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Significant Others #2
Second Honeymoon
Troy Donovan had struggled hard to get his life back together, only to realize that the best part of it had walked out the door a year before. He needed his wife back or out of his system for good. So he had tracked Lucy down and issued an ultimatum: "Either we live together as husband and wife or I want a divorce!"
Unfortunately, Lucy was far from pleased to see him. She had turned her back on love - it hurt too much. It was hardly an invitation for a second honeymoon but Troy was determined to get what he wanted - even if it meant wooing his own wife... .
Unfortunately, Lucy was far from pleased to see him. She had turned her back on love - it hurt too much. It was hardly an invitation for a second honeymoon but Troy was determined to get what he wanted - even if it meant wooing his own wife... .
189 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published December 1, 1995
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Sandra Field
212 books35 followersJill MacLean was born on 1941 in England, UK. In 1950, her family moved to Nova Scotia, Canada.
After receiving her Bachelor of Science with honours from Dalhousie University, she married. She worked at the Fisheries Research Board until her daughter was born. Following the birth of her son, she was employed by the pathology laboratory of Sydney City Hospital and the biology department of Mount Allison University. More recently, she completed a Masters in Theological Studies at the Atlantic School of Theology; her thesis juxtaposed Hebrew concepts of chaos in the book of Job with modern chaos theory.
When her husband joined the Armed Forces as a chaplain, she had to stop working. They moved three times in the first 18 months, the last move was to Prince Edward Island. By then her children were in school; she couldn't get a job; and at the local bridge club, she kept forgetting not to trump her partner's ace.
However, she had always loved to read, fascinated by the lure of being drawn into the other world of the story. So one day she bought a dozen Harlequin novels, read and analyzed them, then sat down and wrote one. Her first book, To Trust My Love, typed with four fingers, was published in 1974 as Sandra Field (she believes she's curiously the first Canadian to write for Harlequin). During the four years she lived in Prince Edward Island, she researched an 18th century French settlement located near present-day Brudenell, resulting in a historical book, Jean Pierre Roma, published in 1977 under her real name. She also started to write in collaboration with other Martimer writer under the pseudonym Jan MacLean. She also used to singed her novels the pseudonym of Jocelyn Haley. Her pseudonyms was an attempt to prevent the congregation from finding out what the chaplain's wife was up to in her spare time.
Before she turned 40, her life was changed, she had lost three of the most important women in her life: her mother and sister to illness, and her seventeen-year-old daughter to a car accident, and she separated from her husband in 1976. One of the lasting legacies of the grief caused by these losses has been the idea that it is impossible and undesirable to live every waking moment in the knowledge that loss can strike at any time.
She's been very fortunate for years to be able to combine a love of travel (particularly to the north - she doesn't do heat well) with her writing, by describing settings that most people will probably never visit. And there's always the challenge of making the heroine's long underwear sound romantic. Her novels has been translated into Spanish, French, Portuguese, German, Italian, Greek, Dutch, Swedish, Yugoslavian, Japanese... and sold in more than 90 countries. Her first collection of poetry, The Brevity of Red, was published in 2003. When her nine-years-old grandson, Stuart, asked him a book for him, she wrote her first Children's book and decided continued writing this type of books.
Jill now lives in Bedford, Nova Scotia, and she's lived most of her life in the Maritimes of Canada, within reach of the sea. Kayaking and canoeing, hiking and gardening, listening to music and reading are all sources of great pleasure. But best of all are good friends, some going back to high-school days, and her family. In Newfoundland, she has a beautiful daughter-in-law and the two most delightful, handsome, and intelligent grandchildren in the world (of course!).
After receiving her Bachelor of Science with honours from Dalhousie University, she married. She worked at the Fisheries Research Board until her daughter was born. Following the birth of her son, she was employed by the pathology laboratory of Sydney City Hospital and the biology department of Mount Allison University. More recently, she completed a Masters in Theological Studies at the Atlantic School of Theology; her thesis juxtaposed Hebrew concepts of chaos in the book of Job with modern chaos theory.
When her husband joined the Armed Forces as a chaplain, she had to stop working. They moved three times in the first 18 months, the last move was to Prince Edward Island. By then her children were in school; she couldn't get a job; and at the local bridge club, she kept forgetting not to trump her partner's ace.
However, she had always loved to read, fascinated by the lure of being drawn into the other world of the story. So one day she bought a dozen Harlequin novels, read and analyzed them, then sat down and wrote one. Her first book, To Trust My Love, typed with four fingers, was published in 1974 as Sandra Field (she believes she's curiously the first Canadian to write for Harlequin). During the four years she lived in Prince Edward Island, she researched an 18th century French settlement located near present-day Brudenell, resulting in a historical book, Jean Pierre Roma, published in 1977 under her real name. She also started to write in collaboration with other Martimer writer under the pseudonym Jan MacLean. She also used to singed her novels the pseudonym of Jocelyn Haley. Her pseudonyms was an attempt to prevent the congregation from finding out what the chaplain's wife was up to in her spare time.
Before she turned 40, her life was changed, she had lost three of the most important women in her life: her mother and sister to illness, and her seventeen-year-old daughter to a car accident, and she separated from her husband in 1976. One of the lasting legacies of the grief caused by these losses has been the idea that it is impossible and undesirable to live every waking moment in the knowledge that loss can strike at any time.
She's been very fortunate for years to be able to combine a love of travel (particularly to the north - she doesn't do heat well) with her writing, by describing settings that most people will probably never visit. And there's always the challenge of making the heroine's long underwear sound romantic. Her novels has been translated into Spanish, French, Portuguese, German, Italian, Greek, Dutch, Swedish, Yugoslavian, Japanese... and sold in more than 90 countries. Her first collection of poetry, The Brevity of Red, was published in 2003. When her nine-years-old grandson, Stuart, asked him a book for him, she wrote her first Children's book and decided continued writing this type of books.
Jill now lives in Bedford, Nova Scotia, and she's lived most of her life in the Maritimes of Canada, within reach of the sea. Kayaking and canoeing, hiking and gardening, listening to music and reading are all sources of great pleasure. But best of all are good friends, some going back to high-school days, and her family. In Newfoundland, she has a beautiful daughter-in-law and the two most delightful, handsome, and intelligent grandchildren in the world (of course!).
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November 6, 2018
Re Second Honeymoon - Sandra Field brings us book two of her Significant Others series.
The h and H from the first book, Beyond Reach are Troy and Lucy, they have been separated for twelve months when this one starts. We learn that Troy and Lucy have now been married for five years and are living in Vancouver.
Troy and Lucy had baby boy two years earlier and lost him to crib death when he was seven months old. After a tremendous fight six months after their son's death, Lucy took off and Troy has been trying to piece his life back together ever since. Lucy refuses to even acknowledge his existence.
First Troy tried working himself to oblivion, as a pediatric cosmetic surgeon it was easy to do. But one of his fellow physicians got him to pull himself together and now Troy has received a fabulous job offer in the US.
He thinks this may be his opportunity to make a new start, Lucy doesn't want him and he misses sex and companionship. Troy has some vacation time coming up, so he decides he needs to move on in more ways than one.
Troy has also accepted a date with a female physician, she makes it more than obvious that she is ready, willing and able to provide a total comfort experience. Troy initially takes her up on her offer, but as they are making the lurve club moves, Troy realizes that he still wants Lucy, so he apologizes to the lady doctor and sets off to find his wife.
Lucy's mother won't tell Troy where she is, so Troy calls her older robotic, workaholic sister (who is also the h for the next and last book in this series.) The sister tells Troy that Lucy went off to a place called Shag Island, which is a bird sanctuary off the coast and it has petrels and cormorants.
(A Shag is a species of cormorant and they like a nice coast with good fishing, so islands are really perfect for them. The petrels mainly live at sea for nine months of the year and then they find a forest or wooded area and make burrows under the ground for their nests. There is a ton of interesting bird information throughout the book, so SF did a large amount of research on that - or else she REALLY likes birds.)
Troy takes himself off to Shag Island, which is an exclusive bird watcher paradise. There is a very small population on the island and the island's owner won't allow the only inn to expand, so it isn't too hard to find Lucy.
Lucy is helping out the pregnant lady and her husband who run the inn. When Troy arrives, (he lied about his name so Lucy wouldn't run off again,) Lucy is not happy to see him.
We get a lot of bird activity, some local population interference in throwing Lucy and Troy together and Troy has a lot of frustration because he still loves Lucy and she won't even talk to him.
Troy tells Lucy she needs to either fish or cut bait, Lucy tells him to go ahead and file for divorce so he can move on. Lucy has decided that she doesn't want anymore children and she is terrified to have sex again in case she gets pregnant.
After several days of Troy chasing and Lucy blowing him off or telling him to go and get a divorce and then Lucy having a huge mopey moment when Troy pretends that he is leaving without telling her goodbye, the innkeeper's young son falls off a cliff while chasing an owl feather and Troy and Lucy have to rescue him.
The dramatic cliff top rescue leads to a big night of love. In the morning, Lucy has a temper tantrum to end all temper tantrums and tells Troy to go away, again. This time Troy decides to leave for real, but the pregnant lady innkeeper goes into labor and her husband is on the mainland.
(We learn that Troy wanted Lucy to try for another baby six months after their son died. Lucy had a huge temper tantrum and ran off. Troy realizes that he was very wrong, he even apologizes and tries to explain that his grief left him with this huge hole in his heart and wanting to have another child was his way to try and fill it.
Troy also tells Lucy that if she never wants to have kids, he will go along with that. Even tho he would like to have children, Lucy and their marriage means more to him. Lucy doesn't even want to know and again tells him to divorce her.)
But now Lucy is needed to help with the baby delivery and she refuses to even try at first. Troy finally loses his temper and tells her that she needs to just suck it up, buttercup and get out of her selfish pity party. There isn't anyone else to help and they are on an island with limited resources and a scared pregnant woman in labor.
Troy's words finally penetrate Lucy's brain and she recovers herself enough to help the poor inn keeping lady have a baby girl. Troy is still going to leave the next morning, but Lucy asks him to stay. Troy is really torn, because every time he thinks he is getting somewhere with repairing their marriage, Lucy has a fit again.
But Troy's heart makes him give Lucy one more last chance, again. After sorting out the innkeeper's young son, who thinks something is wrong with the baby because she looks like a mushroom instead of a cute magazine baby, Lucy and Troy finally really talk.
They have to go to the woods to find some privacy, and in a patented SF nature in the raw moment, an owl kills one of the petrels and Lucy starts crying in Troy's arms because there might be baby petrels that will die.
This opens the gates for Lucy to talk about her grief over their son and share in Troy's grief as well. Lucy confesses that she still isn't sure about kids and Troy tells her he is more concerned with being able to have sex with her again. Lucy still doesn't know if she can handle it and Troy reiterates that they can forgo having any more kids and then the young innkeeper's son gets into trouble again.
The boy, Stephen, gets stuck at sea in a rowboat and is about to be crushed on the rocks with the incoming tide and rip currents. Troy jumps into other boat and rows out to save him. Lucy is sent to go for help and Troy manages to grab Stephen at the very last minute.
But all the waves crashing into the boat have caused it to start sinking. Troy manages to get them close to shore, but the boat goes under and while he was able to get Stephen on the rescue rope that Lucy and one of the islander's throw to them, Troy is dashed upon the rocks and almost drowns.
He manages to catch the rope and make it to shore, but it is a very close call. The near death moment finally gets Lucy out of her pity party and she and Troy have a big reunion on the golden shores of transcendent bliss.
Lucy now wants kids again and she and Troy are going to save their marriage. We get a little epilogue where Lucy and Troy have two kids, are still living in Vancouver and go back to Shag island. Stephen is a teenager now and much more responsible, as he is an older brother, and Lucy and Troy are deliriously happy in love and with their family for the very sweet HEA.
This one was all in Troy's POV and that made it really difficult to empathize with Lucy. She was marginally likable for me in the first book and while her behavior was very realistic in many ways, I still wanted to whack her with a skillet.
I was very frustrated by Lucy, because in the first book she was really ugly about pushing for Troy to get over his sister being killed and get over his grief. But when the shoe was on the other foot and Troy was trying as hard as he could to help her and even kept on trying when she was an utter snot snarfing slime pustule, I just lost all patience for her.
Lucy did not deserve Troy and I kinda feel bad, cause she did lose a child and that is an event I wouldn't wish on anyone. But she is such a toe rag for so much of this book, that I just lost any goodwill I had towards her. She wasn't good enough for Troy and her behavior just came across as sheer narcissistic self indulgence.
(I don't like this kind of HP romance, because it is terribly depressing and sad and I am not reading these to feel the weight of the real world burying me in despair.
I am also of the opinion that children, kittens, puppies and animals shouldn't be injured or harmed in the making of HPlandia, so take my negative reaction with a grain of salt.)
SF put a lot of effort into this one and Troy's character is really nicely written. So this may very much be a better HP outing than I am giving it credit for, other readers have really liked it.
Don't be afraid to give it a go if you run into it, as this might be a really good journey to HPlandia and I must confess that the ending is all that an HP HEA should be and probably the best part of my reading this.
The h and H from the first book, Beyond Reach are Troy and Lucy, they have been separated for twelve months when this one starts. We learn that Troy and Lucy have now been married for five years and are living in Vancouver.
Troy and Lucy had baby boy two years earlier and lost him to crib death when he was seven months old. After a tremendous fight six months after their son's death, Lucy took off and Troy has been trying to piece his life back together ever since. Lucy refuses to even acknowledge his existence.
First Troy tried working himself to oblivion, as a pediatric cosmetic surgeon it was easy to do. But one of his fellow physicians got him to pull himself together and now Troy has received a fabulous job offer in the US.
He thinks this may be his opportunity to make a new start, Lucy doesn't want him and he misses sex and companionship. Troy has some vacation time coming up, so he decides he needs to move on in more ways than one.
Troy has also accepted a date with a female physician, she makes it more than obvious that she is ready, willing and able to provide a total comfort experience. Troy initially takes her up on her offer, but as they are making the lurve club moves, Troy realizes that he still wants Lucy, so he apologizes to the lady doctor and sets off to find his wife.
Lucy's mother won't tell Troy where she is, so Troy calls her older robotic, workaholic sister (who is also the h for the next and last book in this series.) The sister tells Troy that Lucy went off to a place called Shag Island, which is a bird sanctuary off the coast and it has petrels and cormorants.
(A Shag is a species of cormorant and they like a nice coast with good fishing, so islands are really perfect for them. The petrels mainly live at sea for nine months of the year and then they find a forest or wooded area and make burrows under the ground for their nests. There is a ton of interesting bird information throughout the book, so SF did a large amount of research on that - or else she REALLY likes birds.)
Troy takes himself off to Shag Island, which is an exclusive bird watcher paradise. There is a very small population on the island and the island's owner won't allow the only inn to expand, so it isn't too hard to find Lucy.
Lucy is helping out the pregnant lady and her husband who run the inn. When Troy arrives, (he lied about his name so Lucy wouldn't run off again,) Lucy is not happy to see him.
We get a lot of bird activity, some local population interference in throwing Lucy and Troy together and Troy has a lot of frustration because he still loves Lucy and she won't even talk to him.
Troy tells Lucy she needs to either fish or cut bait, Lucy tells him to go ahead and file for divorce so he can move on. Lucy has decided that she doesn't want anymore children and she is terrified to have sex again in case she gets pregnant.
After several days of Troy chasing and Lucy blowing him off or telling him to go and get a divorce and then Lucy having a huge mopey moment when Troy pretends that he is leaving without telling her goodbye, the innkeeper's young son falls off a cliff while chasing an owl feather and Troy and Lucy have to rescue him.
The dramatic cliff top rescue leads to a big night of love. In the morning, Lucy has a temper tantrum to end all temper tantrums and tells Troy to go away, again. This time Troy decides to leave for real, but the pregnant lady innkeeper goes into labor and her husband is on the mainland.
(We learn that Troy wanted Lucy to try for another baby six months after their son died. Lucy had a huge temper tantrum and ran off. Troy realizes that he was very wrong, he even apologizes and tries to explain that his grief left him with this huge hole in his heart and wanting to have another child was his way to try and fill it.
Troy also tells Lucy that if she never wants to have kids, he will go along with that. Even tho he would like to have children, Lucy and their marriage means more to him. Lucy doesn't even want to know and again tells him to divorce her.)
But now Lucy is needed to help with the baby delivery and she refuses to even try at first. Troy finally loses his temper and tells her that she needs to just suck it up, buttercup and get out of her selfish pity party. There isn't anyone else to help and they are on an island with limited resources and a scared pregnant woman in labor.
Troy's words finally penetrate Lucy's brain and she recovers herself enough to help the poor inn keeping lady have a baby girl. Troy is still going to leave the next morning, but Lucy asks him to stay. Troy is really torn, because every time he thinks he is getting somewhere with repairing their marriage, Lucy has a fit again.
But Troy's heart makes him give Lucy one more last chance, again. After sorting out the innkeeper's young son, who thinks something is wrong with the baby because she looks like a mushroom instead of a cute magazine baby, Lucy and Troy finally really talk.
They have to go to the woods to find some privacy, and in a patented SF nature in the raw moment, an owl kills one of the petrels and Lucy starts crying in Troy's arms because there might be baby petrels that will die.
This opens the gates for Lucy to talk about her grief over their son and share in Troy's grief as well. Lucy confesses that she still isn't sure about kids and Troy tells her he is more concerned with being able to have sex with her again. Lucy still doesn't know if she can handle it and Troy reiterates that they can forgo having any more kids and then the young innkeeper's son gets into trouble again.
The boy, Stephen, gets stuck at sea in a rowboat and is about to be crushed on the rocks with the incoming tide and rip currents. Troy jumps into other boat and rows out to save him. Lucy is sent to go for help and Troy manages to grab Stephen at the very last minute.
But all the waves crashing into the boat have caused it to start sinking. Troy manages to get them close to shore, but the boat goes under and while he was able to get Stephen on the rescue rope that Lucy and one of the islander's throw to them, Troy is dashed upon the rocks and almost drowns.
He manages to catch the rope and make it to shore, but it is a very close call. The near death moment finally gets Lucy out of her pity party and she and Troy have a big reunion on the golden shores of transcendent bliss.
Lucy now wants kids again and she and Troy are going to save their marriage. We get a little epilogue where Lucy and Troy have two kids, are still living in Vancouver and go back to Shag island. Stephen is a teenager now and much more responsible, as he is an older brother, and Lucy and Troy are deliriously happy in love and with their family for the very sweet HEA.
This one was all in Troy's POV and that made it really difficult to empathize with Lucy. She was marginally likable for me in the first book and while her behavior was very realistic in many ways, I still wanted to whack her with a skillet.
I was very frustrated by Lucy, because in the first book she was really ugly about pushing for Troy to get over his sister being killed and get over his grief. But when the shoe was on the other foot and Troy was trying as hard as he could to help her and even kept on trying when she was an utter snot snarfing slime pustule, I just lost all patience for her.
Lucy did not deserve Troy and I kinda feel bad, cause she did lose a child and that is an event I wouldn't wish on anyone. But she is such a toe rag for so much of this book, that I just lost any goodwill I had towards her. She wasn't good enough for Troy and her behavior just came across as sheer narcissistic self indulgence.
(I don't like this kind of HP romance, because it is terribly depressing and sad and I am not reading these to feel the weight of the real world burying me in despair.
I am also of the opinion that children, kittens, puppies and animals shouldn't be injured or harmed in the making of HPlandia, so take my negative reaction with a grain of salt.)
SF put a lot of effort into this one and Troy's character is really nicely written. So this may very much be a better HP outing than I am giving it credit for, other readers have really liked it.
Don't be afraid to give it a go if you run into it, as this might be a really good journey to HPlandia and I must confess that the ending is all that an HP HEA should be and probably the best part of my reading this.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
June 22, 2022
This is a second chance romance. After the crib death of their 7-month old son the H and h separated a year ago. The H decides to fight for his marriage and follows her to the island where she now stays.
I loved the H’s determination to get his wife back. The book is written from the H’s point of view. He is so open about his feelings and that is very different and refreshing.
He doesn’t blackmail her to come back to him. He tries to persuade her in lots of different ways. And no matter how much she pushed him away (she was annoying and cruel at times), he persisted.
They talk a lot, but because he is also passionate, it doesn’t become boring. Really good. Well written. 5 stars.
I loved the H’s determination to get his wife back. The book is written from the H’s point of view. He is so open about his feelings and that is very different and refreshing.
He doesn’t blackmail her to come back to him. He tries to persuade her in lots of different ways. And no matter how much she pushed him away (she was annoying and cruel at times), he persisted.
They talk a lot, but because he is also passionate, it doesn’t become boring. Really good. Well written. 5 stars.
March 30, 2022
I’m going to tell you what’s wrong with this book. It has too many birds.
This sequel to Beyond Reach was released just a few months afterwards, and it must’ve been an interesting experiment to take the happy couple from the previous book and revisit them five years into their marriage, after the tragedy of losing their infant son. I really appreciate the author’s exploration of grief and how it affected the heroine physically and emotionally. I appreciate her spending time with the hero even more, because we don’t get to see this part very often, and it shows that everyone grieves and processes in different ways and on different timelines. There is no awful behavior here and there are no villains, just a very sad history and one husband’s determination to break through his wife’s trauma to reach the woman he still loves.
I thought all the relationship stuff was done very well. I even liked most of the ragtag cast of characters added to this one (the heroine has retreated to a remote island to get away from everything), including the handsome artist-but-not-quite-other-man. But there are so many walks and accidents with children and birdwatching that the core story just gets bogged down by all the miscellaneous details. I think the author was trying to connect nature/healing/circle of life/etc, maybe, but it just wasn’t done with clarity, or in a compelling way.
The story would’ve been stronger and more emotionally sound if a lot of those details had been trimmed. Still, I’m glad I read these overall, and I guess there’s a third book involving the artist guy + her straitlaced sister? Hm.
But seriously, guys. So. Much. Birding.
This sequel to Beyond Reach was released just a few months afterwards, and it must’ve been an interesting experiment to take the happy couple from the previous book and revisit them five years into their marriage, after the tragedy of losing their infant son. I really appreciate the author’s exploration of grief and how it affected the heroine physically and emotionally. I appreciate her spending time with the hero even more, because we don’t get to see this part very often, and it shows that everyone grieves and processes in different ways and on different timelines. There is no awful behavior here and there are no villains, just a very sad history and one husband’s determination to break through his wife’s trauma to reach the woman he still loves.
I thought all the relationship stuff was done very well. I even liked most of the ragtag cast of characters added to this one (the heroine has retreated to a remote island to get away from everything), including the handsome artist-but-not-quite-other-man. But there are so many walks and accidents with children and birdwatching that the core story just gets bogged down by all the miscellaneous details. I think the author was trying to connect nature/healing/circle of life/etc, maybe, but it just wasn’t done with clarity, or in a compelling way.
The story would’ve been stronger and more emotionally sound if a lot of those details had been trimmed. Still, I’m glad I read these overall, and I guess there’s a third book involving the artist guy + her straitlaced sister? Hm.
But seriously, guys. So. Much. Birding.
February 28, 2012
4 1/2 Stars! ~ Lucy and Troy are soulmates. When they lose their infant son to crib death, that bond is nearly broken. Troy struggled to keep his life together, but when Lucy couldn't bear the constant reminder he and their home gave her of her loss, she left him. It's now a year later, and Troy is offered a position that will give him an opportunity to get on with his life. So he goes after his runaway wife, only to discover she's off to a quiet island off Nova Scotia. When he travels there, Lucy's far from thrilled to see him. Troy's shattered to learn that he'll never be over his wife, and that he needs to convince her that they belong to each other. Lucy's pain has become self-absorbing and suddenly faced with Troy, she begins to see just how selfish she's been. She's determined to show him that he's better off without her because though she loves him with all her heart, she can't bear to make love to him and risk another pregnancy.
What a marvelous talent Ms. Field's has for portraying characters with such emotional depth. In Beyond Reach, the story was primarily given from Lucy's point of view. Here in the sequel, we're given the story mostly from Troy's. In Beyond Reach, I found I disliked how Troy had treated Lucy, here in Second Honeymoon, I found myself disliking Lucy's seemingly total disregard for Troy. Infant death is such an emotional topic, and Ms. Field artfully covers all the emotions from the deepest despair to intense anger. There were moments where I doubted the bond between Troy and Lucy would survive. I'm so glad that their love endured and together they were able to heal and find their second HEA.
Next up in the trilogy is Lucy's sister Marcia's story, After Hours. She's the unemotional professional one who's all work and little play. I'm tickled that Ms. Field thinks Marcia would make Lucy's artist friend, Quentin a grand match! Should be a fun read.
What a marvelous talent Ms. Field's has for portraying characters with such emotional depth. In Beyond Reach, the story was primarily given from Lucy's point of view. Here in the sequel, we're given the story mostly from Troy's. In Beyond Reach, I found I disliked how Troy had treated Lucy, here in Second Honeymoon, I found myself disliking Lucy's seemingly total disregard for Troy. Infant death is such an emotional topic, and Ms. Field artfully covers all the emotions from the deepest despair to intense anger. There were moments where I doubted the bond between Troy and Lucy would survive. I'm so glad that their love endured and together they were able to heal and find their second HEA.
Next up in the trilogy is Lucy's sister Marcia's story, After Hours. She's the unemotional professional one who's all work and little play. I'm tickled that Ms. Field thinks Marcia would make Lucy's artist friend, Quentin a grand match! Should be a fun read.
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February 26, 2016
We meet Troy and Lucy again. This time they have been married for some years and have lost their firstborn baby through crib death. Usually when you read a couple's happy ever after you don't imagine this kind of tragedy happening to them. The grief tears them apart and Lucy runs away from her pain. Troy comes looking for her to either rebuild their relationship or to move on. They need to work at finding each other again. And it is a heartrending journey. There is a cute epilogue at the end.
October 6, 2014
i absolutely loved the start and thought this gonna be a 4/5 star! unfortunately, lucy ruined the book for me. she was pathetic! i understand where she's coming from. but why punish troy for what happened!? it became annoying as the book went on. troy wud pursue her like a dog while she cud not make up her mind, whether she wanted a divorce or not. either u let go or u dunt!:P
June 5, 2018
"Lucy, you haven't kissed me good-morning."
As if he'd uttered an obscenity, every one of the men was staring at him. " Why would she do that? the bald one blurted.
" She's my wife, Troy announced with a bland smile. " Who else would she kiss good-morning?"
For a wild moment he thought Lucy was going to dump the coffeepot and its contents over his head. " We're separated," she said. "We're going to get a divorce."
" So is that your decision?"
Her eyes blazed into his, "Yes"
"Ah.... in that case you won't mind if I hang around for a few days, Obviously , if you're going to divorce me, my presence shouldn't matter to you one way or the other."
"You ought to be down on your knees giving thanks that this is a coffeepot, and not a carving knife." she grated.
" Stop being insufferable, Troy, and go back to Vancouver.
As if he'd uttered an obscenity, every one of the men was staring at him. " Why would she do that? the bald one blurted.
" She's my wife, Troy announced with a bland smile. " Who else would she kiss good-morning?"
For a wild moment he thought Lucy was going to dump the coffeepot and its contents over his head. " We're separated," she said. "We're going to get a divorce."
" So is that your decision?"
Her eyes blazed into his, "Yes"
"Ah.... in that case you won't mind if I hang around for a few days, Obviously , if you're going to divorce me, my presence shouldn't matter to you one way or the other."
"You ought to be down on your knees giving thanks that this is a coffeepot, and not a carving knife." she grated.
" Stop being insufferable, Troy, and go back to Vancouver.
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