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Burning Obsession
Re-read this classic romance by USA Today bestselling author Carole Mortimer
Relieved that her beloved father has awoken from his coma, Kelly Lord isn't prepared for the news that he has amnesia and thinks she's still happily married! Now she must not only see her husband again after five long years apart--but they have to live together, pretending to be newlyweds!
Being back in Jordan's presence soon raises feelings long since buried for Kelly--including their incendiary passion! Could a night in her husband's bed mend what was once broken?
Originally published in 1982
Relieved that her beloved father has awoken from his coma, Kelly Lord isn't prepared for the news that he has amnesia and thinks she's still happily married! Now she must not only see her husband again after five long years apart--but they have to live together, pretending to be newlyweds!
Being back in Jordan's presence soon raises feelings long since buried for Kelly--including their incendiary passion! Could a night in her husband's bed mend what was once broken?
Originally published in 1982
192 pages, Kindle Edition
First published July 1, 1982
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Carole Mortimer
1,296 books907 followersI have written almost 250 romance novels in contemporary and Regency.
I am a USA Today Bestselling Author and recipient of the 2015 RWA Lifetime Achievement Award. In 2014 I received a Pioneer of Romance Award from Romantic Times in the US and in 2012 I was recognised by Queen Elizabeth II for my 'outstanding service to literature'.
I am very happily married to Peter with six sons, and live on the Isle of Man
I am a USA Today Bestselling Author and recipient of the 2015 RWA Lifetime Achievement Award. In 2014 I received a Pioneer of Romance Award from Romantic Times in the US and in 2012 I was recognised by Queen Elizabeth II for my 'outstanding service to literature'.
I am very happily married to Peter with six sons, and live on the Isle of Man
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April 13, 2019
Kelly (who is 23) and Jordan (39) have been separated for five years. Five years ago Kelly thought Jordan cheated on her with another woman and she left him. Now Kelly's father has had an accident and has just come out of a coma. He thinks it's five years ago and that Kelly and Jordan are still together and have just got back from their honeymoon. The doctor suggests that Kelly and Jordan act like they are still together because it may be too much of a shock to Kelly's father (who also has a heart condition) if he realizes he has lost five years of his life. Kelly reluctantly agrees. But while they are together they find they are still very attracted to each other...
Heroine Kelly acted very immature and bratty at times towards Jordan. She didn't really have that much proof that he did cheat and she should have discussed this with Jordan before she left him. She jumped to the wrong conclusions a lot and trusted the wrong people . But I really did enjoy this book. I was pulled into the storyline and I really liked the hero, Jordan. I love obsessed heroes!
This was a great read by Carole Mortimer filled with angst, misunderstandings, passion, and jealousy.
Heroine Kelly acted very immature and bratty at times towards Jordan. She didn't really have that much proof that he did cheat and she should have discussed this with Jordan before she left him. She jumped to the wrong conclusions a lot and trusted the wrong people . But I really did enjoy this book. I was pulled into the storyline and I really liked the hero, Jordan. I love obsessed heroes!
This was a great read by Carole Mortimer filled with angst, misunderstandings, passion, and jealousy.
February 4, 2016
The hero is the one with the burning obsession for the 18 year-old he married. She has a miscarriage after running away from his office after hearing him discussing going away with his secretary. The story opens five years later when her father is in an accident and he loses his memory. Doctor tell the H/h to pretend to be together so not to upset her father.
Both H/h were crazy jealous of everyone, they never communicated, there was forced seduction and a face slap. This is match made in HP heaven.
Both H/h were crazy jealous of everyone, they never communicated, there was forced seduction and a face slap. This is match made in HP heaven.
March 18, 2022
I liked this holy mess.
There's much angst and one of the worst case of miscommunication ever.
The hero is much older than the heroine in a typical CM fashion, she's just 18 and he's some 35, and a man with experience.
The heroine is in love with him but hormonal and not very self assured.
The hero is a workaholic, and not very good at dealing with his feelings.
He and the heroine communicate only in the bedroom, having an intense and very passionate sex life.
They've been married for some months and she's pregnant, but as soon as the hero knew she's pregnant he got out of their bedroom and oh, no sex life any more.
Without any explanation.
So our poor teenager, bride of only 6 months (he got her pregnant the wedding night I suppose), thinks he's already tired of her and since he was a womanizer before marrying her, she is afraid he has another woman.
One day she goes to his office to see him and she listens to a very private conversation between him and his sexy pa, and she runs away, losing her baby.
Since the hero never showed any enthusiasm in becoming a father, she's very hard and hurt and after some weeks, she leaves him and goes back to her father's.
Five years later the heroine's father is badly hurt in a car accident and loses his memory: he doesn't remember his last five years and thinks the h/H have just married.
So they agree to pretend they are still together and they live all together at least until he has recovered his memory.
The hero is obviously smitten with the heroine and would like to get back together, but she still thinks he has affairs with every woman around, and let me tell you, I don't understand why he would always employ young and sexy pa.
Or maybe I understand very well.
They are very much attracted to each other, this seems the only thing they have in common, and they have sex together, but the heroine, who is in love with him but thinks he never loved her, decides they can have sex without commitment.
Of course the hero is not happy but she thinks he's having an affair with her father's nurse and maybe with his pa.
I can understand why.
He actually never said he loved her.
He's always flirting with those women, telling them how beautiful they are, in front of his wife, while he always criticizes his wife, telling her how bad she looks, how skinny she is, and so on.
Is it surprising that she thinks he doesn't even like her?
Love is not something implicit that must be guessed by sheer will, it must be proved.
With words. With facts.
And he didn't.
She is much younger, and inexperienced.
He's the grown up one. He should know better. And do better.
There's also a false friend of her, a woman who tried to seduce the hero, but he rejected her, so now he hates him and wants to sabotate his marriage.
Then there's this communication problem, that was the real reason their marriage didn't work the first time, until in the end thank god they have a real talk, and the heroine tells him what happened the day she lost their baby.
The hero was talking to his pa, but it was not him the man she was seeing, it was one of his associates, an engaged man.
But I must admit that what the heroine heard was very bad, and it would be very easy to understand that he was having an affair with his pa.
So I don't think the heroine overreacted.
There was also the matter of her pregnancy.
The heroine is pregnant a second time.
And when she goes to the doctor he tells her that since she's very delicate she will have to spend all her pregnancy to bed, and no sex with her husband.
So she understand why her husband didn't want to have sex with her the first time.
But he never told her! So she thought he didn't want her any more.
This two really dig their own grave.
And it's not over.
After the first real talk they have since their marriage, the hero tells her he has loved her since the first time he saw her, in an obsessive way, and he never stopped.
He was so scared to lose her when she was pregnant that he lived every day in a nightmare.
The heroine, knowing she's pregnant, decides to leave him, because she wants to have her baby.
She goes to a clinic and spends her pregnancy there in a bed, then she comes back with her to the hero with a surprise. In fact wto surprises.
All is well and the hero tells her he's a coward and I completely agree with him.
I don't thinks theirs is a good marriage.
A marriage is about sharing, the good times and the bad times, and they didn't really share anything important, only sex.
And the comminication is still a problem for them.
She didn't even tell him she was having his baby, because she didn't want him to suffer.
Not a healthy attitude.
I wish that when they met again they hadn't met only because of her father's accident.
The hero was always in touch with her father but never tried to win her back or to understand what went so wrong with their marriage.
Whatever.
The book is good, not boring, very fast in the usual CM way, and the hero is uber obsessed with the heroine.
I think he was celibate because he's really all on her. He isn't really a womanizer, his only fault is that he always has sexy blondes around him, and working for him.
I read some reviews where the heroine is described as a nasty bitch, I think she was only an insecure teenager, and he didn't really make many efforts to make things better between them.
So IMO the main fault is his.
There's much angst and one of the worst case of miscommunication ever.
The hero is much older than the heroine in a typical CM fashion, she's just 18 and he's some 35, and a man with experience.
The heroine is in love with him but hormonal and not very self assured.
The hero is a workaholic, and not very good at dealing with his feelings.
He and the heroine communicate only in the bedroom, having an intense and very passionate sex life.
They've been married for some months and she's pregnant, but as soon as the hero knew she's pregnant he got out of their bedroom and oh, no sex life any more.
Without any explanation.
So our poor teenager, bride of only 6 months (he got her pregnant the wedding night I suppose), thinks he's already tired of her and since he was a womanizer before marrying her, she is afraid he has another woman.
One day she goes to his office to see him and she listens to a very private conversation between him and his sexy pa, and she runs away, losing her baby.
Since the hero never showed any enthusiasm in becoming a father, she's very hard and hurt and after some weeks, she leaves him and goes back to her father's.
Five years later the heroine's father is badly hurt in a car accident and loses his memory: he doesn't remember his last five years and thinks the h/H have just married.
So they agree to pretend they are still together and they live all together at least until he has recovered his memory.
The hero is obviously smitten with the heroine and would like to get back together, but she still thinks he has affairs with every woman around, and let me tell you, I don't understand why he would always employ young and sexy pa.
Or maybe I understand very well.
They are very much attracted to each other, this seems the only thing they have in common, and they have sex together, but the heroine, who is in love with him but thinks he never loved her, decides they can have sex without commitment.
Of course the hero is not happy but she thinks he's having an affair with her father's nurse and maybe with his pa.
I can understand why.
He actually never said he loved her.
He's always flirting with those women, telling them how beautiful they are, in front of his wife, while he always criticizes his wife, telling her how bad she looks, how skinny she is, and so on.
Is it surprising that she thinks he doesn't even like her?
Love is not something implicit that must be guessed by sheer will, it must be proved.
With words. With facts.
And he didn't.
She is much younger, and inexperienced.
He's the grown up one. He should know better. And do better.
There's also a false friend of her, a woman who tried to seduce the hero, but he rejected her, so now he hates him and wants to sabotate his marriage.
Then there's this communication problem, that was the real reason their marriage didn't work the first time, until in the end thank god they have a real talk, and the heroine tells him what happened the day she lost their baby.
The hero was talking to his pa, but it was not him the man she was seeing, it was one of his associates, an engaged man.
But I must admit that what the heroine heard was very bad, and it would be very easy to understand that he was having an affair with his pa.
So I don't think the heroine overreacted.
There was also the matter of her pregnancy.
The heroine is pregnant a second time.
And when she goes to the doctor he tells her that since she's very delicate she will have to spend all her pregnancy to bed, and no sex with her husband.
So she understand why her husband didn't want to have sex with her the first time.
But he never told her! So she thought he didn't want her any more.
This two really dig their own grave.
And it's not over.
After the first real talk they have since their marriage, the hero tells her he has loved her since the first time he saw her, in an obsessive way, and he never stopped.
He was so scared to lose her when she was pregnant that he lived every day in a nightmare.
The heroine, knowing she's pregnant, decides to leave him, because she wants to have her baby.
She goes to a clinic and spends her pregnancy there in a bed, then she comes back with her to the hero with a surprise. In fact wto surprises.
All is well and the hero tells her he's a coward and I completely agree with him.
I don't thinks theirs is a good marriage.
A marriage is about sharing, the good times and the bad times, and they didn't really share anything important, only sex.
And the comminication is still a problem for them.
She didn't even tell him she was having his baby, because she didn't want him to suffer.
Not a healthy attitude.
I wish that when they met again they hadn't met only because of her father's accident.
The hero was always in touch with her father but never tried to win her back or to understand what went so wrong with their marriage.
Whatever.
The book is good, not boring, very fast in the usual CM way, and the hero is uber obsessed with the heroine.
I think he was celibate because he's really all on her. He isn't really a womanizer, his only fault is that he always has sexy blondes around him, and working for him.
I read some reviews where the heroine is described as a nasty bitch, I think she was only an insecure teenager, and he didn't really make many efforts to make things better between them.
So IMO the main fault is his.
June 3, 2013
This was, hands down, one of THE worst Harlequins I've ever read. Heroines can NOT get any bitchier than this one. I spent all my time wishing that a car'd run her over and she hit her head against the sidewalk and dies/goes into a coma and that the hero finds someone worth his while.
When I started it, the first thing I saw was the ages. Him in his thirties and her in her early twenties!!!
I was ecstatic because you find so few books that have an age difference that large and ON TOP OF THAT THEY WERE MARRIED!!!! I WAS SO VERY HAPPY!!!!
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It was because of that that I decided to cut the h some slack. So what if was being bitchy and unreasonable and childish and extremely annoying and unfair to her husband? Maybe what he did to her was really awful. And EEEEEEEEEEEEEE this is so good, I love the age difference between them!!!
Then she started getting on my nerves. Suspecting him while he CLEARLY doesn't do any wrong, thinking that he's lying and cheating on her WITHOUT ANY PROOF, jumping to wrong conclusions, BELIEVING EVERYTHING BAD ABOUT HIM, NEVER GIVING HIM A CHANCE TO EXPLAIN ANYTHING OH MY GOD
I also found what she did in the past inexcusable. Hearing someone else planning an outing with the secretary and thinking it was her husband? There were TWO things about this that infuriated me. HOW CAN YOU NOT KNOW WHAT YOUR HUSBAND OF SIX MONTHS SOUNDS LIKE???
The other thing that made me angry was the fact that she just UP AND LEFT HIM LIKE THAT, WITHOUT EVER EVEN GIVING HIM A CHANCE TO EXPLAIN. IKR? What a bi***.
I just gave up after that. And the bitch traitor friend? HOW DUMB CAN THESE HEROINES GET, DUDE??? I pegged her for the leak the MOMENT the H tells her about it. And she thinks that her husband is wrong to warn her about her. HOW CAN ANYONE BE THAT BITCHY, MAN??? GOD!!
I also didn't like the passion. Her bitchiness came in the middle of EVERYTHING. Ugh. And the guy was such a sweetheart, always trying to win her over. TBH, I have NO idea what it was that he saw in her. She was immature, selfish and extremely foolish. GOD SAVE ME FROM HARLEQUIN HEROINES.
And psst. Take my advice. Throw this book far, far away and never turn back. Not worth your while.
When I started it, the first thing I saw was the ages. Him in his thirties and her in her early twenties!!!
I was ecstatic because you find so few books that have an age difference that large and ON TOP OF THAT THEY WERE MARRIED!!!! I WAS SO VERY HAPPY!!!!
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It was because of that that I decided to cut the h some slack. So what if was being bitchy and unreasonable and childish and extremely annoying and unfair to her husband? Maybe what he did to her was really awful. And EEEEEEEEEEEEEE this is so good, I love the age difference between them!!!
Then she started getting on my nerves. Suspecting him while he CLEARLY doesn't do any wrong, thinking that he's lying and cheating on her WITHOUT ANY PROOF, jumping to wrong conclusions, BELIEVING EVERYTHING BAD ABOUT HIM, NEVER GIVING HIM A CHANCE TO EXPLAIN ANYTHING OH MY GOD
I also found what she did in the past inexcusable. Hearing someone else planning an outing with the secretary and thinking it was her husband? There were TWO things about this that infuriated me. HOW CAN YOU NOT KNOW WHAT YOUR HUSBAND OF SIX MONTHS SOUNDS LIKE???
The other thing that made me angry was the fact that she just UP AND LEFT HIM LIKE THAT, WITHOUT EVER EVEN GIVING HIM A CHANCE TO EXPLAIN. IKR? What a bi***.
I just gave up after that. And the bitch traitor friend? HOW DUMB CAN THESE HEROINES GET, DUDE??? I pegged her for the leak the MOMENT the H tells her about it. And she thinks that her husband is wrong to warn her about her. HOW CAN ANYONE BE THAT BITCHY, MAN??? GOD!!
I also didn't like the passion. Her bitchiness came in the middle of EVERYTHING. Ugh. And the guy was such a sweetheart, always trying to win her over. TBH, I have NO idea what it was that he saw in her. She was immature, selfish and extremely foolish. GOD SAVE ME FROM HARLEQUIN HEROINES.
And psst. Take my advice. Throw this book far, far away and never turn back. Not worth your while.
July 8, 2013
Another winner by CM. Kelly and Jordan are married and very much in love despite their age difference. Soon after their honeymoon Kelly finds out she is pregnant and is excited to tell her husband. When she gets to his office she is listening to a convo and believes Jordan is cheating on her with his secretary. She miscarries the baby, abandons him and moves in with her father.
The book open 5 years later when heroine's father is in a coma after an accident. When he wakes up he has lost part of his memory and believes Kelly and Jordan are still together and just back from their honeymoon. So for her father's sake, Kelly is forced to live with her husband again, pretending to be still happy and in love. They realize they are still attracted to each other and it's not long before they seduce each other once again. But Kelly is not ready to forgive and forget and when she gets pregnant again she flees because she is sure Jordan doesn't want a baby.
I loved both characters. The heroine is the most insecure heroine I have ever come across though. She thinks her husband is literally sleeping with 99% of earth's female population. In reality poor guy is way too obsessed with his wife possessive and even clingy. He never cheated on her and never will. He is so afraid he might lose Kelly he doesn't even want to have kids with her and he won't risk her health.
There is no evil other woman here. The villain is heroine's best friend Maggie, a woman who tries to seduce Jordan again and again but since our hero resents the bitch she makes his life diffucult. The heroine ofcourse believes Maggie is an angel and doesn't realize why Jordan doesn't approve of their friendship. I wanted to scream at her to wake up and appreciate her husband before it was too late. I think their HEA was very well deserved!
The book open 5 years later when heroine's father is in a coma after an accident. When he wakes up he has lost part of his memory and believes Kelly and Jordan are still together and just back from their honeymoon. So for her father's sake, Kelly is forced to live with her husband again, pretending to be still happy and in love. They realize they are still attracted to each other and it's not long before they seduce each other once again. But Kelly is not ready to forgive and forget and when she gets pregnant again she flees because she is sure Jordan doesn't want a baby.
I loved both characters. The heroine is the most insecure heroine I have ever come across though. She thinks her husband is literally sleeping with 99% of earth's female population. In reality poor guy is way too obsessed with his wife possessive and even clingy. He never cheated on her and never will. He is so afraid he might lose Kelly he doesn't even want to have kids with her and he won't risk her health.
There is no evil other woman here. The villain is heroine's best friend Maggie, a woman who tries to seduce Jordan again and again but since our hero resents the bitch she makes his life diffucult. The heroine ofcourse believes Maggie is an angel and doesn't realize why Jordan doesn't approve of their friendship. I wanted to scream at her to wake up and appreciate her husband before it was too late. I think their HEA was very well deserved!
July 17, 2015
It deserved less than 2 stars IMO but, I am going to give it this 2 stars because at the end they had twin babies ^_^
The heroine annoyed me many times :/
I felt that the angst of some scenes wasn't real... I don't know how to explain it. It was like I knew what was to going to happen next XD sth like that...
The heroine left the hero for second time almost at the end of the book, because she was pregnant and had a problem with her muscles, so after the hero confessed her that he knew her problem in the past, he didn't want she got pregnant again.
Then, she decided the best thing she could do was left him and came back 7 months later :O
That is an ABSURD! It's CRAZY!
The hero was happy but also "jealous" about she breastfeeded her babies lol
The heroine annoyed me many times :/
I felt that the angst of some scenes wasn't real... I don't know how to explain it. It was like I knew what was to going to happen next XD sth like that...
The heroine left the hero for second time almost at the end of the book, because she was pregnant and had a problem with her muscles, so after the hero confessed her that he knew her problem in the past, he didn't want she got pregnant again.
Then, she decided the best thing she could do was left him and came back 7 months later :O
That is an ABSURD! It's CRAZY!
The hero was happy but also "jealous" about she breastfeeded her babies lol
October 6, 2017
No, just.... no! I'm not even going to put this in the actual categories because I don't want to look up a book about "babies" and find this!
The so-called hero is a self-defined psycho! He is totally obsessed with the so-called heroine and though he is years older than she (18), he is determined to have her. Even her father knows there's something wrong with the guy and advises them to wait. Jordan never tells her he loves her, turns his back on her (literally and figuratively) when she becomes pregnant & then gives her no support when she miscarries.
She's no prize, either, constantly believing that her husband is carrying on affairs with every blond he encounters.
Fast forward.... Kelly had left him 5 years previous, but has to pretend to get back together with Jordan because her father has amnesia & thinks the two have just returned from their honeymoon. Jordan is super-cold to her, yet rapes her several times. Here's where it gets sick:
Jordan had made love to her as if he physically wanted to hurt her, with none of his usual gentle arousal in evidence. In the end he had Kelly clinging to him unashamedly, eagerly telling him everything he wanted to know about this afternoon.
Kelly loved every second of his possession, knowing that while she loved him it could never be called anything as ugly as rape.
and
His hand shot out and hit her hard across one cheek, and her head reeled back from the blow. ‘Oh God!’ he groaned as she stared at him with tear-filled, accusing eyes. ‘God!’ he groaned again, his face buried in his hands. ‘Now what have you made me do?’
Jordan had hit her! No one had ever hit her before, not her father, no one, and to say she had been shocked by the action was an understatement. But she had deserved it! She had deserved much more than that.
‘Kelly…’ he groaned, grasping her hands in his. ‘Can you ever forgive me?’ ‘There’s nothing to forgive,’ she extricated her hands moving away from him. ‘If I ever say anything like that to you again I hope you’ll deal with me in the same way.
I realize this was written in 1982, but rape is rape and *no one* deserves to be hit & then believe she deserved it! Rape & abuse- NO!
The so-called hero is a self-defined psycho! He is totally obsessed with the so-called heroine and though he is years older than she (18), he is determined to have her. Even her father knows there's something wrong with the guy and advises them to wait. Jordan never tells her he loves her, turns his back on her (literally and figuratively) when she becomes pregnant & then gives her no support when she miscarries.
She's no prize, either, constantly believing that her husband is carrying on affairs with every blond he encounters.
Fast forward.... Kelly had left him 5 years previous, but has to pretend to get back together with Jordan because her father has amnesia & thinks the two have just returned from their honeymoon. Jordan is super-cold to her, yet rapes her several times. Here's where it gets sick:
Jordan had made love to her as if he physically wanted to hurt her, with none of his usual gentle arousal in evidence. In the end he had Kelly clinging to him unashamedly, eagerly telling him everything he wanted to know about this afternoon.
Kelly loved every second of his possession, knowing that while she loved him it could never be called anything as ugly as rape.
and
His hand shot out and hit her hard across one cheek, and her head reeled back from the blow. ‘Oh God!’ he groaned as she stared at him with tear-filled, accusing eyes. ‘God!’ he groaned again, his face buried in his hands. ‘Now what have you made me do?’
Jordan had hit her! No one had ever hit her before, not her father, no one, and to say she had been shocked by the action was an understatement. But she had deserved it! She had deserved much more than that.
‘Kelly…’ he groaned, grasping her hands in his. ‘Can you ever forgive me?’ ‘There’s nothing to forgive,’ she extricated her hands moving away from him. ‘If I ever say anything like that to you again I hope you’ll deal with me in the same way.
I realize this was written in 1982, but rape is rape and *no one* deserves to be hit & then believe she deserved it! Rape & abuse- NO!
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October 21, 2016
i love a smitten hero when i see one & i got one here, who was not only madly in love wid heroine but very much obsessed wid her ! Kelly was blind & pretty immature. the way she reacted after having lost her baby and abandoning her husband for 5 years was unacceptable. she also said some awful things to Jordan. she was mean in her desire to hurt him bcoz she thought he had cheated on her wid his ex-secretary. u dunt run out on your husband without asking for an explanation !
September 2, 2021
I can't believe the only good thing about this book was the slap scene 😭😭
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‘Thank God she was never born and named after a bastard like you!’
His hand shot out and hit her hard across one cheek, and her head reeled back from the blow. ‘Oh God!’ he groaned as she stared at him with tear-filled, accusing eyes.
April 8, 2019
Seeing Jordan again after five long years was almost more of a shock than the traffic accident that had left Kelly's father in a coma. Why had Jordan come? Instantly Kelly relived the pain of loving him, losing him and miscarrying his child... But that was over now; she had her father to think of. That was the most cruel irony of all, because for her father's sake, Kelly was forced to live with her husband again, pretending a love that didn't exist - except on her side.
July 9, 2012
Well this is one of the really well written Harlequin romances and Carole Mortimer is one of my favourites.
I loved the characters. The story was not fast paced and the heroine and hero really loved each other throughout the book despite all the misunderstandings. The author handled the issue of miscarriage beautifully and I loved the jealous/possessive hero (I do have an incurable weakening for dominant men) Haha
This books was like a breath of fresh air as it didn't evolve around just the lust between the two and there was more than just sex which held the two together. All I can say is, any Carole Mortimer fan will not be disappointed with this book. Loved it!
I loved the characters. The story was not fast paced and the heroine and hero really loved each other throughout the book despite all the misunderstandings. The author handled the issue of miscarriage beautifully and I loved the jealous/possessive hero (I do have an incurable weakening for dominant men) Haha
This books was like a breath of fresh air as it didn't evolve around just the lust between the two and there was more than just sex which held the two together. All I can say is, any Carole Mortimer fan will not be disappointed with this book. Loved it!
January 5, 2021
Most HP heroines are too stupid and this h is the same. I begin to wonder if that is the way to win an incredible man’s heart: just be as stupid as you can be. It sure works in HP-landia.
She gets a slap in her face from him, but I think the reason I think that’s okay is because I wanted to slap her as well all throughout the book. Anyway, it’s a vintage HP from the 80’s, so I’m not shocked.
The H is smitten. He only has eyes for her. Meanwhile she thinks he is sleeping with all the women on the planet and the next planet.
Because of the H and his passion and love for her, I still give it 4 stars.
She gets a slap in her face from him, but I think the reason I think that’s okay is because I wanted to slap her as well all throughout the book. Anyway, it’s a vintage HP from the 80’s, so I’m not shocked.
The H is smitten. He only has eyes for her. Meanwhile she thinks he is sleeping with all the women on the planet and the next planet.
Because of the H and his passion and love for her, I still give it 4 stars.
October 14, 2012
Loved it!!
January 17, 2025
This was another crap book by a usually good author! At first, I could excuse the h's monumental stupidity because she was young (only 18), insecure, pregnant at a time when she should have been adjusting to marriage, not having to deal with impending motherhood, and still too full of HEA dreams to deal with everyday reality. As is the case with a lot of young h's, she thinks the H cheated, no longer wants her because of her condition, didn't want the baby, never said he loved her, on and on and on! No wonder she miscarried! That unborn baby wanted to escape!!!
I could put up with her nonsense because she was 18, grieving the baby's loss, etc., but five years later is another story! She's still in jealous mode over every woman the H so much as glances at, assuming he's getting naked with them all, and considering that they've been separated five years, haven't seen each other in all that time, and she supposedly hasn't given him a thought, why should she care?
Of course, you know why, but she prefers to deny her true feelings and act the bitch, instead! She listens to her equally bitchy ("with a friend like that...") BFF, who gives bad advice, and is too TSTL when she doesn't realize the woman has the hots for the H! She gets so snarky and nasty with the H that he actually hits her! Normally, I hate when the h gets slapped, but NOT THIS TIME!!
Not that I'm so fond of the H, either. At 34, he had no business marrying an 18-year-old, no matter how horny she got him! They were only dating a month, talk about DUMB!!! He should have known she was too immature for marriage, and stayed away for at least a year, if not two. But he let his southern head get the better of his northern one and reaped the stupidity he sowed!
And her getting pregnant so soon was ridiculous! Since she was 18 and a virgin, while he was in his thirties with lots of sexperience, I'd hold him more responsible for the birth control! He didn't sleep with her while she was pregnant or say he really wanted the baby, so it's not surprising her faith in him wavered, making her prone to believe the worst.
And the way he talked to his father-in-law (who was also a good friend) right before he and the h separated was awful, ordering him around, telling him to keep quiet, leave the room, etc. True, he and the h had been arguing, but that was no reason to ride roughshod over her father! He deserved a kick in the butt for that!
I soon started skipping through this one, and then didn't finish because I didn't want these two to have a HEA. So, I never found out if what I suspected was true, that the father was faking his amnesia to get the couple back together. If I were him, I would have welcomed amnesia that made me forget them both, permanently!!
I could put up with her nonsense because she was 18, grieving the baby's loss, etc., but five years later is another story! She's still in jealous mode over every woman the H so much as glances at, assuming he's getting naked with them all, and considering that they've been separated five years, haven't seen each other in all that time, and she supposedly hasn't given him a thought, why should she care?
Of course, you know why, but she prefers to deny her true feelings and act the bitch, instead! She listens to her equally bitchy ("with a friend like that...") BFF, who gives bad advice, and is too TSTL when she doesn't realize the woman has the hots for the H! She gets so snarky and nasty with the H that he actually hits her! Normally, I hate when the h gets slapped, but NOT THIS TIME!!
Not that I'm so fond of the H, either. At 34, he had no business marrying an 18-year-old, no matter how horny she got him! They were only dating a month, talk about DUMB!!! He should have known she was too immature for marriage, and stayed away for at least a year, if not two. But he let his southern head get the better of his northern one and reaped the stupidity he sowed!
And her getting pregnant so soon was ridiculous! Since she was 18 and a virgin, while he was in his thirties with lots of sexperience, I'd hold him more responsible for the birth control! He didn't sleep with her while she was pregnant or say he really wanted the baby, so it's not surprising her faith in him wavered, making her prone to believe the worst.
And the way he talked to his father-in-law (who was also a good friend) right before he and the h separated was awful, ordering him around, telling him to keep quiet, leave the room, etc. True, he and the h had been arguing, but that was no reason to ride roughshod over her father! He deserved a kick in the butt for that!
I soon started skipping through this one, and then didn't finish because I didn't want these two to have a HEA. So, I never found out if what I suspected was true, that the father was faking his amnesia to get the couple back together. If I were him, I would have welcomed amnesia that made me forget them both, permanently!!
March 2, 2020
Well at least the title is apropos. Both characters are obsessed with each other.
Heroine ran out on her husband after overhearing a conversation that made it seem like hero was cheating. During her sobbing run away she ended up having a miscarriage. Five years later they are forced back together. Classic 'we refuse to talk to each other' plot.
While plotted and written better than some HP, this was riddled with loose ends imo.
Example: Hero was told by doctor heroine would have trouble carrying children and they should both abstain from sex. Hero never tells wife so she's left thinking she's unwanted when hero moves into a guest room. Why? Why keep her health a secret from her?
Example 2: She bails for 8months to gestate alone. Only one person knows her whereabouts because she didn't want to stress hero out with her pregnancy.
Example 3: He doesn't show up to the hospital for a long time after she miscarried. He never explains why business came first even though he mentioned there was a good reason.
I know HP are full of angst madness and plenty of WTF moments but huh?
Other stuff that was eyebrow raising was the slappy scene. Heroine and hero are having an argument and she says maybe it's better the baby didn't survive because he would be a shitty father (or some such), he hauls off and lays an open palm facer. Heroine says she deserves it.
This book also had the evil 'bestie' who does d-bag stuff just to do it. Like selling heroines family secrets to keep a married man or repeatedly coming on to hero behind heroines back. She wasn't fleshed out as a character or anything, nor did she get loads of screen time for how much chaos she caused. Hero never said why he hated evil bestie and just let the heroine figure it out for herself.
Anywho, decent HP. Don't go in with high hopes and this angst candy is worth the quick read.
Heroine ran out on her husband after overhearing a conversation that made it seem like hero was cheating. During her sobbing run away she ended up having a miscarriage. Five years later they are forced back together. Classic 'we refuse to talk to each other' plot.
While plotted and written better than some HP, this was riddled with loose ends imo.
Example: Hero was told by doctor heroine would have trouble carrying children and they should both abstain from sex. Hero never tells wife so she's left thinking she's unwanted when hero moves into a guest room. Why? Why keep her health a secret from her?
Example 2: She bails for 8months to gestate alone. Only one person knows her whereabouts because she didn't want to stress hero out with her pregnancy.
Example 3: He doesn't show up to the hospital for a long time after she miscarried. He never explains why business came first even though he mentioned there was a good reason.
I know HP are full of angst madness and plenty of WTF moments but huh?
Other stuff that was eyebrow raising was the slappy scene. Heroine and hero are having an argument and she says maybe it's better the baby didn't survive because he would be a shitty father (or some such), he hauls off and lays an open palm facer. Heroine says she deserves it.
This book also had the evil 'bestie' who does d-bag stuff just to do it. Like selling heroines family secrets to keep a married man or repeatedly coming on to hero behind heroines back. She wasn't fleshed out as a character or anything, nor did she get loads of screen time for how much chaos she caused. Hero never said why he hated evil bestie and just let the heroine figure it out for herself.
Anywho, decent HP. Don't go in with high hopes and this angst candy is worth the quick read.
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February 26, 2021
The MCs have been estranged for five years following the miscarriage of their child at five months. The h thought she heard the H making an assignation with his secretary and distraught, ran into the road and was hit by a car. After the miscarriage, there is a lot of anger and animosity from the h towards her husband and she leaves him with her dad's support. The MCs are forced to reunite because the h's dad has amnesia after a car accident and he doesn't remember the past five years. It's a forced reunion-second chance romance.
The h is immature and really bad at communication. She basically jumps to conclusions based off of limited/no evidence and yells at/freaks out on the H the entire damn book. She's insecure and jealous because she thought the H was having affairs during their marriage but she never ever confronted him even when she started sleeping with him again. The H tries to start conversations and puts himself out there multiple times only to be shot down.
At the end, he claims to be "obsessive" about the h but he let her go for five years with no surveillance. I really don't think he was obsessive at all. He just loved a young woman who loved and acted like a child. They both had jealousy issues but it was much worse on her end. (They were both celibate during their separation.)
Early on in their reunion, the H slaps the h after she said she was glad their daughter died before she could be named after the husband. I usually don't condone violence but woman to woman, I would have slapped her too. She said crazy mean and hurtful things all the time. Usually, it's the HP Hs who are irrational, jealous, and crazy. Either way, I don't find it attractive at all and I don't think this premise should be the driving force of a plot.
The h is immature and really bad at communication. She basically jumps to conclusions based off of limited/no evidence and yells at/freaks out on the H the entire damn book. She's insecure and jealous because she thought the H was having affairs during their marriage but she never ever confronted him even when she started sleeping with him again. The H tries to start conversations and puts himself out there multiple times only to be shot down.
At the end, he claims to be "obsessive" about the h but he let her go for five years with no surveillance. I really don't think he was obsessive at all. He just loved a young woman who loved and acted like a child. They both had jealousy issues but it was much worse on her end. (They were both celibate during their separation.)
Early on in their reunion, the H slaps the h after she said she was glad their daughter died before she could be named after the husband. I usually don't condone violence but woman to woman, I would have slapped her too. She said crazy mean and hurtful things all the time. Usually, it's the HP Hs who are irrational, jealous, and crazy. Either way, I don't find it attractive at all and I don't think this premise should be the driving force of a plot.
October 23, 2016
Full of foolish BS. Stupid miscommunications, misunderstandings and unreasonable actions... Two people who really love each other as desperately as H and h supposed to do so wouldn't bare to be away from each other based on assumptions only. At the end her leaving him for seven months to give birth by herself in order to protect him from worry and hurt (!) was especially incredulous. What the hell!
CM`s writing has many other logic problems e.g. the way h`s bad woman friend all of a sudden confess that she was coveting her husband, h`s father new there was a blemish (!) in H`s character because he was obsessed with h etc. Besides the book doesn't really SHOW that famous obsession. As readers we are TOLD at the end by H that he is obsessed! Obsessed husbands don't let their wives leave them for five years sight unseen!
CM`s writing has many other logic problems e.g. the way h`s bad woman friend all of a sudden confess that she was coveting her husband, h`s father new there was a blemish (!) in H`s character because he was obsessed with h etc. Besides the book doesn't really SHOW that famous obsession. As readers we are TOLD at the end by H that he is obsessed! Obsessed husbands don't let their wives leave them for five years sight unseen!
June 8, 2019
Kelly left her husband, Jordan, when she lost her baby due to his unfaithfulness to her with his secretary. She kept away from him fore 5 long years till she had an accident with her father and he lost his memory. Because of her father's critical heart condition adding to his memory loss, she had to act as Jordan's wife once more for his sake.
The story started promisingly, but at the middle it became way unbelievable. The two characters are really possessive, but with their own feelings. He with his possessiveness with her and his black jealousy and she with exactly the same thing towards him, but showing it in forms of hatred! The ending was really fanciful !!!
The story started promisingly, but at the middle it became way unbelievable. The two characters are really possessive, but with their own feelings. He with his possessiveness with her and his black jealousy and she with exactly the same thing towards him, but showing it in forms of hatred! The ending was really fanciful !!!
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May 30, 2020
Quarantine Read
My golly I couldn't get past the heroine's bitchiness 😂 Well, I am relaxing my feelings for her since she's 18 to 23 (but there are matured women in this age...maybe she didn't get the notice). I also consider her mental and emotional state especially she experienced miscarriage. But my golly, she's really something *sigh* to the point that I find her irritating ALL the time 😅 and I'm not interested in finding out why she whines all the time
My golly I couldn't get past the heroine's bitchiness 😂 Well, I am relaxing my feelings for her since she's 18 to 23 (but there are matured women in this age...maybe she didn't get the notice). I also consider her mental and emotional state especially she experienced miscarriage. But my golly, she's really something *sigh* to the point that I find her irritating ALL the time 😅 and I'm not interested in finding out why she whines all the time
November 2, 2020
The ending came out strongly because after bearing with her for so long, the hero finally confessed he was psychotically obsessed with the heroine. Hero admitted that her father initally opposed their marriage because he knew that the hero has a "quirk" in his behaviour that the his daughter might not be able deal with it. Apt title. Nice read .
January 9, 2018
Well this was a wild ride. It was enjoyable, but the hero was an abusive arsehole and I hated, HATED the ending (until page 176 it was going to be a 4 Star book).
Age gap: 16 years
Heroine’s age: 23 (met at 18)
Hero’s age: 39 (met at 34)
Age gap: 16 years
Heroine’s age: 23 (met at 18)
Hero’s age: 39 (met at 34)
December 8, 2024
Story was good overall but I can’t abide an abusive person male or female. The hero hit his wife definitely not a hero! He was very violent and abusive story would have been 100% better without the abuse
No excuse for slapping your wife none zero nada
No excuse for slapping your wife none zero nada
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October 25, 2020hit me and take ma love back.what about that crazy?
i hate that degre of obess.
and at the end look like all big drama of missunderstand.i love it but not enjoy it.
i hate that degre of obess.
and at the end look like all big drama of missunderstand.i love it but not enjoy it.
September 20, 2022
one word: stupid
Its like reading a wattpad book everything is stupid and doesn’t make sense
The heroine is so despicable and immature and yuck yuckkkkk I dislike everyone
Its like reading a wattpad book everything is stupid and doesn’t make sense
The heroine is so despicable and immature and yuck yuckkkkk I dislike everyone
October 11, 2022
Another bickering/shouting/ snarking marathon. Heroine was a child and couldn’t handle adult situations with any degree of maturity or control.
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May 23, 2024She left him to have the twins and joined him after the babies were borne at the end were just crazy!
August 15, 2024
This is one where I think the H should have run off with the OW. Heroine acted like a 10 year old.
January 13, 2025
Not a very happy story.
April 4, 2015
God forbids, I'll ever read from Carole Mortimer in the future.
Do you know the feeling when you're just like, why have I stopped reading the books from this author? Then...
Poof!
Biggest mistake ever! You just step into hell!!!
The book was shitty, I'm serious about this.
The heroine is stupid, so stupid that she accuses people without any prooves. Plus, she trusts the wrong people, like just, no.
The hero, abusive, psycho, sadistic, um, like the dude from Fifty Shades of Grey. He slapped her, raped her. Wow, in the end, it's all just because he's obsessed with her!! And he claims that he loves her even!!
People, take it from me, don't, never, ever, be okay with someone who abuse you or rape you and claims he's obsessed with you. The dude's a psycho!!!
Run the other way if he ever walks even 1 km from you. Like report him to the cops, get lawyers, do whatever but just don't, marry him, or stay married to him just because you love him too.
Trust me, he's not worth you love, your life, your time, or just plainly you. That dude's a dick, so don't ever stay with someone like that.
Same goes to this book, dont, just don't, read the book for the sake of humanity.
Rating, -100000000000000000000000000000000000000/10
Do you know the feeling when you're just like, why have I stopped reading the books from this author? Then...
Poof!
Biggest mistake ever! You just step into hell!!!
The book was shitty, I'm serious about this.
The heroine is stupid, so stupid that she accuses people without any prooves. Plus, she trusts the wrong people, like just, no.
The hero, abusive, psycho, sadistic, um, like the dude from Fifty Shades of Grey. He slapped her, raped her. Wow, in the end, it's all just because he's obsessed with her!! And he claims that he loves her even!!
People, take it from me, don't, never, ever, be okay with someone who abuse you or rape you and claims he's obsessed with you. The dude's a psycho!!!
Run the other way if he ever walks even 1 km from you. Like report him to the cops, get lawyers, do whatever but just don't, marry him, or stay married to him just because you love him too.
Trust me, he's not worth you love, your life, your time, or just plainly you. That dude's a dick, so don't ever stay with someone like that.
Same goes to this book, dont, just don't, read the book for the sake of humanity.
Rating, -100000000000000000000000000000000000000/10
September 5, 2012
I am a little surprised that I quite like this book. The hero is really possessive and definitely obsessed with the heroine. He is obsessed to the extent that he was afraid to declare love openly, unable to love the unborn baby because it has potential to cause the heroine's death....
I can also understand both H and h point of view how they misunderstood each other's actions. Although I sometimes is surprised when both characters are so blissfully in love in the beginning, why is it they always have to guess the meaning behind the other's action instead of communicating openly when problems arise. If you can't talk openly to the person who you love, who can you actually talk to then? But I guess if the misunderstanding clears too early in the book, there will be no story.
I can also understand both H and h point of view how they misunderstood each other's actions. Although I sometimes is surprised when both characters are so blissfully in love in the beginning, why is it they always have to guess the meaning behind the other's action instead of communicating openly when problems arise. If you can't talk openly to the person who you love, who can you actually talk to then? But I guess if the misunderstanding clears too early in the book, there will be no story.
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