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Safe in My Heart
She had seduced her boss!
Katharine had exactly dragged Stephen Osborne into her bedroom, of course. Still, she bore the brunt of the responsibility. She had acted on impulse-something she never did. She had paid for the night of madness, though; she quit before Steven could fire her.
After all, seducing the boss certainly wasn't approved employee behavior. And here she was, with no reference, no permanent job--and pregnant.
Then Steven came back into her life, insisting they do what people always do when there's an unexpected baby on the way--get married.
Katharine had exactly dragged Stephen Osborne into her bedroom, of course. Still, she bore the brunt of the responsibility. She had acted on impulse-something she never did. She had paid for the night of madness, though; she quit before Steven could fire her.
After all, seducing the boss certainly wasn't approved employee behavior. And here she was, with no reference, no permanent job--and pregnant.
Then Steven came back into her life, insisting they do what people always do when there's an unexpected baby on the way--get married.
189 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published January 1, 1993
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About the author
Leigh Michaels
351 books173 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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September 2, 2017
3.5 stars
And that is why, aside from trust, communication is the most essential thing in a marriage.
I loveee Stephen, he's very sweet indeed. But both of them needs to be knocked on the head for their takes and actions on the marriage. No communication can lead to a misconception, and then makes the matter worse then it really is.
And that is why, aside from trust, communication is the most essential thing in a marriage.
I loveee Stephen, he's very sweet indeed. But both of them needs to be knocked on the head for their takes and actions on the marriage. No communication can lead to a misconception, and then makes the matter worse then it really is.
August 6, 2011
LOL. The synopsis at the back of the book made it appear as if the heroine Katherine was a man-eating vamp. In fact, she was from it.
Privately distraught from a disastrous office romance, she went to the party where her two-timing boyfriend was going to announce his engagement to her boss’s sister. Her boss Stephen was in attendance and escorted her home afterwards. The after-party coffee invitation turned into all-nighter in bed together. [No explicit sex scenes, thank goodness.] Remorse set in the following morning and she walked out of her home leaving the guy bewildered.
Blame it on the pregnancy blues, but the heroine appeared drab and wishy-washy in the book. She couldn’t seem to perk up even when she was house-hunting and shopping for baby furniture. The only time she seemed animated was talking about work projects with another colleague or spending time with her neighbor-and-child. To me, she was overly fixated about her dead father. But it was sweet how the guy picked up on this and took extraordinary efforts to unearth old photographs.
I wish however that there were more moments of emotional bonding between the H/h. Apart from the brief honeymoon, they really didn’t get to relate outside the office and whatever growing connection between them was too indistinct as to be negligible.
I understand his calm excuse that he was trying to hold himself back lest he frightened off the girl but why bother check on her at the oby-gyn or tour an art museum with her, if he was just going to keep his emotional distance while being physically present. I like the strong-and-silent and the judge-me-by-my-actions-not-words type of guy but geez! couldn't he be more emotive? This is perhaps why his confession of love-at-first-sight appeared out of the blue.
Overall, I think this book needs a little bit more angst and less subtlety.
Privately distraught from a disastrous office romance, she went to the party where her two-timing boyfriend was going to announce his engagement to her boss’s sister. Her boss Stephen was in attendance and escorted her home afterwards. The after-party coffee invitation turned into all-nighter in bed together. [No explicit sex scenes, thank goodness.] Remorse set in the following morning and she walked out of her home leaving the guy bewildered.
Blame it on the pregnancy blues, but the heroine appeared drab and wishy-washy in the book. She couldn’t seem to perk up even when she was house-hunting and shopping for baby furniture. The only time she seemed animated was talking about work projects with another colleague or spending time with her neighbor-and-child. To me, she was overly fixated about her dead father. But it was sweet how the guy picked up on this and took extraordinary efforts to unearth old photographs.
I wish however that there were more moments of emotional bonding between the H/h. Apart from the brief honeymoon, they really didn’t get to relate outside the office and whatever growing connection between them was too indistinct as to be negligible.
I understand his calm excuse that he was trying to hold himself back lest he frightened off the girl but why bother check on her at the oby-gyn or tour an art museum with her, if he was just going to keep his emotional distance while being physically present. I like the strong-and-silent and the judge-me-by-my-actions-not-words type of guy but geez! couldn't he be more emotive? This is perhaps why his confession of love-at-first-sight appeared out of the blue.
Overall, I think this book needs a little bit more angst and less subtlety.
July 24, 2023
3.5 stars
Leigh Michaels writes a very specific melancholy vibe where the hero is in love from beginning and the oblivious heroine is mopey for other reasons. Like, this is the defining theme of her work; nothing gets communicated until the nth minute with dramatic confessions. I don’t think it’ll appeal to most readers but I’m trash for it, naturally. Read via KU.
Leigh Michaels writes a very specific melancholy vibe where the hero is in love from beginning and the oblivious heroine is mopey for other reasons. Like, this is the defining theme of her work; nothing gets communicated until the nth minute with dramatic confessions. I don’t think it’ll appeal to most readers but I’m trash for it, naturally. Read via KU.
October 4, 2020
Very much a product of its era but super sweet regardless: heroine/executive assistant Katherine finds out that her co-worker/secret boyfriend has gotten himself secretly engaged to the company owner’s daughter. After the engagement party she ends up in bed with her immediate boss, the company president, and soon after that she ends up pregnant. Super slow but Katherine’s a pleasant companion on the journey, although the final wrap-up is a little too dramatic for a book that is mostly marked by understatement.
There is frequent use of the word “handicapped.” The heroine considers abortion and adoption both. All in all, though, the representation is really nice - the ob/gyn is a woman, the neighbor has a (smart, adorable) daughter who is deaf (not capitalized in the text), and the hero gets excited over the idea of teaching a potential daughter to play softball. I think most of the romances from this era I read are Harlequin Presents, where the heroes are huge jerks, so this was a really refreshing change of pace.
There is frequent use of the word “handicapped.” The heroine considers abortion and adoption both. All in all, though, the representation is really nice - the ob/gyn is a woman, the neighbor has a (smart, adorable) daughter who is deaf (not capitalized in the text), and the hero gets excited over the idea of teaching a potential daughter to play softball. I think most of the romances from this era I read are Harlequin Presents, where the heroes are huge jerks, so this was a really refreshing change of pace.
February 17, 2015
What do you get when you put a confused young woman, a man secretly in love, a lying cheat and an old rapscallion matchmake together? You get a very sweet story.
I enjoyed this book. The story had it's drama, but the hero, Stephen was just the sweetest man. A supposed playboy secretly in love with his assistant Katherine, even though he knows that she is in love with Travis, his top sales person. He also knows that Travis has been dating his sister and plans to marry her. Katherine is clueless and on the night of the engagement party, she has a bot too much to drink and sleeps with Stephen.
The result as you can guess, is an unexpected pregnancy. Stephen learns of he baby and proposes. He convinces Katherine to marry him but even after the wedding, he keeps his distance. He is unsure wether the baby is his but loves Katherine and doesn't want to scare her and so her, so her suffers his unrequited love in silence.
This was such a tender story. Poignant and sweet. There was no grand passions or gestures, just deep caring from Stephen and the realization of her love from Katherine. My favorite bit was the gift of the photo of her father. That made me get all teary. My favorite person in the story is Rafe, Stephen's father. I loved his salty, old guy character and learning of his attempts at matchmaking. He was a real treat.
While I loved the book, it did move at a slower pace, which I think, gives you a chance to really appreciate the characters and all the nuances of the story. This was my first Leigh Michaels book and I am going on a hunt for more of her work! If you want a sweet, quiet story that takes you back to a more innocent time, this is the one for you. I heartily recommend it.
I enjoyed this book. The story had it's drama, but the hero, Stephen was just the sweetest man. A supposed playboy secretly in love with his assistant Katherine, even though he knows that she is in love with Travis, his top sales person. He also knows that Travis has been dating his sister and plans to marry her. Katherine is clueless and on the night of the engagement party, she has a bot too much to drink and sleeps with Stephen.
The result as you can guess, is an unexpected pregnancy. Stephen learns of he baby and proposes. He convinces Katherine to marry him but even after the wedding, he keeps his distance. He is unsure wether the baby is his but loves Katherine and doesn't want to scare her and so her, so her suffers his unrequited love in silence.
This was such a tender story. Poignant and sweet. There was no grand passions or gestures, just deep caring from Stephen and the realization of her love from Katherine. My favorite bit was the gift of the photo of her father. That made me get all teary. My favorite person in the story is Rafe, Stephen's father. I loved his salty, old guy character and learning of his attempts at matchmaking. He was a real treat.
While I loved the book, it did move at a slower pace, which I think, gives you a chance to really appreciate the characters and all the nuances of the story. This was my first Leigh Michaels book and I am going on a hunt for more of her work! If you want a sweet, quiet story that takes you back to a more innocent time, this is the one for you. I heartily recommend it.
February 9, 2019
Bu aralar harlequin dışında gelişimlere de merak sardım.O yüzden bir kaç tanesinin pdfini indirmiştim.Bu yazarda onlardan biriydi.
Katherina'nın patronu Rafe emekli olmaya karar verince yerine oğlu Stephen geçiyor ve tabi ki ikilimiz arasındaki gerilimde böyle başlıyor.
Katherina'nın şirkette bir sevgilisi vardı.Pislik adam hem onu hemde Rafe'in kızını aynı anda idare ediyormuş.Katherina bunu nişanlandıkları gün öğreniyor.O gün Stephen ile olanlar oluyor zaten. :D
okurken keyif aldım ama üç vermemin nedeni hem kızın bira sinirlik olması hemde pislik sevgilinin patronun kızıyla evlenip sanki iyi biriymiş gösterilmesi kitabın sonunda da.
Ha bu arada eğer Stephen ve Katherina kendilerinden aralarında bir etkileşim olmasaymış bizim yaşlı patron çöpçatanlık yapıp Katherina'yı aileye katmayı düşünüyormuş zaten.Ona gerek kalmadan halloldu her şey. :D
Katherina'nın patronu Rafe emekli olmaya karar verince yerine oğlu Stephen geçiyor ve tabi ki ikilimiz arasındaki gerilimde böyle başlıyor.
Katherina'nın şirkette bir sevgilisi vardı.Pislik adam hem onu hemde Rafe'in kızını aynı anda idare ediyormuş.Katherina bunu nişanlandıkları gün öğreniyor.O gün Stephen ile olanlar oluyor zaten. :D
okurken keyif aldım ama üç vermemin nedeni hem kızın bira sinirlik olması hemde pislik sevgilinin patronun kızıyla evlenip sanki iyi biriymiş gösterilmesi kitabın sonunda da.
Ha bu arada eğer Stephen ve Katherina kendilerinden aralarında bir etkileşim olmasaymış bizim yaşlı patron çöpçatanlık yapıp Katherina'yı aileye katmayı düşünüyormuş zaten.Ona gerek kalmadan halloldu her şey. :D
April 15, 2012
The novel was WAY too slow for me! I couldn't stand the speed in which it went at, not to mention the added parts in the story that didn't need to be there what so ever! I was almost falling asleep, there was no passion or drama or emotional connection at all for me. I was so disappointed! I've never read Leigh Michaels before or at least I don't think I have, I'm not to sure if I will again..
November 3, 2012
Çok yavaş ilerliyor başta iki yıldız anca alır diye düşündüm sonralara doğru dörde çıktım ortama üç verdim ama şunu söyliyim Stephen'ın davranışlarını çok beğendim bile bile bazışeyleri kabul etmeye razı olması falan çok hoştu gerçek sevgiyi en çok onda hissettim
November 19, 2017
Maybe it's just me but I don't like this one.
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