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Men Made in America 2 #4
Another Kind of Love
Silhouette Intimate Moments #19. A world of difference...When Ali Cameron left behind the cosmetics industry and the city for a healing vacation in the Ozarks, she had her priorities straight. Work was the only item on the list. Adam Forrest changed all that. He awoke emotions and sensations she had thought she would never feel again, but he was a country vet and his life would always be tied to the mountains, the trees and the freedom of the outdoors. He taught her freedom, too, but would that freedom give her the strength to break the bonds of the old life and embrace the new?
252 pages, Paperback
First published August 1, 1983
About the author
Mary Lynn Baxter
148 books33 followersMary Lynn Baxter was born on 28 July 1943 in Lufkin, Texas, USA, where she bred, home of the cowboy - hero of the Western romance, which is one of the most popular of the category's sub-genres. She would be the first to say that it's her background that gives her a unique feel for romance writing.
Since she was a young girl, books and reading have been an important part of her life. Only after she read all the "goodies" in her public library did her mother encourage her to buy Harlequin romances, then 35 cents each. Wow! Those reading years laid the background for her decision to major in Library Science at the University of North Texas in Denton, Texas, and become a school librarian.
After eight years of working in various school systems, she felt a need to do something different. What she wanted was to open a bookstore. With the help of her husband, Leonard, and her mother, Mary Lynn did just that. For over 20 years she sold books, and loved every minute of it. Then Mary Lynn decided she needed a new challenge. Following an intense amount of pushing and prodding from her husband she took the plunge and tried her hand at writing.
After months of agonising and chewing her nails, she finally mailed All our Tomorrows to Silhouette books in February 1981. One year later it was published as a Silhouette Special Edition. Now, over 40 books later, she's still writing. Mary Lynn can't think of anything else she'd rather do with her time and energy. She surfaces from her writing, she's a voracious reader. But this petite dynamo is always happy to tumble out of her world of fiction into her local fitness center for a bracing workout. She's also dedicated to her volunteer work... and still manages to fit in plenty of quality time with her family at their home in Lufkin, Texas.
Since she was a young girl, books and reading have been an important part of her life. Only after she read all the "goodies" in her public library did her mother encourage her to buy Harlequin romances, then 35 cents each. Wow! Those reading years laid the background for her decision to major in Library Science at the University of North Texas in Denton, Texas, and become a school librarian.
After eight years of working in various school systems, she felt a need to do something different. What she wanted was to open a bookstore. With the help of her husband, Leonard, and her mother, Mary Lynn did just that. For over 20 years she sold books, and loved every minute of it. Then Mary Lynn decided she needed a new challenge. Following an intense amount of pushing and prodding from her husband she took the plunge and tried her hand at writing.
After months of agonising and chewing her nails, she finally mailed All our Tomorrows to Silhouette books in February 1981. One year later it was published as a Silhouette Special Edition. Now, over 40 books later, she's still writing. Mary Lynn can't think of anything else she'd rather do with her time and energy. She surfaces from her writing, she's a voracious reader. But this petite dynamo is always happy to tumble out of her world of fiction into her local fitness center for a bracing workout. She's also dedicated to her volunteer work... and still manages to fit in plenty of quality time with her family at their home in Lufkin, Texas.
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August 26, 2011
better book then I thought. Unexpected sad twist.
July 19, 2026
Another Kind of Love
**Another Kind of Love by Mary Lynn Baxter — ★★★★½**
Another Kind of Love opens with Ali Cameron, 30, run down both physically and emotionally — she's nursing a stomach ulcer, still mourning her fiancé Wes, who died in battle in Vietnam years earlier, and reeling from her father's recent death, a heart attack brought on by the stress of stealing and selling her cosmetic formula to the highest bidder. Her mother, Evelyn, offers little comfort, caring more about money than her daughter's wellbeing. On her doctor's advice, Ali heads to a dude ranch in Arkansas for a few months to recover, hoping to escape both her mother's shadow and the pressures of Cameron Cosmetics, where she holds a stake but not full control.
At the ranch she meets Adam Forrest, a wealthy rancher, veteran, and animal-clinic owner who's immediately struck by how much Ali's beauty and vulnerability remind him of his ex-wife — though he masks it fast, greeting her with more rudeness than warmth. The two spend the opening chapters circling each other, sparks flying even as Ali assumes he's hired help and Adam convinces himself she's just another woman playing games. Her old college roommate and best friend, Cindy, and Cindy's husband Barry — Adam's neighbors and practically family to him — round out the group, though Cindy's pregnancy takes a frightening turn early on when she's diagnosed with toxemia, a kidney condition that risks premature birth.
The romance builds in fits and starts: a stolen kiss Adam initially resists, a slow unraveling of his guard, a devastating reveal about his ex-wife, who left him over his lower income and family background and, in a gut-punch of a backstory, aborted their child. Ali, for her part, is carrying her own fear of intimacy from her years with Wes. Once they finally give in to each other, the connection is intense and fast-moving — a full-course dinner date, a night together under a waterfall, a savage encounter in the barn after watching the ranch animals — though it comes with real complications too, including Adam's ongoing entanglement with his friend-with-benefits, Molly Deavers, and her young son Chad.
Just as Ali and Adam admit they love each other, outside pressures close in from both directions. Ali's uncle demands she return to New York to stop the other stockholders from selling off Cameron Cosmetics, and Adam, insecure and unable to fully trust her, lashes out and tells her to go. Then tragedy hits hard: Cindy dies from complications of her pregnancy, leaving Barry shattered and unable to care for their newborn daughter, named Cindy Marie after her. It's a genuinely heartbreaking turn, and it forces Ali into an impossible choice when Adam, in his own grief and fear, gives her an ultimatum — marry him and walk away from her family's company, or leave his life for good.
Ali chooses New York, and it doesn't fit anymore. Cameron Cosmetics thrives without her — a new perfume, Rare Essence, is a hit — but she's miserable, and it's Barry, of all people, who helps her see clearly: life's too short and too fragile not to choose love while you still can. She rushes back to Arkansas, nearly derailed one more time by a misunderstanding when she spots Adam with Molly's son and assumes he's moved on — but he follows her, they finally say everything they've been avoiding, and he proposes. The book closes on a genuinely warm note: Barry's widowed aunt moving in to help raise baby Cindy Marie, and Ali and Adam building the life together that the whole book has been circling.
It's a real slow burn, and an emotional one — Cindy's death in particular is handled with a gut punch you don't see coming from a book that starts this light. A few of the plot mechanics move fast (their physical relationship escalates well ahead of the trust between them), but the emotional core — two guarded people slowly choosing to be brave with each other — lands. 4.5 stars, and a good sign for the rest of the Made in America series.
**Another Kind of Love by Mary Lynn Baxter — ★★★★½**
Another Kind of Love opens with Ali Cameron, 30, run down both physically and emotionally — she's nursing a stomach ulcer, still mourning her fiancé Wes, who died in battle in Vietnam years earlier, and reeling from her father's recent death, a heart attack brought on by the stress of stealing and selling her cosmetic formula to the highest bidder. Her mother, Evelyn, offers little comfort, caring more about money than her daughter's wellbeing. On her doctor's advice, Ali heads to a dude ranch in Arkansas for a few months to recover, hoping to escape both her mother's shadow and the pressures of Cameron Cosmetics, where she holds a stake but not full control.
At the ranch she meets Adam Forrest, a wealthy rancher, veteran, and animal-clinic owner who's immediately struck by how much Ali's beauty and vulnerability remind him of his ex-wife — though he masks it fast, greeting her with more rudeness than warmth. The two spend the opening chapters circling each other, sparks flying even as Ali assumes he's hired help and Adam convinces himself she's just another woman playing games. Her old college roommate and best friend, Cindy, and Cindy's husband Barry — Adam's neighbors and practically family to him — round out the group, though Cindy's pregnancy takes a frightening turn early on when she's diagnosed with toxemia, a kidney condition that risks premature birth.
The romance builds in fits and starts: a stolen kiss Adam initially resists, a slow unraveling of his guard, a devastating reveal about his ex-wife, who left him over his lower income and family background and, in a gut-punch of a backstory, aborted their child. Ali, for her part, is carrying her own fear of intimacy from her years with Wes. Once they finally give in to each other, the connection is intense and fast-moving — a full-course dinner date, a night together under a waterfall, a savage encounter in the barn after watching the ranch animals — though it comes with real complications too, including Adam's ongoing entanglement with his friend-with-benefits, Molly Deavers, and her young son Chad.
Just as Ali and Adam admit they love each other, outside pressures close in from both directions. Ali's uncle demands she return to New York to stop the other stockholders from selling off Cameron Cosmetics, and Adam, insecure and unable to fully trust her, lashes out and tells her to go. Then tragedy hits hard: Cindy dies from complications of her pregnancy, leaving Barry shattered and unable to care for their newborn daughter, named Cindy Marie after her. It's a genuinely heartbreaking turn, and it forces Ali into an impossible choice when Adam, in his own grief and fear, gives her an ultimatum — marry him and walk away from her family's company, or leave his life for good.
Ali chooses New York, and it doesn't fit anymore. Cameron Cosmetics thrives without her — a new perfume, Rare Essence, is a hit — but she's miserable, and it's Barry, of all people, who helps her see clearly: life's too short and too fragile not to choose love while you still can. She rushes back to Arkansas, nearly derailed one more time by a misunderstanding when she spots Adam with Molly's son and assumes he's moved on — but he follows her, they finally say everything they've been avoiding, and he proposes. The book closes on a genuinely warm note: Barry's widowed aunt moving in to help raise baby Cindy Marie, and Ali and Adam building the life together that the whole book has been circling.
It's a real slow burn, and an emotional one — Cindy's death in particular is handled with a gut punch you don't see coming from a book that starts this light. A few of the plot mechanics move fast (their physical relationship escalates well ahead of the trust between them), but the emotional core — two guarded people slowly choosing to be brave with each other — lands. 4.5 stars, and a good sign for the rest of the Made in America series.
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September 25, 2009
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