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My Only Love
"I've given it plenty of thought. I don't want any children!"
Tane had found her. After four years of searching, she was his once more and he had no intention of letting her out of his sight. But Laura's life had changed during that time. Her husband had died and she was struggling to support her young son, Jamie. What did it matter that she and Tane were still attracted to one another? His views hadn't changed one bit and even passion couldn't override the fact that they were locked in an eternal stalemate. And to survive Tane's attentions a second time, Laura had to keep her wits about her and the truth about Jamie well and truly hidden!
Tane had found her. After four years of searching, she was his once more and he had no intention of letting her out of his sight. But Laura's life had changed during that time. Her husband had died and she was struggling to support her young son, Jamie. What did it matter that she and Tane were still attracted to one another? His views hadn't changed one bit and even passion couldn't override the fact that they were locked in an eternal stalemate. And to survive Tane's attentions a second time, Laura had to keep her wits about her and the truth about Jamie well and truly hidden!
192 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1995
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Lee Wilkinson
260 books39 followersLee Wilkinson was born in Nottingham, the only child of loving parents. She was educated at an all-girls' school, and after leaving, tried her hand at several jobs, including modeling swimwear.
At 22 she met and married her husband, Denis. They had a traditional white wedding and a honeymoon in Italy, and have been happily married ever since. They have two children, a son and a daughter—both now grown up and married—and four lovely grandchildren.
Lee's writing career began with short stories and serials for magazines and newspapers before going on to novels. She has had more than 20 Mills and Boon romance novels published to date.
Amongst her hobbies are reading, gardening, walking, and cooking. Traveling is her main love, and teaming up with her daughter and American son-in-law, she and her husband spent a year going round the world, taking in India, China, Australia, New Zealand, and the States.
Last year she rented a palazzo in the heart of Venice, followed by a quick hop aboard the Orient Express. Lee is currently saving up for a whirlwind tour of Japan, a romantic and exotic destination she has wanted to visit since childhood.
At present she lives with her husband in a 300-year-old stone cottage in a picturesque Derbyshire village, which gets cut off by snow most winters
At 22 she met and married her husband, Denis. They had a traditional white wedding and a honeymoon in Italy, and have been happily married ever since. They have two children, a son and a daughter—both now grown up and married—and four lovely grandchildren.
Lee's writing career began with short stories and serials for magazines and newspapers before going on to novels. She has had more than 20 Mills and Boon romance novels published to date.
Amongst her hobbies are reading, gardening, walking, and cooking. Traveling is her main love, and teaming up with her daughter and American son-in-law, she and her husband spent a year going round the world, taking in India, China, Australia, New Zealand, and the States.
Last year she rented a palazzo in the heart of Venice, followed by a quick hop aboard the Orient Express. Lee is currently saving up for a whirlwind tour of Japan, a romantic and exotic destination she has wanted to visit since childhood.
At present she lives with her husband in a 300-year-old stone cottage in a picturesque Derbyshire village, which gets cut off by snow most winters
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September 13, 2017
I hated the hero. Hated. Him. He was a petulant I want my cake an it too, be careful what you ask for kind of guy.
He and the heroine are in love, or should I say he is besotted, obsessed. Offhand the h mentions what about a family? Nope. Nada. Nyet. No kids. Children are a deal breaker, so the hero storms out after accusing her of wanting him only as a stud which is rather eye rolling as this is the first time she's mentioned children. The heroine packs her bags and slinks away, shoulders bent, heart torn, spirit broken blah blah blah, the first of many times.
Four years later, one dead intermediate plot husband, and the heroine is spotted by one of the hero's minion. Following in the tradition of all HarleyLand rotten detectives, it's taken the hero four years to find the heroine. In England. In the 90s. We're not talking MI6 here folks.
He puts the strong arm moves on her; threatens to close, no actually closes down her bookshop and takes her to Paris for a dirty weekend. She leaves again (packs her bags and slinks away, shoulders bent, heart torn, spirit broken).
He finds her, adds rape threats to the closing down her bookstore mix. She runs away this time (packs her bags and slinks away, shoulders bent, heart torn, spirit broken).
Did I mention that the tiny h has a son, the H's of course. She NEVER sees him. Okay, gross exaggeration on my part. She sees him on Sundays, one day a week, while he, lucky kid, stays with the one ray of sunshine in the book. Molly, herself, the overplayed Irish older colleen, that speaks in the hokiest of brogues and Irish cliches. All we lacked was a "begorra". The H and h get married and go on a month long honeymoon. Without the son. Guess who's going to need therapy once he's separated from his real mother, Molly?
Rounding out the H's despicable behavior after closing down the h's shop, reducing her ability to support herself, strong-arming her into sex which she LOVES, the H kidnaps the plot moppet scaring the bejeezus out of Molly and the few other normal characters.
I may have gotten some of that out of sequence, but who cares. This couple is destined for unhappiness at minimum, and a potential Dom/sub relationship.
I'ma thinkin' Lee Wilkerson and I may have to part ways. As boogenhagen said, this is the "tropiest of the tropes", and LW has way too much Penny Jordan angst fest for me.
He and the heroine are in love, or should I say he is besotted, obsessed. Offhand the h mentions what about a family? Nope. Nada. Nyet. No kids. Children are a deal breaker, so the hero storms out after accusing her of wanting him only as a stud which is rather eye rolling as this is the first time she's mentioned children. The heroine packs her bags and slinks away, shoulders bent, heart torn, spirit broken blah blah blah, the first of many times.
Four years later, one dead intermediate plot husband, and the heroine is spotted by one of the hero's minion. Following in the tradition of all HarleyLand rotten detectives, it's taken the hero four years to find the heroine. In England. In the 90s. We're not talking MI6 here folks.
He puts the strong arm moves on her; threatens to close, no actually closes down her bookshop and takes her to Paris for a dirty weekend. She leaves again (packs her bags and slinks away, shoulders bent, heart torn, spirit broken).
He finds her, adds rape threats to the closing down her bookstore mix. She runs away this time (packs her bags and slinks away, shoulders bent, heart torn, spirit broken).
Did I mention that the tiny h has a son, the H's of course. She NEVER sees him. Okay, gross exaggeration on my part. She sees him on Sundays, one day a week, while he, lucky kid, stays with the one ray of sunshine in the book. Molly, herself, the overplayed Irish older colleen, that speaks in the hokiest of brogues and Irish cliches. All we lacked was a "begorra". The H and h get married and go on a month long honeymoon. Without the son. Guess who's going to need therapy once he's separated from his real mother, Molly?
Rounding out the H's despicable behavior after closing down the h's shop, reducing her ability to support herself, strong-arming her into sex which she LOVES, the H kidnaps the plot moppet scaring the bejeezus out of Molly and the few other normal characters.
I may have gotten some of that out of sequence, but who cares. This couple is destined for unhappiness at minimum, and a potential Dom/sub relationship.
I'ma thinkin' Lee Wilkerson and I may have to part ways. As boogenhagen said, this is the "tropiest of the tropes", and LW has way too much Penny Jordan angst fest for me.
August 4, 2017
Tane the H is possibly one of the most obsessed tormented, blackmailing H's outside of Charlotte Lamb and Jacqueline Baird.
I get the feeling that this book is like Shakespeare's response to Marlow's angst revenge trauma drama plays. This is LW's Titus Andronicus and I have to say for bitter angst, revenge and suffering it is pretty good. Secret baby warning though it is essential to the plot.
Tane and Laura were in love, Tane refused to have kids, Laura leaves him because she is preggers (of course) and there was a very real chance Tane would pressure her to have an abortion. She marries an old friend, he dies, Tane finds her and let the revenge /blackmail/manipulations begin. Until the passionate confession of true love amidst unbearable jealousy.
(Don't worry she never slept with her first husband, so there is no Othello/Desdemona reenactment here.) Good angst read.
I get the feeling that this book is like Shakespeare's response to Marlow's angst revenge trauma drama plays. This is LW's Titus Andronicus and I have to say for bitter angst, revenge and suffering it is pretty good. Secret baby warning though it is essential to the plot.
Tane and Laura were in love, Tane refused to have kids, Laura leaves him because she is preggers (of course) and there was a very real chance Tane would pressure her to have an abortion. She marries an old friend, he dies, Tane finds her and let the revenge /blackmail/manipulations begin. Until the passionate confession of true love amidst unbearable jealousy.
(Don't worry she never slept with her first husband, so there is no Othello/Desdemona reenactment here.) Good angst read.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
January 20, 2022
Since I'm a troublesome and grumpy bitch, I wasn't satisfied at all with this one.
It is a wasted chance on various levels.
1. It should have been angsty. The heroine and the hero have a perfect love story: they meet, fall in love, he proposes, she accepts, all is well. Then the hero tells the heroine that he absolutely doesn't want to have children in his live. Never ever. The heroine wants children and declares that she won't marry him if he doesn't want children. They have an argument, he goes out and she packs and leaves him without a word. Not the sweetest woman in the world.
Four years later he finds her. He's been looking for her for all the past years, shattered by her rejection, and now he's back and wants his revenge. The heroine, after leaving him, found out she was pregnant and decided not to tell him and to marry her childhood friend. The poor man died after two years and their marriage was only platonic.
The hero decides he will make her pay, and basically kidnaps her and threatens to rape her.
She tells him she's a widow and has a child, and he's angry and surprised that she moved on (she didn't).
He forces her to go with him to Paris and they have a holiday but of course she's not happy and she sulks. When they come back he wants to know her son (she still doesn't tell him he's his son) and afterwards he asks her to marry him, but the child will not live with them. Of course she refuses and runs away again. The hero then kidnaps the child, having now understood he's his son, and the heroine has quite a stroke. Then he blackmails her to marry him threatening to get the custody of their son, of course this behaviour doesn't endear him to the heroine. She's furious and tells him she hates him and they get married.
The hero is obsessed and wants the heroine, but I don't feel a love, I feel an obsession.
I don't feel any angst, the heroine was selfish and so was he.
2. double standard, He was so in love with her that he had so many mistresses because he coulnd't have her. Really??? She was as celibate as a nun. I'm tired of this s**t.
3. the child. He doesn't live with his mother. A woman that left a man because he didn't want children doesn't live with her child. Are you serious?
I'm not really satisfied with this one. Two stars because I'm good.
It is a wasted chance on various levels.
1. It should have been angsty. The heroine and the hero have a perfect love story: they meet, fall in love, he proposes, she accepts, all is well. Then the hero tells the heroine that he absolutely doesn't want to have children in his live. Never ever. The heroine wants children and declares that she won't marry him if he doesn't want children. They have an argument, he goes out and she packs and leaves him without a word. Not the sweetest woman in the world.
Four years later he finds her. He's been looking for her for all the past years, shattered by her rejection, and now he's back and wants his revenge. The heroine, after leaving him, found out she was pregnant and decided not to tell him and to marry her childhood friend. The poor man died after two years and their marriage was only platonic.
The hero decides he will make her pay, and basically kidnaps her and threatens to rape her.
She tells him she's a widow and has a child, and he's angry and surprised that she moved on (she didn't).
He forces her to go with him to Paris and they have a holiday but of course she's not happy and she sulks. When they come back he wants to know her son (she still doesn't tell him he's his son) and afterwards he asks her to marry him, but the child will not live with them. Of course she refuses and runs away again. The hero then kidnaps the child, having now understood he's his son, and the heroine has quite a stroke. Then he blackmails her to marry him threatening to get the custody of their son, of course this behaviour doesn't endear him to the heroine. She's furious and tells him she hates him and they get married.
The hero is obsessed and wants the heroine, but I don't feel a love, I feel an obsession.
I don't feel any angst, the heroine was selfish and so was he.
2. double standard, He was so in love with her that he had so many mistresses because he coulnd't have her. Really??? She was as celibate as a nun. I'm tired of this s**t.
3. the child. He doesn't live with his mother. A woman that left a man because he didn't want children doesn't live with her child. Are you serious?
I'm not really satisfied with this one. Two stars because I'm good.
August 7, 2017
Time to bring out the balance sheet:
Hero doesn't want kids
Heroine does, so she runs away before their wedding.
Wrongs wrought by the heroine:
She jilts hero without a word of warning
She keeps secret baby from him for four years and has no plans to tell him he's a father
She marries her terminally ill bff from the orphanage to give her baby a name
She doesn't tell hero the whole truth for many many weeks - even passing the child off as her bff's
She runs away *again* when things are too difficult
Wrongs wrought by the hero:
He wouldn't listen to the heroine's side of the wanting children equation
He seeks revenge when he finds her again
He buys the building her bookshop is located in.
He kidnaps her and takes her to Paris where he buys her sexy clothes
He suggests the child live elsewhere after they are married
He takes the child out of school without anyone knowing so the heroine is flushed out of her hiding place
So between his temper and her TSL moments I think we have an even match.
But I do have to give five stars to the ghost child who doesn't see his mother for weeks on end and that's before all of the shenanigans with the hero. I'm surprised he even recognized her. He's going to be one screwed up hero for next generation HP.
Hero doesn't want kids
Heroine does, so she runs away before their wedding.
Wrongs wrought by the heroine:
She jilts hero without a word of warning
She keeps secret baby from him for four years and has no plans to tell him he's a father
She marries her terminally ill bff from the orphanage to give her baby a name
She doesn't tell hero the whole truth for many many weeks - even passing the child off as her bff's
She runs away *again* when things are too difficult
Wrongs wrought by the hero:
He wouldn't listen to the heroine's side of the wanting children equation
He seeks revenge when he finds her again
He buys the building her bookshop is located in.
He kidnaps her and takes her to Paris where he buys her sexy clothes
He suggests the child live elsewhere after they are married
He takes the child out of school without anyone knowing so the heroine is flushed out of her hiding place
So between his temper and her TSL moments I think we have an even match.
But I do have to give five stars to the ghost child who doesn't see his mother for weeks on end and that's before all of the shenanigans with the hero. I'm surprised he even recognized her. He's going to be one screwed up hero for next generation HP.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
August 29, 2021
Downgrading this from 3 to 1 star . Sorry, this has way too many horrible things going on - rape, kidnapping, child abuse. You name it. Hero was a creep and the heroine left a lot to be desired. For someone who wanted children, she sure didn't spend anytime with hers.
Avoid this one at all cost. I'm even embarrassed to say I read it - twice. My original review is below. Whatever was I thinking? (face palm) After reading this, I understand why I love Betty Neels so much.
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This author definitely gets extra points for intensity, but for me, the story just failed to deliver. Tane and Laura had been in love four years ago. Just weeks before the wedding she finds out something disturbing about the hero and decides to walk. Not only does she leave him, but she successfully disappears for four years. The story opens, when he finally finds her destitute and living in horrible conditions.
It's a well written story, with all the requisite angst, but I just couldn't warmup to either character. Tane was written as a very vicious, vindictive man out for retribution because she left him. (Frankly, not sure why he felt so angry since he was the one that asked her to leave) Laura, on the other hand, was a weak willed ninny that walked around in a daze most of the time allowing him to hold her against her will, stop her from earning a living, and worst of all, separate her from her child.
For a woman that wanted children so desperately, I found it interesting how little time she actually invested in her child. (Working remotely, flying off to Paris at a drop of a hat, living isolated in his apartment for weeks)
I usually find that the relationship that the author builds between the heroine and the reader is what makes me truly enjoy a book...In this case, Laura just left me rather cold.
Avoid this one at all cost. I'm even embarrassed to say I read it - twice. My original review is below. Whatever was I thinking? (face palm) After reading this, I understand why I love Betty Neels so much.
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This author definitely gets extra points for intensity, but for me, the story just failed to deliver. Tane and Laura had been in love four years ago. Just weeks before the wedding she finds out something disturbing about the hero and decides to walk. Not only does she leave him, but she successfully disappears for four years. The story opens, when he finally finds her destitute and living in horrible conditions.
It's a well written story, with all the requisite angst, but I just couldn't warmup to either character. Tane was written as a very vicious, vindictive man out for retribution because she left him. (Frankly, not sure why he felt so angry since he was the one that asked her to leave) Laura, on the other hand, was a weak willed ninny that walked around in a daze most of the time allowing him to hold her against her will, stop her from earning a living, and worst of all, separate her from her child.
For a woman that wanted children so desperately, I found it interesting how little time she actually invested in her child. (Working remotely, flying off to Paris at a drop of a hat, living isolated in his apartment for weeks)
I usually find that the relationship that the author builds between the heroine and the reader is what makes me truly enjoy a book...In this case, Laura just left me rather cold.
November 9, 2023
These 2 were difficult to like. I wanted to. 🤷🏼♀️
I like nefarious heros who manipulate, bulldoze, and kidnap to get their way. I didn’t like his stance on kids, and didn’t feel like that would ever truly go away. He was always gonna be jealous of the attention the h gave her child/children. I didn’t like that he took their son and used that son as leverage. That’s the wrong kind of manipulation for me.
I didn’t like that the h kept the H’s son from him. I didn’t like how she seemed just fine spending long swaths of time away from her child with out much thought. The child was raised by the nanny basically.
These people just seemed self-centered and selfish. They probably would have been better off without kids, tbh. 😬
I like nefarious heros who manipulate, bulldoze, and kidnap to get their way. I didn’t like his stance on kids, and didn’t feel like that would ever truly go away. He was always gonna be jealous of the attention the h gave her child/children. I didn’t like that he took their son and used that son as leverage. That’s the wrong kind of manipulation for me.
I didn’t like that the h kept the H’s son from him. I didn’t like how she seemed just fine spending long swaths of time away from her child with out much thought. The child was raised by the nanny basically.
These people just seemed self-centered and selfish. They probably would have been better off without kids, tbh. 😬
January 9, 2016
I loved this. The hero was crazy about the heroine. Just completely over the top in love with her and jealous with stalker vibes.
August 3, 2021
It's not my only mistake, I'll be doing more. Lol
December 17, 2015
Tane was one sick dude. In real life he should have been under a doctor's care. He had split up with Laura four years earlier. He had been adamant that he did not want children but he was not upfront with this bit of important information since he did not tell her this until just a short while before they were to be married. She wished for kids so she left him. Shortly after she left she found she was pregnant. She didn't tell him because she was afraid he might make her have an abortion.
When he was explaining his actions at the end of the book, he said that he wanted to win her back but when she treated him coolly he let all the bitterness and hatred that he had stored up pour out on her like acid. He had treated her like a harlot and I found that disgusting. He had a very selfish and jealous love for Laura. At one point he proposes marriage but thinking the little boy was another man's child he tells her that he would allow her to visit him but not bring him home with them. He explains later that he was just testing her to see if she would put him first.
I didn't like her any better than I liked him. The wanton way she behaved with this man who was treating her like trash was sickening. Read this on openlibrary.com
When he was explaining his actions at the end of the book, he said that he wanted to win her back but when she treated him coolly he let all the bitterness and hatred that he had stored up pour out on her like acid. He had treated her like a harlot and I found that disgusting. He had a very selfish and jealous love for Laura. At one point he proposes marriage but thinking the little boy was another man's child he tells her that he would allow her to visit him but not bring him home with them. He explains later that he was just testing her to see if she would put him first.
I didn't like her any better than I liked him. The wanton way she behaved with this man who was treating her like trash was sickening. Read this on openlibrary.com
February 23, 2012
Laura met Tane out of work and didn't know he was her boss. They developed a quick relationship and he proposed. Laura immediately said yes, then one night they discussed children and Tane said he didn't want any. Laura couldn't live like that so she left to stay with her childhood friend David, not knowing she was pregnant with Tane's baby until later on. David was in love with her, so he proposed and married Laura. For a while David raised Jamie, Tane's son with Laura until David was diagnosed with a horrible disease. Once David died, Laura was left all alone with Jamie, struggling.
One day Tane tracked Laura down and eventually found out about Jamie, he forced her to marry him. As Laura and Tane fight to find a balance in their marriage, they realize they both love each other deeply.
The book was kind of typical for "girl finds herself pregnant but man doesn't want babies" but it was pretty good. The characters were easy to get to know, the plot wicked. Worth the read.
One day Tane tracked Laura down and eventually found out about Jamie, he forced her to marry him. As Laura and Tane fight to find a balance in their marriage, they realize they both love each other deeply.
The book was kind of typical for "girl finds herself pregnant but man doesn't want babies" but it was pretty good. The characters were easy to get to know, the plot wicked. Worth the read.
June 19, 2012
Good intense read,liked the way story progressed but had problems with Laura she was too weak and Tane's temper, sometimes it seemed he might hit her in temper,he should see a counselor for it.The child had very little appearance would have liked to see Tane-Jamie bond.Overall a good read.
August 6, 2012
I love reunion stories, and this one was pretty good, even if it seemed to go on a little long. I liked the way the hero was obviously smitten -- even when he wanted to treat the heroine badly he couldn't quite do it and was worried for her, didn't want to make her cry, etc. He did do and say a fair number of terrible things, but I was able to overlook them. Overall a good read.
October 24, 2013
laura annoyed me becoz she was blind, she did not see how much tane loved her. it was so obvious ! it's actually a good book but i like books wid more chemistry or angst, i dunno exactly but smthng was missing
January 3, 2026
What was this book really? My anxiety was out of bounds and there was nothing this couple could do to pacify me. Anyone observing them would consider reporting them to child protection services. What an utter disgrace was this book and I’m shocked LW could label a child as irrelevant and as redundant as a soft animal that you could just leave somewhere and not worry about and carry on with life. People even treat their squishmallows better than how this child was treated.
My point: I had absolutely zero sympathy for the h. She was a horrible mother and was just as hateful as the H who would abandon ship if he knew the truth about his nuclear family.
This is the oldest story in the book. The h is living life and one day literally runs into a man. Turns out this man is her boss and he requests for her to be moved to his office. The h is a low tier secretary so had no clue earlier. Close proximity leads to the expected. Laura and Tane are almost in love, sleeping together and just a bit too late, Tane vigorously tells Laura that he would never want a child and nobody could ever change his mind.
Laura makes a runner before she could fall any deeper into this burning pit and moves in with a friend who’s a man. Later she realizes she’s pregnant and decides to hide for life, never telling Tane what the truth is. This supposed OM proposes to Laura and she agrees but he’s fighting a terminal illness and eventually, Laura’s left on her own again with her child.
Running a book store and making ends meet, one fine day and some years later, Tane catches Laura. Tane thinks this is a second chance but Laura hasn’t told him that she has a child with him.
My problem was basically that this little boy was taken care of by another lady and would meet his mom only once on the weekend. Running a store and paying rent was the h’s top priority and the poor little boy was just cast aside to be picked up when she had enough money in her life.
When Laura meets Tane again he wants her back for good and in order from getting the truth out, Laura agrees to it. They’re dating, living together, sleeping together twice a day, going to Paris, eating out, living the high life and Laura can just go about and participate without having a SECOND’S WORRY that her son isn’t with her.
Tbh that was wayyy too much of a stretch of how often and how long the mcs are just together, doing the mundane, without anyone stopping for this little boy.
Either LW didn’t have children, or must’ve come from a place of abuse/ child neglect. This book wasn’t normal at any level regarding this little boy. You’d have to be smoking something pretty heavy before you can put aside in your mind that you have a child and just abandon him and go on with your second chance at life.
They were both horrible MCs and I hated them and didn’t wish them any good at life. The woman who’s taking care of the h’s son even says to her: it’s a wonder that a boy who talks so much goes silent whenever you talk to him on the phone. And even that doesn’t ring any alarm bells for Laura. The most hateful h that I could ever come across.
My point: I had absolutely zero sympathy for the h. She was a horrible mother and was just as hateful as the H who would abandon ship if he knew the truth about his nuclear family.
This is the oldest story in the book. The h is living life and one day literally runs into a man. Turns out this man is her boss and he requests for her to be moved to his office. The h is a low tier secretary so had no clue earlier. Close proximity leads to the expected. Laura and Tane are almost in love, sleeping together and just a bit too late, Tane vigorously tells Laura that he would never want a child and nobody could ever change his mind.
Laura makes a runner before she could fall any deeper into this burning pit and moves in with a friend who’s a man. Later she realizes she’s pregnant and decides to hide for life, never telling Tane what the truth is. This supposed OM proposes to Laura and she agrees but he’s fighting a terminal illness and eventually, Laura’s left on her own again with her child.
Running a book store and making ends meet, one fine day and some years later, Tane catches Laura. Tane thinks this is a second chance but Laura hasn’t told him that she has a child with him.
My problem was basically that this little boy was taken care of by another lady and would meet his mom only once on the weekend. Running a store and paying rent was the h’s top priority and the poor little boy was just cast aside to be picked up when she had enough money in her life.
When Laura meets Tane again he wants her back for good and in order from getting the truth out, Laura agrees to it. They’re dating, living together, sleeping together twice a day, going to Paris, eating out, living the high life and Laura can just go about and participate without having a SECOND’S WORRY that her son isn’t with her.
Tbh that was wayyy too much of a stretch of how often and how long the mcs are just together, doing the mundane, without anyone stopping for this little boy.
Either LW didn’t have children, or must’ve come from a place of abuse/ child neglect. This book wasn’t normal at any level regarding this little boy. You’d have to be smoking something pretty heavy before you can put aside in your mind that you have a child and just abandon him and go on with your second chance at life.
They were both horrible MCs and I hated them and didn’t wish them any good at life. The woman who’s taking care of the h’s son even says to her: it’s a wonder that a boy who talks so much goes silent whenever you talk to him on the phone. And even that doesn’t ring any alarm bells for Laura. The most hateful h that I could ever come across.
July 1, 2018
All torment and unhappiness.
The h and H were once in love and about to be married when the h learned that the H did not want children. Would never consider becoming a father in any sense of the word. He refused to give any reason for his decision.
The h walked away from him and moved in with her bff David. Shortly after, she learns she’s preggers. She refuses to tell the H that she’s got his bun in her oven. So David marries her and gives the baby legitimacy. David is extremely ill and does not survive to the end of the book.
Four years later the H randomly show up at the h’s place of business and for all intents and purposes, kidnaps the h. He is angry that she left him and wants revenge. That revenge leads him to learn the h’s biggest secret and changes his life and his mind.
The story was good. The characters were interesting for the most part. However, I found that the H, who is quite a few years older than the h, was in serious need of therapy for the stuff his mother did to him. He allowed her crazy to affect his life choices leading him to lose the only woman he would ever love.
I liked the way they finally ironed out their problems at the end of the book. I really loved Molly and I want an Irish grandmothers. It was refreshing to see that although the h was a single mother, she had. Decent support just in case.
This was a good read but not a great read. It’s not a memorable book, but one that is enough to keep you entertained.
The h and H were once in love and about to be married when the h learned that the H did not want children. Would never consider becoming a father in any sense of the word. He refused to give any reason for his decision.
The h walked away from him and moved in with her bff David. Shortly after, she learns she’s preggers. She refuses to tell the H that she’s got his bun in her oven. So David marries her and gives the baby legitimacy. David is extremely ill and does not survive to the end of the book.
Four years later the H randomly show up at the h’s place of business and for all intents and purposes, kidnaps the h. He is angry that she left him and wants revenge. That revenge leads him to learn the h’s biggest secret and changes his life and his mind.
The story was good. The characters were interesting for the most part. However, I found that the H, who is quite a few years older than the h, was in serious need of therapy for the stuff his mother did to him. He allowed her crazy to affect his life choices leading him to lose the only woman he would ever love.
I liked the way they finally ironed out their problems at the end of the book. I really loved Molly and I want an Irish grandmothers. It was refreshing to see that although the h was a single mother, she had. Decent support just in case.
This was a good read but not a great read. It’s not a memorable book, but one that is enough to keep you entertained.
June 15, 2020
I've been on a Lee Wilkinson kick, after reading Blind Obsession and A Husband's Revenge, which both quickly shot up on my keeper shelf (I like VERY Ds-y romances, so both of those are dark with very sexually dominating heroes, which are definitely not everyone's cuppa). I'm finding that she doesn't always hit the mark though, and there's a lot of repetition of plots (revenge, abduction, forced marriage), phrasing ("the cradle of her hips"), and even scenes (which probably means I need a break from her books). MOL missed the mark for me, mainly because I couldn't stand the TSTL heroine and thought Tane deserved better. I know there's a lot of hate for Tane in the reviews below, but honestly, other than being manipulative, I felt he got a raw deal from the heroine and it's a shame he couldn't get over her. The heroine's crimes: I actually felt sorry for the hero, not the heroine, and thought this book failed because of the TSTL selfish heroine who is completely unable to have adult conversations and compromise. Not one of her better books in my view; hoping for another one or two that rise to the level of Blind Obsession, which I found HOT but so far have only found pale imitations of that OTT angsty, dark goodness.
March 25, 2016
I really enjoyed this alpha male romp.....I had a huge problem when he said her son Jamie could live somewhere else ......his ass belonged on the curb after that.....and she was awful in Paris so it was pretty even...both of them needed a spanking .......but the rest was entertaining
March 16, 2025
This was good, but both the H and h got on my nerves at times, as they could both be pretty childish, and given to storming out in anger (the H), running away when things get tough (the h) and sulking like a kid (both). Ironically, they take two trips to Paris and both times their sulky behavior (first hers, then his) spoiled what could have been a lot of fun and romance in that City of Love.
This book is one of the exceptions where I can understand the h not telling the H about their son, because his vehement declaration that he did NOT want children was what blew up their engagement (as well as his ridiculous claims that she only wanted him for "stud service"), and how could she tell him later on that she was pregnant? She was afraid he'd either refuse to acknowledge it, try to talk her into an abortion, or take responsibility but resent her and the baby. It wasn't the usual case of the h being hurt and angry over something (usually thinking the H cheated) then keeping the baby a secret out of misguided emotions.
I also give this h credit for getting introspective at times and thinking about the H's feelings, trying to see things from his POV, not just her own. Too often an h is stuck in "ME" mode, only thinking of how she's feeling, as if the H hasn't any feelings at all. That wasn't the case here.
I felt sorry for the OM; he was a nice guy who deserved a better fate. I can understand the h turning to him, but I don't think she should have accepted his proposal, knowing he was in love with her while she only thought of him as a brother. If he hadn't had all those health problems, he would have been cheated out of a normal marriage, as the h wanted no one but the H and wouldn't have wanted to make love with the OM, husband or not.
The H had a lot of issues, stemming from his unhappy childhood (and a vindictive bitch of a mother), but had he confided in his aunt, he would have learned the whole story and had a different outlook, and he and the h wouldn't have had four miserable years apart, while she took care of an ailing "husband", then struggled as a single parent, and he threw himself into his work and had meaningless affairs.
However, the H shouldn't have been surprised that the h left him, after his tirade about her not loving him enough, thinking more of having children than about him, wanting to use him to get pregnant, and a whole lot of other stuff, then storming out of the apartment without a word, giving the distinct impression he never wanted to see her again. Later, he told the h how hurt, angry and miserable he was when he came back and found she had packed up and left, but did he really expect her to be waiting for him with open arms??? Come on!!
Also, he claimed he looked for her but couldn't find her (she had been staying with the OM, having nowhere else to go), but with all his money/connections (and her not being all that far away), I don't think he was looking all that hard, otherwise I think he would have found her a lot sooner.
When he finally does, he goes in revenge mode, but it was more a case of the bark being worse than the bite.
There's no OW, just several women mentioned as casual bed partners, which was enough to make the h jealous, while he was jealous of her feelings for the OM.
They waste too much time hiding their feelings, saying hurtful things, and each thinking the other doesn't love them, and at times you just want to shake them both and rattle all their teeth! But their son is adorable and the Irish lady who takes care of him is an entertaining character!
It's a flawed story, but still a good one.
This book is one of the exceptions where I can understand the h not telling the H about their son, because his vehement declaration that he did NOT want children was what blew up their engagement (as well as his ridiculous claims that she only wanted him for "stud service"), and how could she tell him later on that she was pregnant? She was afraid he'd either refuse to acknowledge it, try to talk her into an abortion, or take responsibility but resent her and the baby. It wasn't the usual case of the h being hurt and angry over something (usually thinking the H cheated) then keeping the baby a secret out of misguided emotions.
I also give this h credit for getting introspective at times and thinking about the H's feelings, trying to see things from his POV, not just her own. Too often an h is stuck in "ME" mode, only thinking of how she's feeling, as if the H hasn't any feelings at all. That wasn't the case here.
I felt sorry for the OM; he was a nice guy who deserved a better fate. I can understand the h turning to him, but I don't think she should have accepted his proposal, knowing he was in love with her while she only thought of him as a brother. If he hadn't had all those health problems, he would have been cheated out of a normal marriage, as the h wanted no one but the H and wouldn't have wanted to make love with the OM, husband or not.
The H had a lot of issues, stemming from his unhappy childhood (and a vindictive bitch of a mother), but had he confided in his aunt, he would have learned the whole story and had a different outlook, and he and the h wouldn't have had four miserable years apart, while she took care of an ailing "husband", then struggled as a single parent, and he threw himself into his work and had meaningless affairs.
However, the H shouldn't have been surprised that the h left him, after his tirade about her not loving him enough, thinking more of having children than about him, wanting to use him to get pregnant, and a whole lot of other stuff, then storming out of the apartment without a word, giving the distinct impression he never wanted to see her again. Later, he told the h how hurt, angry and miserable he was when he came back and found she had packed up and left, but did he really expect her to be waiting for him with open arms??? Come on!!
Also, he claimed he looked for her but couldn't find her (she had been staying with the OM, having nowhere else to go), but with all his money/connections (and her not being all that far away), I don't think he was looking all that hard, otherwise I think he would have found her a lot sooner.
When he finally does, he goes in revenge mode, but it was more a case of the bark being worse than the bite.
There's no OW, just several women mentioned as casual bed partners, which was enough to make the h jealous, while he was jealous of her feelings for the OM.
They waste too much time hiding their feelings, saying hurtful things, and each thinking the other doesn't love them, and at times you just want to shake them both and rattle all their teeth! But their son is adorable and the Irish lady who takes care of him is an entertaining character!
It's a flawed story, but still a good one.
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October 31, 2017
Two and a half stars on this one, mostly because the writing was good and I love obsessed heroes. though this one was obsessed with more than a little dash or deranged at times...
One thing I really don't get is he was the one to tell her to leave when she told him she wanted children ("Go find another stud!" and storming off) and yet he acts as though she walked out on him with no warning??
Between that and how vindictively hateful he was, I wanted to punch him repeatedly.
That trip to Paris alone - a trip he literally forced her to go on by threatening her shop, arranging it all without asking knowing she has a small child - I'd have shanked him over! He did everything to humiliate her, from the 'shopping' to taking her to a restaurant where she'd feel uncomfortably out of place...
Because she didn't want to wear his ring? Seriously? She only just took off her dead husband's ring and instead of giving her time, he started shoving his ring at her.
She was a bit of a doormat at times - I wished she'd have thrown a tantrum when they were 'shopping' and called him out on his behavior. Or asked for the ring and threw it off the balcony of their hotel or something.
From that to that stunt of getting the son from school to flush her out of hiding, to how he threatened to take the kid he didn't even want from her to make her marry him---
Yeah, she hid the kid from him, but given his behavior she seemed very justified in her fears first of him pressuring her to abort to him threatening to take the kid. Which he did.
I seriously am confused how they have a HEA because his actions should have made her hate him and I feel he didn't do near enough groveling and making amends. I know its a HP but sheesh!
One thing I really don't get is he was the one to tell her to leave when she told him she wanted children ("Go find another stud!" and storming off) and yet he acts as though she walked out on him with no warning??
Between that and how vindictively hateful he was, I wanted to punch him repeatedly.
That trip to Paris alone - a trip he literally forced her to go on by threatening her shop, arranging it all without asking knowing she has a small child - I'd have shanked him over! He did everything to humiliate her, from the 'shopping' to taking her to a restaurant where she'd feel uncomfortably out of place...
Because she didn't want to wear his ring? Seriously? She only just took off her dead husband's ring and instead of giving her time, he started shoving his ring at her.
She was a bit of a doormat at times - I wished she'd have thrown a tantrum when they were 'shopping' and called him out on his behavior. Or asked for the ring and threw it off the balcony of their hotel or something.
From that to that stunt of getting the son from school to flush her out of hiding, to how he threatened to take the kid he didn't even want from her to make her marry him---
Yeah, she hid the kid from him, but given his behavior she seemed very justified in her fears first of him pressuring her to abort to him threatening to take the kid. Which he did.
I seriously am confused how they have a HEA because his actions should have made her hate him and I feel he didn't do near enough groveling and making amends. I know its a HP but sheesh!
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November 30, 2021
“You stand there so unmoved. Have you any idea what you did to me? How you spoilt me for every other woman…?”
“Then reverse things. Come to me, as you once did, with love. Fill me so full of joy that there’s no room for hatred.”
- Said by the H.
He’s the most besotted of besotted H’s. To get her he blackmails her again and again with anything he can think of. So if you like a nice, mellow H, this is not a book you would like.
A cruel, arrogant, determined, besotted, passionate, rich alpha male H is what I like. So this H is 5 stars for me. That doesn’t mean he is perfect or that he is a dream come true. It means that I felt moved by his words, by his deeds.
There were a few strange things in the book. Examples: All throughout the entire book he doesn’t work for even one day? And she hardly ever sees her child.
I didn’t like her. She was always taking the easy road in life: running away without trying to talk things over, leaving her kid to live with a woman and staying away for the whole week or weeks on end, marrying a male friend to take care of her when she was pregnant. What I did like, that she was a virgin and that she didn’t sleep with the male friend.
Usually I take a star off for an annoying h. But this H is such a desperate, smitten, yearning man that I still rate it 5 stars.
“Then reverse things. Come to me, as you once did, with love. Fill me so full of joy that there’s no room for hatred.”
- Said by the H.
He’s the most besotted of besotted H’s. To get her he blackmails her again and again with anything he can think of. So if you like a nice, mellow H, this is not a book you would like.
A cruel, arrogant, determined, besotted, passionate, rich alpha male H is what I like. So this H is 5 stars for me. That doesn’t mean he is perfect or that he is a dream come true. It means that I felt moved by his words, by his deeds.
There were a few strange things in the book. Examples: All throughout the entire book he doesn’t work for even one day? And she hardly ever sees her child.
I didn’t like her. She was always taking the easy road in life: running away without trying to talk things over, leaving her kid to live with a woman and staying away for the whole week or weeks on end, marrying a male friend to take care of her when she was pregnant. What I did like, that she was a virgin and that she didn’t sleep with the male friend.
Usually I take a star off for an annoying h. But this H is such a desperate, smitten, yearning man that I still rate it 5 stars.
November 13, 2023
All in all this a typical Harlequin romance especially for the time it was written. The main female character was of modest means so instead of the kid in the story having a nanny, is absence for most of the story he was living with a good friend she paid to keep him, and saw him only once a week.
The main male character, I took an instant dislike to and found he never redeemed himself in my eyes but only did one despicable stunt after another. His actions did not make me feel as though he loved the Mac. As such instead of an HEA, I see a HFN until his next hateful action.
The main male character, I took an instant dislike to and found he never redeemed himself in my eyes but only did one despicable stunt after another. His actions did not make me feel as though he loved the Mac. As such instead of an HEA, I see a HFN until his next hateful action.
December 16, 2022
Four years before H is immature, sees everything in black and white. His fiancée wants a family? Then obviously she sees him as a stud, values kids over him. All through the book H demonstrates he doesn’t / can’t believe h loves him, that he is nearly a basket case of insecurity and hopelessness.
I wasn’t keen on h leaving her son each week nor H’s strong arm tactics, which were more bark than bite. Nonetheless this is compelling and I like the story.
I wasn’t keen on h leaving her son each week nor H’s strong arm tactics, which were more bark than bite. Nonetheless this is compelling and I like the story.
July 2, 2020
Very fascinating read. However. the hero had serious psychological problems and he just wanted total control as if he was god and in that sense he went terribly overboard. I have yet to read of such another totally obsessive, narcissistic jerk hero. Reminded me of Charlotte lamb s heroes..heroes that could actually be read as anti heroes.
May 29, 2020
So everyone is making poor choices in this thing and I can't support anyone. Heroine coulda just told the hero, the hero could have just chilled out. He assumed a lot. Eh not very fun. Skip.
November 27, 2022
This had so much potential, but all I could think about was how little time h spent with the child she wanted so much. Could have been so so angsty but left me feeling blah.
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September 21, 2024O H psicopata estupido deveria investir melhor toda grana que ele fez trabalhando 16 horas por dia, 07 vezes por semana em psiquiatras, terapias .... Pena dos filhos desse casal disfuncional. Eca.
July 3, 2025
Not a fan of the expendable child as plot device. Farmed out and ignored while they went on a month long honeymoon which they then extended.
September 27, 2025
2.5 stars I hate how heavily weighted things are in his favor, from beginning to end and even through their separation.
December 15, 2024
3.5
Poor little Jaime. When the heck is he going to be parented by his own parents?
Poor little Jaime. When the heck is he going to be parented by his own parents?
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May 16, 2019
I've given it plenty of thought. I don't want any children!"
Tane had found her. After four years of searching, she was his once more and he had no intention of letting her out of his sight. But Laura's life had changed during that time. Her husband had died and she was struggling to support her young son, Jamie. What did it matter that she and Tane were still attracted to one another? His views hadn't changed one bit and even passion couldn't override the fact that they were locked in an eternal stalemate. And to survive Tane's attentions a second time, Laura had to keep her wits about her and the truth about Jamie well and truly hidden! (less)
Tane had found her. After four years of searching, she was his once more and he had no intention of letting her out of his sight. But Laura's life had changed during that time. Her husband had died and she was struggling to support her young son, Jamie. What did it matter that she and Tane were still attracted to one another? His views hadn't changed one bit and even passion couldn't override the fact that they were locked in an eternal stalemate. And to survive Tane's attentions a second time, Laura had to keep her wits about her and the truth about Jamie well and truly hidden! (less)
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