Daring Moves

by Linda Lael Miller

Don't fall in love with the wrong man. She'd done it before and wouldn't do it again�or would she? Because Love 101 isn't a class you can take at the Y, Amanda Scott knew she'd have to rely on her instincts. Fate placed Jordan Richards right in front of her nose…and chemistry took it from there. But things got a little dicey (as things will do) when her ex-lover showed up�with his estranged wife not far behind. Yikes! And you thought you had issues. Despite her growing affection for Jordan, Amanda found herself repeating old mistakes. But if she made one more false move, she might find herself all by her lonesome.

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Genres: Romance, Contemporary Romance, Contemporary, Fiction, Adult, Christmas, Harlequin

256 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 1990

About the author

The daughter of a town marshal, Linda Lael Miller is a #1 New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author of more than 100 historical and contemporary novels, most of which reflect her love of the West. Raised in Northport, Washington, Linda pursued her wanderlust, living in London and Arizona and traveling the world before returning to the state of her birth to settle down on a spacious property outside Spokane.
Linda traces the birth of her writing career to the day when a Northport teacher told her that the stories she was writing were good, that she just might have a future in writing. Later, when she decided to write novels, she endured her share of rejection before she sold Fletcher’s Woman in 1983 to Pocket Books. Since then, Linda has successfully published historicals, contemporaries, paranormals, mysteries and thrillers before coming home, in a literal sense, and concentrating on novels with a Western flavor. For her devotion to her craft, the Romance Writers of America awarded her their prestigious Nora Roberts Lifetime Achievement Award in 2007.
Long a passionate Civil War buff, Linda has studied the era avidly for almost thirty years. She has read literally hundreds of books on the subject, explored numerous battlegrounds and made many visits to her favorite, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, where she has witnessed re-enactments of the legendary clash between North and South. Linda explores that turbulent time in The Yankee Widow, a May 7, 2019 MIRA Books hardcover, also available in digital and audiobook formats.
Dedicated to helping others, “The First Lady of the West” personally financed fifteen years of her Linda Lael Miller Scholarships for Women, which she awarded to women 25 years and older who were seeking to improve their lot in life through education. She anticipates that her next charitable endeavors will benefit four-legged critters.
More information about Linda and her novels is available at www.lindalaelmiller.com, on Facebook and from Nancy Berland Public Relations, nancy@nancyberland.com, 405-206-4748.

Reviews

[Mojca · Rating 3 out of 5]

The premise: two idiots fall in love and make a mess out of it.

That’s pretty much all I could say on the matter.

She was an idiot because she thought her ex was dying, promised him they would try again (and he was married!), and then didn’t have the guts to tell her present guy, because she was afraid of losing him. She did anyway once he found out (and not from her, mind you).
He was an idiot...For jumping to conclusions, for fearing of falling in love again (his wife died in an accident three years prior)...At least he didn’t crawl coming back when he started to miss her. That would’ve been the last straw, since she was the one who was most wrong.

It wasn’t bad—the parts when these two adults didn’t act like idiotic teenagers—but the rest was just pathetic.

[Catheryn · Rating 3 out of 5]

Maybe 3.5 stars

This book wasn't life changing but it just hit right and I really enjoyed it. Its one of her older books (published in 1990, I think). But I still really enjoyed it. Its a sweet, spicy and bit dramatic novella. It starts off just before Christmas, so it could be a holiday novella. The drama was a bit blown out of proportion but still realistic.

[L.M. · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book was typical amateur romance. Contrived dialogue, silly bickering, raunchy sex scenes. It wasn't terrible but it had no depth or heart and nothing to set it apart from every other romance that's ever been written. I love Miller's historical romance and more recent contemporary romances but this book didn't resemble those in any way.

[Joan Mondragon · Rating 5 out of 5]

Real good story - I always like Linda's books.

[Maria Elena · Rating 4 out of 5]

another good story line that was very entertaining and well written

[Petie McCarty · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was one of Ms. Miller's early books, published in 1990, and I thought I might not see the quality we've come to expect with her present day releases. I couldn't have been more wrong. This book was delightful and it was placed on the "to be read again" shelf at my house.

[Stacey · Rating 4 out of 5]

loved this book, have been wanting to read if for a while now, took a day and a half to read, good book :O}

[Debby · Rating 2 out of 5]

Amanda Scott was burned by a married man. Waiting in line for a book signing, she starts talking to Jordan Richards who's lost his wife in a motorcycle accident. His sister is raising his kids. They fall for each other, but life gets complicated when the unfaithful man returns and has a heart attack in Amanda's apartment. To keep him alive, she lies to him and gets into trouble with Jordan. Eventually they work it out.

[Jane · Rating 3 out of 5]

Amanda Scott meets a man named Jordan Richards while they’re in line together at a bookstore. They’re both buying copies of Dr. Marshall’s “*Gathering Up the Pieces*” for Amanda’s sister Eunice who’s going through a divorce and for Jordan’s grandmother.

Amanda fell In love with a man who turned out to be married. Jordan on the other hand lost his wife in a motorcycle. He’s a partner in an investment firm while Amanda is an assistant manager in Evergreen hotel 🏨

[Janet Morgan · Rating 2 out of 5]

I found my second book by this author to be a disappointment. A contemporary romance novel published in 1990, it holds none of the promise of Miller's historical romance, A Lawman's Christmas.
Here the would-be lovers live in the state of Washington. Amanda Scott and Jordan Richards are two dimensional, selfish people who meet in a line to purchase a book. When Amanda strikes up a conversation with Jordan, I had higher expectations.
A fractured and dull story ensues, to my great regret.

[Maria · Rating 1 out of 5]

This book didn't seem to me to be about romance, but about sex. I skipped so many parts to get to the meat of the book that I wondered why I was reading it in the first place, particularly since there wasn't much meat. I might have enjoyed it more if the kids had had a bigger role, or if there had been more about restoring the house for Amanda's B&B. Something to get one's teeth into at least.

[Faye Wangen · Rating 3 out of 5]

Easy to read. Could be less sexually explicit.

[Pauline Destinugrainy · Rating 2 out of 5]

Bacaan ringan di akhir minggu saya pilih dari koleksi ebook romance Harlequin, sekaligus memenuhi tantangan membaca minimal satu novel berbahasa Inggris. Kali ini Linda Lael Miller memilih dua orang tokoh utama, Amanda Scott dan Jordan Richards. Tema yang diusung adalah masalah kepercayaan diri atas suatu hubungan. Tema yang lazim, sehingga tidak membuat kening saya berkerut di akhir minggu ini :)

Amanda Scott baru saja pulih dari hubungan yang dianggapnya suatu kesalahan. Dia jatuh cinta pada James yang ternyata sudah mempunyai istri. James sendiri akhirnya mengaku bahwa hubungannya dengan istrinya tidaklah berhasil. Tapi Amanda tidak mau menjadi "the other woman" , dan dia memutuskan James.

Ternyata saudaranya, Eunice, juga mengalami hal yang sama. Bedanya adalah Eunice adalah seorang istri yang rumah tangganya hancur gara-gara seorang wanita lain yang disukai suaminya. Bermaksud menghibur adiknya, Amanda membelikan hadiah natal berupa sebuah buku psikologi bertopik pemulihan suatu hubungan. Di saat mengantri untuk mendapatkan tanda tangan penulisnya, dia bertemu dengan Jordan Richards. Perkenalan mereka kemudian dilanjutkan dengan makan malam dan beberapa kencan berikutnya.

Tepat di saat Amanda mulai menjalin hubungan dengan Jordan, James datang kembali ke kehidupan Amanda. Dengan segala upaya James membujuk Amanda untuk kembali kepadanya, yang tentu saja ditolak oleh Amanda. Tanpa disangka, James mengalami serangan jantung ketika dia sedang memohon kepada Amanda di dalam apartemen Amanda. Untungnya, James masih bisa diselamatkan dan dibawa ke rumah sakit.

Hubungan antara Amanda dan Jordan mendapatkan ujian ketika Amanda mengetahui masa lalu Jordan. Jordan mempunyai dua orang putri dari pernikahannya sebelumnya. Istrinya sendiri meninggal dalam suatu kecelakaan. Ketika Amanda mendapati bahwa Jordamasih menyimpan foto istrinya, Amanda kembali merasa menjadi "the other woman" dalam kehidupan Jordan. Amanda tidak mau membuat kesalahan kedua kalinya. Di waktu yang bersamaan, Amanda dihubungi dari rumah sakit mengabarkan James sedang sekarat dan mencari Amanda. Amanda datang ke rumah sakit, dan mendengarkan rayuan James tentang dia tidak punya harapan hidup jika Amanda tidak kembali padanya.

Mulai dari sini saya kesal sama Amanda. Dengan bodohnya Amanda menjanjikan pada James bahwa dia akan kembali pada James jika James berjanji untuk sembuh. Hello??? Amanda ini benar-benar naive dan selfish. Dengan alasan dia tidak mau menjadi penyebab kematian James, dia mau kembali pada James dan menjadi "the other woman" kembali? Plin-plan deh. Pikirannya hanya berpusat pada dirinya saja. Sudah gitu dia masih berharap Jordan mau memahami posisinya.

Saya sempat berpikir, kenapa judulnya Daring Moves? Ternyata di dalam novel ini bukan hanya soal krisis kepercayaan diri, tetapi juga bagaimana seseorang (dalam hal ini Amanda) memiliki keberanian untuk menjalani suatu hidup yang baru, lepas dari kehidupan lamanya, dan dari pikiran-pikiran yang justru membuatnya tidak move on. Seperti kata ayah tiri Amanda berikut ini

A person can't expect to win in life if they're afraid to take a risk.

Soal ending-nya, ini Harlequin. Tokoh utama selalu berbahagia selamanya. Tapi dengan pemikiran Amanda yang plin-plan saya hanya mau ngasih dua bintang saja untuk novel ini.

[Emily Higgins · Rating 3 out of 5]

Amanda Scott meets Jordan Richards while waiting in line to get a book autographed. Jordan is a widower with two small daughters. Amanda recently found out that the man she had been seriously dating was married. Thus, they both approached the budding relationship between them very cautiously. This is an early book by LLM, so the story drags a little in places.

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Daring Moves by Linda Lael Miller (1990)

[Sylvia · Rating 3 out of 5]

Modern

[Donna · Rating 1 out of 5]

This book was written twenty-one years ago and was just way out of date. I found both Jordan's and James' attitudes toward Amanda to be sexist and condescending and Amanda was annoying and insecure.

[Dawn Wells · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not a bad story. But not as good as more recent books by this author.

[Denise · Rating 3 out of 5]

Love is found in some of the strangest places. Simply open up and talk to the next stranger you find yourself with and it may turn to love. A hot romance starts and with stands the trials of life.

[Rachel · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is one of my favorite books by Ms. Miller. I read it years ago, probably way too young for such a book, but I’ve always loved it.

[Nicole · Rating 5 out of 5]

Love this book. Its so sweet. I think I found a new favorite author in Linda Lael Miller. Her books never disappoint me.

[Rachel · Rating 3 out of 5]

It was a short but sweet and romantic story!

[Lynn]

surprisingly good, an extra book i didn't choose came at the end of one of my chosen books, so I read it, kind of with an attitude... but i really enjoyed it

[Dev · Rating 1 out of 5]

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[Sassy]

Nice quick read but I read the large print version and thre is only one book in that.