling rivalry.
April 4, 2020
They acted like petulant children for 99% of the story. Every conversation led to an argument. The icing on the cake was when the h cut her long hair off because the H said he liked it. The next minute she was bawling because she cut her hair. SMH. They finally acknowledged their love for each other in the last three pages of the book.
January 7, 2011
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Time hadn't changed her feelings for Dane
There had always been a peculiarly bitter hatred between Jenny and her stepbrother, Dane Sutherland. She'd so much resented his influence with her father she had run away from home.
Now, five years later, she was back in Iowa, and apparently nothing had altered. Dane, not content with controlling the family, was trying to take over her father's business, too.
It didn't occur to her that there might be something more to her emotions than mere sibling rivalry ....
Time hadn't changed her feelings for Dane
There had always been a peculiarly bitter hatred between Jenny and her stepbrother, Dane Sutherland. She'd so much resented his influence with her father she had run away from home.
Now, five years later, she was back in Iowa, and apparently nothing had altered. Dane, not content with controlling the family, was trying to take over her father's business, too.
It didn't occur to her that there might be something more to her emotions than mere sibling rivalry ....
August 13, 2013
Cute story with humor and conflict. The one BIG downside is that it did not have a particularly "Iowan" flavor about the book. It could have taken place almost anywhere and I did not feel like I was IN IOWA. Also, the spelling of some of the words were European which did not make me feel like I was in Iowa either.
June 28, 2009
I think the guy on the new cover is hot, and he sounds hott in the book as well. Cute story, I'd recommend anyone looking for humour-laced romance. 2/5 stars.
August 28, 2009
Sweet sensual stuff...
November 12, 2017
Modern
October 25, 2015
Didn't care for this one. Don't really like books where H uses the OW to the extent this guy did. As much exclusive attention he paid to her she expected more out of him.
December 12, 2016
I just couldn't find myself to like the hero....
August 24, 2016
Star Rating: ★★½☆☆
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