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Lady Amelia's Secret Lover
Lady Amelia's Secret Love is a historical romance novel with a decidedly modern bent: Lady Amelia Hathaway's marriage has gotten stale over the past six years, so she decides to take a lover. She makes no secret of her intent - but what her husband doesn't know is that Amelia's real scheme is to win him back.Will the plan work well enough to earn Amelia the passion she deserves from her husband? Or will it backfire drastically, sending him into the arms of a flesh-and-blood lover of his own? Click here for the video ebook -- featuring pop-up video commentary from the author!
115 pages, ebook
First published September 4, 2007
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Victoria Alexander
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New York Times bestselling author Victoria Alexander was an award winning television reporter until she discovered fiction was much more fun than real life. She turned to writing full time and is still shocked it worked out.
Since the publication of her first book in 1995, she has written thirty-one full length novels and six novellas. The Perfect Wife—originally published in 1996 and reissued in March 2008—hit #1 on the New York Times list. Sixteen of her books are bestsellers hitting the New York Times, USA Today and/or Publishers Weekly bestseller lists. With books translated into more than a dozen different languages she has readers around the world and has twice been nominated for Romance's Writers of America prestigious RITA award. In 2009 she was given a Career Achievement Award from RT Bookclub and was named Historical Storyteller of the year in 2003. In 2008 she was the keynote speaker for the Romance Writers of American annual conference in San Francisco. Victoria credits much of her writing success to her experiences as a reporter.
Her years as a broadcast journalist were spent in two radically different areas of the country: Nebraska and West Virginia. In West Virginia, she covered both natural and manmade disasters. She was on the scene when a power plant construction accident in a small town left 52 men dead. She once spent the night on a mountain waiting to learn of the fate of coal miners trapped in a mine collapse. Victoria was producing a newscast when her husband (who worked at the same television station) and several other journalists were held hostage by a disturbed Vietnam veteran. In Nebraska, she reported on the farm crisis and watched people lose land that had been in their families for generations. She covered the story that was the basis of the movie BOYS DON’T CRY and once acted as the link between police and a gunman who had barricaded himself in his home. Her investigative work exposed the trucking of New York City garbage to a small town dump in rural Nebraska.
During her journalism career, Victoria covered every president from Ford to Clinton. She knows firsthand what it feels like to be surrounded by rising floodwaters and inside a burning building. She’s interviewed movie stars including Kevin Costner, ridden an elephant and flown in a governor’s helicopter. She’s covered a national political convention and Pope John Paul II’s historic visit to Denver as well as small town festivals celebrating everything from walnuts to Glen Miller. Her work was honored by numerous organizations including the Associated Press who called a feature about a firefighter’s school "story telling genius". It was the encouragement she needed to turn from news to fiction. She’s never looked back.
Victoria claims her love of romance and journalism is to due to the influence of her favorite comic book character: Lois Lane, a terrific reporter and a great heroine who pursued Superman with an unwavering determination. And why not? He was extremely well drawn.
Victoria grew up traveling the world as an Air Force brat. Today, she lives in Omaha, Nebraska with her husband and her dogs. Victoria had two bearded collies, Sam and Louie (named from characters in one of her books). Sam (on the left), the best dog in the world for 13 ½ years, passed away in September 2010. Louie took on the position of loyal companion and did a fine job even though he doesn't understand that kitchen counter surfing is not allowed!
Now he's been joined by Reggie, also a faithful companion.
They all live happily ever after in a house under constant renovation and the accompanying parade of men in tool belts. And never ending chaos. Victoria laughs a great deal—she has to.
New York Times bestselling author Victoria Alexander was an award winning television reporter until she discovered fiction was much more fun than real life. She turned to writing full time and is still shocked it worked out.
Since the publication of her first book in 1995, she has written thirty-one full length novels and six novellas. The Perfect Wife—originally published in 1996 and reissued in March 2008—hit #1 on the New York Times list. Sixteen of her books are bestsellers hitting the New York Times, USA Today and/or Publishers Weekly bestseller lists. With books translated into more than a dozen different languages she has readers around the world and has twice been nominated for Romance's Writers of America prestigious RITA award. In 2009 she was given a Career Achievement Award from RT Bookclub and was named Historical Storyteller of the year in 2003. In 2008 she was the keynote speaker for the Romance Writers of American annual conference in San Francisco. Victoria credits much of her writing success to her experiences as a reporter.
Her years as a broadcast journalist were spent in two radically different areas of the country: Nebraska and West Virginia. In West Virginia, she covered both natural and manmade disasters. She was on the scene when a power plant construction accident in a small town left 52 men dead. She once spent the night on a mountain waiting to learn of the fate of coal miners trapped in a mine collapse. Victoria was producing a newscast when her husband (who worked at the same television station) and several other journalists were held hostage by a disturbed Vietnam veteran. In Nebraska, she reported on the farm crisis and watched people lose land that had been in their families for generations. She covered the story that was the basis of the movie BOYS DON’T CRY and once acted as the link between police and a gunman who had barricaded himself in his home. Her investigative work exposed the trucking of New York City garbage to a small town dump in rural Nebraska.
During her journalism career, Victoria covered every president from Ford to Clinton. She knows firsthand what it feels like to be surrounded by rising floodwaters and inside a burning building. She’s interviewed movie stars including Kevin Costner, ridden an elephant and flown in a governor’s helicopter. She’s covered a national political convention and Pope John Paul II’s historic visit to Denver as well as small town festivals celebrating everything from walnuts to Glen Miller. Her work was honored by numerous organizations including the Associated Press who called a feature about a firefighter’s school "story telling genius". It was the encouragement she needed to turn from news to fiction. She’s never looked back.
Victoria claims her love of romance and journalism is to due to the influence of her favorite comic book character: Lois Lane, a terrific reporter and a great heroine who pursued Superman with an unwavering determination. And why not? He was extremely well drawn.
Victoria grew up traveling the world as an Air Force brat. Today, she lives in Omaha, Nebraska with her husband and her dogs. Victoria had two bearded collies, Sam and Louie (named from characters in one of her books). Sam (on the left), the best dog in the world for 13 ½ years, passed away in September 2010. Louie took on the position of loyal companion and did a fine job even though he doesn't understand that kitchen counter surfing is not allowed!
Now he's been joined by Reggie, also a faithful companion.
They all live happily ever after in a house under constant renovation and the accompanying parade of men in tool belts. And never ending chaos. Victoria laughs a great deal—she has to.
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July 12, 2024
Gosh, this was boring! All talk and no action. Repetitive dialogue with different characters. Just more and more talk, nothing interesting happens!
June 27, 2022
Sería 2 y media estrellas.
Es una novela corta que me generó mucha espectativa que se transformó en un pelín de decepción.
El argumento es bastante original, aunque hay algunas novelas con el tema:
¿qué pasa cuando en un matrimonio por amor la llama de la pasión decae? la rutina, la seguridad, la comodidad.
Un hecho puntual, encontrar una pulsera de diamantes entre las pertenencias de su esposo, hace que Lady Amelia sospeche que su amado marido tiene una amante. Sobre todo cuando ella no la recibe y la joya se esfuma. Entonces planea una estrategia para recuperarlo.
Pero lo que pasa después es ... muy pavo
Pero bueno, se lee rápido.
Creo que voy a releer "Lecciones de seducción" de Emma Wildes.
Es una novela corta que me generó mucha espectativa que se transformó en un pelín de decepción.
El argumento es bastante original, aunque hay algunas novelas con el tema:
¿qué pasa cuando en un matrimonio por amor la llama de la pasión decae? la rutina, la seguridad, la comodidad.
Un hecho puntual, encontrar una pulsera de diamantes entre las pertenencias de su esposo, hace que Lady Amelia sospeche que su amado marido tiene una amante. Sobre todo cuando ella no la recibe y la joya se esfuma. Entonces planea una estrategia para recuperarlo.
Pero lo que pasa después es ... muy pavo
Pero bueno, se lee rápido.
Creo que voy a releer "Lecciones de seducción" de Emma Wildes.
April 25, 2018
Last Man Standing serisinin novellasına denk gelince okuyayım dedim ama çok da gerekli değildi bence.
February 5, 2014
A sweet little novella. It was the Alexander's subtle way of reminding us that the wedding is not the end of the happily ever after. Love must be tended so that you never lose what brought you together in the first place. It could have been dark, but Alexander delivered a story with her signature comedy that got the message across while still being a fun read.
Lady Amelia and her husband, Robert discover after 6 years of marriage that the magic is gone and neither is sure how to get it back. With the help of Robert's twin brother, a diamond bracelet, and some ivy, all things do work out :)
Light weekend read. 4 stars.
Lady Amelia and her husband, Robert discover after 6 years of marriage that the magic is gone and neither is sure how to get it back. With the help of Robert's twin brother, a diamond bracelet, and some ivy, all things do work out :)
Light weekend read. 4 stars.
October 18, 2012
ชอบเรื่องนี้แฮะ
นางเอกแต่งงานกับพระเอกมาได้หกปี ก็เริ่มรู้สึกว่าความเร่าร้อนที่เคยมีมันหายไปเพราะพระเอกเอาแต่ทำงาน อมีเลียเลยไปลองเชิงพระเอกว่ายังรักกันอยู่ไหมด้วยคำขออนุญาตอันแสนอาจหาญ เธอไปขอสามีจะมี"ชู้รัก"ค่ะ ซึ่งคนนั้นจะเป็นใครไปไม่ได้นอกจากแฮร์รี่แฝดของพระเอกนั่นเอง ด้วยเหตุผลที่ว่า เขาหล่อเหมือนคุณเปี๊ยบเลย
อมีเลียไม่ได้อยากจะมีชู้ แต่แค่อย่างลองใจพระเอก ส่วนโรเบิร์ตก็เครียดกับคำขอของเมีย แต่ก็อยากรู้ว่าเมียจะมาไม้ไหน เขาเลยอาสาหาชู้ให้เมีย ซึ่งกรรมก็ไปตกกับแฮร์รี่ฝาแฝดของเขานั่นแล เพราะโรเบิร์ตเชื่อใจแฮร์รี่มากที่สุด
เรื่องนี้สนุกและน่ารักดีค่ะ มีจี๊ดๆ เป็นระยะ
เสียดายที่เป็นเรื่องสั้น
นางเอกแต่งงานกับพระเอกมาได้หกปี ก็เริ่มรู้สึกว่าความเร่าร้อนที่เคยมีมันหายไปเพราะพระเอกเอาแต่ทำงาน อมีเลียเลยไปลองเชิงพระเอกว่ายังรักกันอยู่ไหมด้วยคำขออนุญาตอันแสนอาจหาญ เธอไปขอสามีจะมี"ชู้รัก"ค่ะ ซึ่งคนนั้นจะเป็นใครไปไม่ได้นอกจากแฮร์รี่แฝดของพระเอกนั่นเอง ด้วยเหตุผลที่ว่า เขาหล่อเหมือนคุณเปี๊ยบเลย
อมีเลียไม่ได้อยากจะมีชู้ แต่แค่อย่างลองใจพระเอก ส่วนโรเบิร์ตก็เครียดกับคำขอของเมีย แต่ก็อยากรู้ว่าเมียจะมาไม้ไหน เขาเลยอาสาหาชู้ให้เมีย ซึ่งกรรมก็ไปตกกับแฮร์รี่ฝาแฝดของเขานั่นแล เพราะโรเบิร์ตเชื่อใจแฮร์รี่มากที่สุด
เรื่องนี้สนุกและน่ารักดีค่ะ มีจี๊ดๆ เป็นระยะ
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December 7, 2022
Something has gone from Lady Amelia's marriage. She sets out to try to rectify it. A lovely novella.
September 9, 2023
A cute story about a couple bringing passion back to their marriage.
December 11, 2016
A light short e-book about a married couple that's grown apart and their effort to rekindle the passion they once shared.
Amelia comes up with a crazy plan to capture her husband's attention once more - she announces to him her intention to find a lover. That's how their little game begins, with both of them doing all sorts of crazy things trying to make the other fall in love again and hoping they're not too late.
Amusing and with a not so subtle message or two - love should not be left unattended no matter how strong it might be. Taking your other half for granted and neglecting them is a sure way to make you grow apart and ruin something beautiful. Getting what you wanted doesn't mean you should stop trying if you want to keep it.
Amelia comes up with a crazy plan to capture her husband's attention once more - she announces to him her intention to find a lover. That's how their little game begins, with both of them doing all sorts of crazy things trying to make the other fall in love again and hoping they're not too late.
Amusing and with a not so subtle message or two - love should not be left unattended no matter how strong it might be. Taking your other half for granted and neglecting them is a sure way to make you grow apart and ruin something beautiful. Getting what you wanted doesn't mean you should stop trying if you want to keep it.
March 4, 2017
For once I think I found a story that needs more angst. The premise is that two married people have hit their rut and begin to question the fidelity/happiness of the other. Lady Amelia says she'll take a lover and it goes on from there. Unfortunately it is all too clear that the two really love one another and they figure it out really soon and then it's all a series of calling each other's bluffs... almost like a game. And the twin brother thing was kind of weird too. I would LOVE to see a story about the brother! But I was also disappointed that the heroine didn't know right away that the guy who was in the carriage with her was her husband - obviously she doesn't know her husband that well after all.
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August 27, 2018
Lady Amelia's Secret Love is a historical romance novel with a decidedly modern bent: Lady Amelia Hathaway’s marriage has gotten stale over the past six years, so she decides to take a lover. She makes no secret of her intent – but what her husband doesn’t know is that Amelia’s real scheme is to win him back.Will the plan work well enough to earn Amelia the passion she deserves from her husband? Or will it backfire drastically, sending him into the arms of a flesh-and-blood lover of his own?
June 26, 2011
I really loved how the author chose to take what could have been a serious and emotional story and infused it with comedy. With characteristics of the farce, the reader could dig in and enjoy this short story for what it was. Anything deeper would have been extremely difficult to accomplish with this story length. B.
November 5, 2012
I liked the style of writing, the idea behind the story, and the characters. Even with liking all of those things something didn't work for me. I think it might have been the fact that a lot happened in a very short amount of time. Everything felt super rushed and not properly developed; the story probably would have benefited from being a full novel.
June 19, 2013
A cute story about a married couple who are still in love, but have become bored and frustrated with their relationship. Fairly good consent and the character arc for both characters involves leveling up their communication skills!
April 15, 2010
short story
Want to read
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February 19, 2011
Quite predictable. I didn't really enjoy reading this one...
May 9, 2011
3/5 (C)
August 1, 2011
adventure, romance, and archeology...enjoyable easy read
October 27, 2015
Good but too short. Could of had more fun with it.
April 20, 2012
Cute little novella length bit of fluff, good if you've got a spare hour or so. I like Victoria Alexander.
January 9, 2013
3.5 stars
March 22, 2013
Lovely short romance by a wonderful writer.
October 26, 2013
Bb - boring book
February 2, 2014
This is one of my favorite short stories. Delightful, including every aspect that I have come to rely on when it comes to Victoria Alexander: consistant quality, humor, and a quirky story.
November 21, 2014
Pretty lame and that says a lot
March 2, 2015
The twin thing was pretty funny
April 28, 2013
Cute and quick read.
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