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Ashcroft-Saga #2
Nur ein Augenblick
Nach außen hin führt Barbara ein perfektes Leben, schließlich hat sie nicht nur zwei kleine Söhne, die sie vergöttert, sondern gehört der Upperclass Connecticuts an.
Jedoch ist ihr Leben alles andere als perfekt, denn Barbara ist im Grunde ihres Herzens todunglücklich, nachdem ihre Ehe zerbrochen ist. Seit sie sich vor zwei Jahren von ihrem Mann James hat scheiden lassen, leidet sie unter der Trennung, kann ihm jedoch nicht vergeben – zu tief sind die Wunden, die er ihr zugefügt hat.
Doch auch James leidet, schließlich liebt er Barbara, seit er sie während ihrer ersten Woche auf dem College kennengelernt hat.
Als Barbara plötzlich Anstalten macht, ihr Leben weiterzuführen, und allem Anschein nach einen anderen Mann trifft, beginnt auch James darüber nachzudenken, die Scheidung hinter sich zu lassen und einen Neuanfang zu starten.
Aber was passiert, wenn endlich Dinge zur Sprache kommen, die viel zu lange totgeschwiegen wurden? Kann man einem Menschen einen Fehler verzeihen und der Liebe eine zweite Chance geben?
"Nur ein Augenblick" ist der 2. Band der Ashcroft-Saga, die mit dem Roman "Nur ein Kuss" begonnen hat. Beide Bände sind abgeschlossen und können unabhängig voneinander gelesen werden.
Von Poppy J. Anderson sind weitere Buchreihen erschienen:
Die "New York Titans-Reihe", die "Hailsboro-Reihe" und die "Boston 5-Reihe".
Die "New York Titans-Reihe":
"Verliebt in der Nachspielzeit" (Band 1)
"Touchdown fürs Glück" (Band 2)
"Make Love und spiel Football" (Band 3)
"Verbotene Küsse in der Halbzeit" (Band 4)
"Knallharte Schale - zuckersüßer Kerl" (Band 5)
"Kein Mann für die Ersatzbank" (Band 6)
"Unverhofft verliebt" (Band 7)
„Auszeit für die Liebe“ (Band 8)
"Hände weg vom Quarterback" (Band 9)
"Küss mich, du Vollidiot" (Band 10)
"Cheerleader küsst man nicht" (Band 11)
"Spiel ins Herz" (Band 12)
"Gleich uns gleich küsst sich gern" (Band 13) - erscheint am 29. Januar 2016
Die "Hailsboro-Reihe":
"Beim zweiten Mal küsst es sich besser" (Band 1)
"Nachträglich ins Glück" (Band 2)
"Ein Hinterwäldler zum Verlieben" (Band 3)
"Hals über Kuss" (Band 4)
"Acht Pfoten und ein Traummann" (Band 5)
Die "Boston 5-Reihe":
"Brandheiße Küsse" (Band 1)
"Draufgängerische Küsse" (Band 2)
"Chaotische Küsse" (Band 3)
"Prickelnde Küsse" (Band 4)
"Charmante Küsse" (Band 5) - erscheint im Sommer 2016
Jedoch ist ihr Leben alles andere als perfekt, denn Barbara ist im Grunde ihres Herzens todunglücklich, nachdem ihre Ehe zerbrochen ist. Seit sie sich vor zwei Jahren von ihrem Mann James hat scheiden lassen, leidet sie unter der Trennung, kann ihm jedoch nicht vergeben – zu tief sind die Wunden, die er ihr zugefügt hat.
Doch auch James leidet, schließlich liebt er Barbara, seit er sie während ihrer ersten Woche auf dem College kennengelernt hat.
Als Barbara plötzlich Anstalten macht, ihr Leben weiterzuführen, und allem Anschein nach einen anderen Mann trifft, beginnt auch James darüber nachzudenken, die Scheidung hinter sich zu lassen und einen Neuanfang zu starten.
Aber was passiert, wenn endlich Dinge zur Sprache kommen, die viel zu lange totgeschwiegen wurden? Kann man einem Menschen einen Fehler verzeihen und der Liebe eine zweite Chance geben?
"Nur ein Augenblick" ist der 2. Band der Ashcroft-Saga, die mit dem Roman "Nur ein Kuss" begonnen hat. Beide Bände sind abgeschlossen und können unabhängig voneinander gelesen werden.
Von Poppy J. Anderson sind weitere Buchreihen erschienen:
Die "New York Titans-Reihe", die "Hailsboro-Reihe" und die "Boston 5-Reihe".
Die "New York Titans-Reihe":
"Verliebt in der Nachspielzeit" (Band 1)
"Touchdown fürs Glück" (Band 2)
"Make Love und spiel Football" (Band 3)
"Verbotene Küsse in der Halbzeit" (Band 4)
"Knallharte Schale - zuckersüßer Kerl" (Band 5)
"Kein Mann für die Ersatzbank" (Band 6)
"Unverhofft verliebt" (Band 7)
„Auszeit für die Liebe“ (Band 8)
"Hände weg vom Quarterback" (Band 9)
"Küss mich, du Vollidiot" (Band 10)
"Cheerleader küsst man nicht" (Band 11)
"Spiel ins Herz" (Band 12)
"Gleich uns gleich küsst sich gern" (Band 13) - erscheint am 29. Januar 2016
Die "Hailsboro-Reihe":
"Beim zweiten Mal küsst es sich besser" (Band 1)
"Nachträglich ins Glück" (Band 2)
"Ein Hinterwäldler zum Verlieben" (Band 3)
"Hals über Kuss" (Band 4)
"Acht Pfoten und ein Traummann" (Band 5)
Die "Boston 5-Reihe":
"Brandheiße Küsse" (Band 1)
"Draufgängerische Küsse" (Band 2)
"Chaotische Küsse" (Band 3)
"Prickelnde Küsse" (Band 4)
"Charmante Küsse" (Band 5) - erscheint im Sommer 2016
356 pages, Paperback
First published January 7, 2016
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Poppy J. Anderson
130 books176 followersFrom earliest youth, writing has been Poppy's absolute passion. To her there is nothing like creating characters, their thoughts and feelings as well as their exciting stories about love, passion and lust for life.
Poppy J. Anderson wants to provide her readers with some good and comfy reading time so that they can relax and drift into other worlds.
Check out her romance novels!
www.poppyjanderson.com
J. Anderson ist das Pseudonym einer deutschen Autorin mit amerikanischen Wurzeln. Sie studierte Germanistik und Geschichtswissenschaft und arbeitet zurzeit an ihrer Dissertation. Schon seit ihrer Kindheit liebt sie es, sich Geschichten auszudenken.
Poppy J. Anderson wants to provide her readers with some good and comfy reading time so that they can relax and drift into other worlds.
Check out her romance novels!
www.poppyjanderson.com
J. Anderson ist das Pseudonym einer deutschen Autorin mit amerikanischen Wurzeln. Sie studierte Germanistik und Geschichtswissenschaft und arbeitet zurzeit an ihrer Dissertation. Schon seit ihrer Kindheit liebt sie es, sich Geschichten auszudenken.
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July 5, 2022
Jeez!
I can't say I wasn't warned.
Another cheating a***ole that the writer tries to justify.
And she also tries to make him a good husband so we empathize with him.
Aaaaaand she failed, of course.
The book was also boring for the first part.
It opens with the hero and the heroine already divorced and the hero trying to have a friendly relationship with her while she doesn't want to have anything to do with him- except as regards their children.
We find out he cheated and as the best coward heroes do, immediately confessed to his grieving wife.
She didn't forgive him and divorced him.
Thank god.
But instead of moving on, and having some meaningless sex with some sexy om, the heroine freezes out and lives like a nun.
So does the hero.
Too little too late.
Then we have a part where their love story is described, and it was very boring because it is an uneventful love story between college sweethearts that become engaged with the approval of their families because they are both very rich and well bred, then they marry and have two wonderful children.
The whole story could have been condensed in less than half the pages it took.
Because it was unnecessary.
Or worse, it was necessary to point out how a couple that didn't have any issue -ever- during their life couldn't stand the first issue that happened to them.
They didn't have disturbed families, they were privileged and happy, they had the support of all their families, though.
The husband cheats on his wife.
And the reasons of his cheating are the worst.
They were expecting another child but the baby was stillborn.
The heroine had a breakdown and after six months the hero cheated.
Because he couldn't cope with her grief.
Then he came back home and told her to see her reaction.
So you have your wife who lost her lil daughter six months ago and instead of protecting her and loving her what do you do?
You cheat on her and tell her, just to hurt her some more.
The man of my dreams.
Or maybe the man of my nightmares.
Yes, he was grieving too but it wasn't a reason to have sex with another woman.
I still can't understand in which way sex with another woman can help a man who is grieving to heal or to feel better.
I could understand he talked with ow, but I can't understand why he had to have sex with her.
His wife was depressed but it had been 6 months not 6 years.
The truth is that he wasn't able to take care of her during her one and only moment of real grief in their life.
He was a total failure as a husband.
His cheating proves it.
The heroine was right to divorce him and she should have stayed such.
The hero didn't really love her and even after they have "healing sex" again, he wasn't convinced they could be together.
Because she treated him badly during the past two years.
Booooohoooo.
So she has to go to his office and play clown to take him back again.
WTF???
I'm going to puke.
I hoped that she at least had sex with another man. But she didn’t.
And he was not that innocent because he had lunch with another woman and enjoyed himself very much.
So where is the love???
Nope.
The book is a complete letdown and waste of my time.
I can't say I wasn't warned.
Another cheating a***ole that the writer tries to justify.
And she also tries to make him a good husband so we empathize with him.
Aaaaaand she failed, of course.
The book was also boring for the first part.
It opens with the hero and the heroine already divorced and the hero trying to have a friendly relationship with her while she doesn't want to have anything to do with him- except as regards their children.
We find out he cheated and as the best coward heroes do, immediately confessed to his grieving wife.
She didn't forgive him and divorced him.
Thank god.
But instead of moving on, and having some meaningless sex with some sexy om, the heroine freezes out and lives like a nun.
So does the hero.
Too little too late.
Then we have a part where their love story is described, and it was very boring because it is an uneventful love story between college sweethearts that become engaged with the approval of their families because they are both very rich and well bred, then they marry and have two wonderful children.
The whole story could have been condensed in less than half the pages it took.
Because it was unnecessary.
Or worse, it was necessary to point out how a couple that didn't have any issue -ever- during their life couldn't stand the first issue that happened to them.
They didn't have disturbed families, they were privileged and happy, they had the support of all their families, though.
The husband cheats on his wife.
And the reasons of his cheating are the worst.
They were expecting another child but the baby was stillborn.
The heroine had a breakdown and after six months the hero cheated.
Because he couldn't cope with her grief.
Then he came back home and told her to see her reaction.
So you have your wife who lost her lil daughter six months ago and instead of protecting her and loving her what do you do?
You cheat on her and tell her, just to hurt her some more.
The man of my dreams.
Or maybe the man of my nightmares.
Yes, he was grieving too but it wasn't a reason to have sex with another woman.
I still can't understand in which way sex with another woman can help a man who is grieving to heal or to feel better.
I could understand he talked with ow, but I can't understand why he had to have sex with her.
His wife was depressed but it had been 6 months not 6 years.
The truth is that he wasn't able to take care of her during her one and only moment of real grief in their life.
He was a total failure as a husband.
His cheating proves it.
The heroine was right to divorce him and she should have stayed such.
The hero didn't really love her and even after they have "healing sex" again, he wasn't convinced they could be together.
Because she treated him badly during the past two years.
Booooohoooo.
So she has to go to his office and play clown to take him back again.
WTF???
I'm going to puke.
I hoped that she at least had sex with another man. But she didn’t.
And he was not that innocent because he had lunch with another woman and enjoyed himself very much.
So where is the love???
Nope.
The book is a complete letdown and waste of my time.
March 2, 2024
2.5 (rounding up)
This was just okay for me. I do love the marriage-in-trouble trope but this one was too bland for me. Maybe it has more to do with me and my preferences than the book. The pacing was slow, lots of filler, and for a story with an infidelity theme, the angst was almost nonexistent--how do you manage that?
The main characters, Barbara and James, were somewhat dull to read about. Nothing explosive or all that interesting, just there. Out of the two, James was more likable, especially when I started reading about how their marriage fell apart. I actually felt sorry for James, not Barbara, and he's the one that cheated. That's interesting and surprising, because normally, I take the FMC's side of things and expect the MMC to jump through hoops for every little mishap on his part. So yeah, I have a tendency to empathize more with the FMC than the MMC (I'm biased like that, sue me). Not in this case; I felt more empathy for James and really disliked Barbara.
Either way, I was satisfied with James' grovel. The guy was miserable (we're told) for 2 yrs waiting for his ex-wife to hear him out and give him a chance. She treated him terribly (we're shown) for half a year, before his betrayal. In my opinion, she abandoned him long before she asked for a divorce. In the end, all it took to get back together was for both of them to communicate, to clear up their misunderstandings...huh, if only she hadn't shut him out and rejected his many pleas to talk about their problems.
Notes:
Met in college
Together for 12ys
Divorced/separated for 2ys
2 young sons (7/9yrs)
Infidelity - off-page; physical (not emotional); once w/ coworker; he was drinking his sorrows away.
Note to Self: don't reread this one later
This was just okay for me. I do love the marriage-in-trouble trope but this one was too bland for me. Maybe it has more to do with me and my preferences than the book. The pacing was slow, lots of filler, and for a story with an infidelity theme, the angst was almost nonexistent--how do you manage that?
The main characters, Barbara and James, were somewhat dull to read about. Nothing explosive or all that interesting, just there. Out of the two, James was more likable, especially when I started reading about how their marriage fell apart. I actually felt sorry for James, not Barbara, and he's the one that cheated. That's interesting and surprising, because normally, I take the FMC's side of things and expect the MMC to jump through hoops for every little mishap on his part. So yeah, I have a tendency to empathize more with the FMC than the MMC (I'm biased like that, sue me). Not in this case; I felt more empathy for James and really disliked Barbara.
Either way, I was satisfied with James' grovel. The guy was miserable (we're told) for 2 yrs waiting for his ex-wife to hear him out and give him a chance. She treated him terribly (we're shown) for half a year, before his betrayal. In my opinion, she abandoned him long before she asked for a divorce. In the end, all it took to get back together was for both of them to communicate, to clear up their misunderstandings...huh, if only she hadn't shut him out and rejected his many pleas to talk about their problems.
Notes:
Met in college
Together for 12ys
Divorced/separated for 2ys
2 young sons (7/9yrs)
Infidelity - off-page; physical (not emotional); once w/ coworker; he was drinking his sorrows away.
Note to Self: don't reread this one later
July 4, 2022
This was a good cheating H story until 90%. Then all of sudden the author makes it seem like it was all heroines fault that he cheated, and she does the chasing to get him back. Wtf.🤬
“You know what?” He threw her an angry glance over his shoulder as he grabbed his boxers from beside to the bed. “I’ve eaten humble pie long enough, Barbara! I’m sick of being the asshole who cheated on his wife. Have you ever wasted even a single thought about how terrible I was feeling”
I hate cheating romance, I don’t even think cheating and romance should be in the same sentence but I am an angsty junkie so sometime if the cheating is minor. I might try it.
Spoilers
I read this because reviewers made it seem like it was a one off situation caused by grief. Thats bullshit. 🤬
He was actually having an emotional affair with his co worker - close friendship, he shared things with her that he wouldn’t even with the h and he worked late with her, until he went on a business trip to Toronto with this girl, and ended up fucking her. I understanding needing comfort, but you don’t need to fuck someone for it. So yes, he fucked her once, but it’s not as minor as people make it seem.
“I can remember a time when you were more interested in sleeping with another woman than being there for me! If that isn’t the ultimate lack of interest in me, then I don’t know what is, James.” He was so close to exploding. “Once, Barbara, I slept with another woman exactly once, because I was unhappy and desperate. Have you never been unhappy and desperate?” “Yes, I was, but how would you know about that?” she asked brokenly. “You can’t know anything about that, because you were in Toronto at the time, screwing another woman.”
Reviewers also said h was in depression for years and she locked him out of her room. Another bullshit.
She was in depression for only 6 months and she had just asked him to move his stuff to another room when he came back from the trip.
If I had known this fact, as someone who doesn’t believe in a cheater getting a HEA, I wouldn’t have read this.
With that said, I did forgive him for the affair because it was not caused by lust but grief of losing his child and losing the love of his life -the wife’s love. He was also not lusting after any other woman but his wife.
He did grovel for 2 years and he’s regretful.
The h did kick him out and divorce his ass, so she was not a doormat.
They were both celibate after separation.
They get back together because he showed interest in another woman. The scene where he ran into his sons teacher- girl with short shorts and then invited her to dinner with him - was gross. He couldn’t stop staring at her and she made him laugh like he hasnt been in awhile.
“Even so, he’d never called Maggie Fraser after they’d eaten together at the Italian place and she’d given him her number. It simply hadn’t felt right. How could he have gone out with another woman when it made him feel like he was deceiving the woman he still loved? No, he would never again do such a thing when it didn’t feel right. That was what he’d done that cursed night in Toronto, and he’d paid dearly.”
I think the above comment was suppose to show that he wouldn’t step out on the h again, but I was thinking, why did he ask the ow to sit down to enjoy dinner with him then if he felt it was so wrong?
This author is an awesome story teller. I loved the way she old this story. The first half shows you their entire story..how they met, fell in love, etc, you could feel that they were soulmates..then everything goes to shit when this couple lost their daughter.
Highly recommend this if you’re ok with cheating angsty plots. I hate hate cheating books and this one made me believe that he deserved a 2nd chance. Which honestly never happens.
-cheating off page
- love scenes only between MCs
- free on KU
“You know what?” He threw her an angry glance over his shoulder as he grabbed his boxers from beside to the bed. “I’ve eaten humble pie long enough, Barbara! I’m sick of being the asshole who cheated on his wife. Have you ever wasted even a single thought about how terrible I was feeling”
I hate cheating romance, I don’t even think cheating and romance should be in the same sentence but I am an angsty junkie so sometime if the cheating is minor. I might try it.
Spoilers
I read this because reviewers made it seem like it was a one off situation caused by grief. Thats bullshit. 🤬
He was actually having an emotional affair with his co worker - close friendship, he shared things with her that he wouldn’t even with the h and he worked late with her, until he went on a business trip to Toronto with this girl, and ended up fucking her. I understanding needing comfort, but you don’t need to fuck someone for it. So yes, he fucked her once, but it’s not as minor as people make it seem.
“I can remember a time when you were more interested in sleeping with another woman than being there for me! If that isn’t the ultimate lack of interest in me, then I don’t know what is, James.” He was so close to exploding. “Once, Barbara, I slept with another woman exactly once, because I was unhappy and desperate. Have you never been unhappy and desperate?” “Yes, I was, but how would you know about that?” she asked brokenly. “You can’t know anything about that, because you were in Toronto at the time, screwing another woman.”
Reviewers also said h was in depression for years and she locked him out of her room. Another bullshit.
She was in depression for only 6 months and she had just asked him to move his stuff to another room when he came back from the trip.
If I had known this fact, as someone who doesn’t believe in a cheater getting a HEA, I wouldn’t have read this.
With that said, I did forgive him for the affair because it was not caused by lust but grief of losing his child and losing the love of his life -the wife’s love. He was also not lusting after any other woman but his wife.
He did grovel for 2 years and he’s regretful.
The h did kick him out and divorce his ass, so she was not a doormat.
They were both celibate after separation.
They get back together because he showed interest in another woman. The scene where he ran into his sons teacher- girl with short shorts and then invited her to dinner with him - was gross. He couldn’t stop staring at her and she made him laugh like he hasnt been in awhile.
“Even so, he’d never called Maggie Fraser after they’d eaten together at the Italian place and she’d given him her number. It simply hadn’t felt right. How could he have gone out with another woman when it made him feel like he was deceiving the woman he still loved? No, he would never again do such a thing when it didn’t feel right. That was what he’d done that cursed night in Toronto, and he’d paid dearly.”
I think the above comment was suppose to show that he wouldn’t step out on the h again, but I was thinking, why did he ask the ow to sit down to enjoy dinner with him then if he felt it was so wrong?
This author is an awesome story teller. I loved the way she old this story. The first half shows you their entire story..how they met, fell in love, etc, you could feel that they were soulmates..then everything goes to shit when this couple lost their daughter.
Highly recommend this if you’re ok with cheating angsty plots. I hate hate cheating books and this one made me believe that he deserved a 2nd chance. Which honestly never happens.
-cheating off page
- love scenes only between MCs
- free on KU
May 5, 2017
I liked the writing style of the author and I'm reading everything that she edited.
Our couple are facing problems due to the baby that heroin had a miscarriage and the depression she suffered after the fact. She is consumed by the loss and ends up going into depression. The husband can't get close to her and she ends up changing hero to the guest room and practically excludes him from her life.
He doesn't know how to act and ends up having a one-night stand with a co-worker.
Our heroine is more shaken yet with this betrayal and asks for a divorce.
The story begins with two years passing and neither still overcoming divorce.
The two meet only because of the two children.
The two still love each other and throughout history we find that there is no right or wrong in love and Yes understanding and forgiveness.
Our couple are facing problems due to the baby that heroin had a miscarriage and the depression she suffered after the fact. She is consumed by the loss and ends up going into depression. The husband can't get close to her and she ends up changing hero to the guest room and practically excludes him from her life.
He doesn't know how to act and ends up having a one-night stand with a co-worker.
Our heroine is more shaken yet with this betrayal and asks for a divorce.
The story begins with two years passing and neither still overcoming divorce.
The two meet only because of the two children.
The two still love each other and throughout history we find that there is no right or wrong in love and Yes understanding and forgiveness.
May 16, 2021
Band 2 kommt an Band 1 nicht ganz ran. Trotzdem kein schlechtes Buch wenn ich 4 ⭐️ vergebe. 😅
Leider Springt es in die Vergangenheit und dadurch wird es etwas langatmig. Aber ich bin der Meinung das dieses Buch eine Trigger WARNUNG benötigt, da sich hier auch um einem Sternenkind dreht. 😭
Mir ging es teilweise sehr unter die Haut.😢
Leider Springt es in die Vergangenheit und dadurch wird es etwas langatmig. Aber ich bin der Meinung das dieses Buch eine Trigger WARNUNG benötigt, da sich hier auch um einem Sternenkind dreht. 😭
Mir ging es teilweise sehr unter die Haut.😢
April 16, 2021
I enjoyed Just One Moment for the most part, but would have enjoyed it more had it not been written as though the characters were living in 1950. The dialogue was very old fashioned and proper, not the way college students would speak, behave, or think today.
While I love a good infidelity romance, I didn't particularly enjoy the way both the H and h placed the blame on the heroine's behavior after losing their baby. While she didn't communicate well with her husband during that time, he did things that as well fed into her pain and their overall lack of communication. But in no way should he have slept with another woman regardless of his wife's grief and behavior.
Overall, it was just an okay read for me.
While I love a good infidelity romance, I didn't particularly enjoy the way both the H and h placed the blame on the heroine's behavior after losing their baby. While she didn't communicate well with her husband during that time, he did things that as well fed into her pain and their overall lack of communication. But in no way should he have slept with another woman regardless of his wife's grief and behavior.
Overall, it was just an okay read for me.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
April 22, 2020
Apparently feeling empathy for a character doesn’t require you to like her. For me, the heroine wasn’t all that likable, the ONS cheating husband was, kind of strange.
February 1, 2021
3.5 stars
I’m not sure why there are such bad reviews and low ratings for this book.
I thought it was a very realistic portrayal of a woman’s emotions after not only suffering a miscarriage but also learning her husband cheated on her.
Big spoilers:
the prologue shows h dropping off the kids at H’s house. He is her ex husband and whilst he’s nice, she’s a bit abrupt with him.
We then go into the past and we are shown their lovely romantic live story- how they met in uni and then got married. It’s almost like they r this perfect made for each other couple.
We then fast forward to the present again and we get dual POV and we find out that 3 years previously h suffered a very late miscarriage and the situation was such that the H had to choose mother or baby to save. He naturally chose mother but baby died and h suffered depression and blamed H for the death. H felt like he couldn’t talk about the trauma he went through also- holding his dying baby and waiting to see if his wife would survive. h felt like H just didn’t care about the baby.
A year after the miscarriage, H ends up having a drunken one night stand. He tells h the next day and she files for divorce. She has been less than civil since.
After seeing H and ow at a gala, h decides to start dating again. But she eventually comes to realise that she loves H and they forgive each other and have their HEA.
I think the author was trying to say that sometimes you may end up cutting your nose to spite your face. The h loved the H but felt like she had to keep punishing him and pushing him away to satisfy her need to be in the right. She eventually realised that the circumstances were such that even someone as perfect as the H can make mistakes.
I don’t feel like the author was trying to blame the h at all due to her depression. Her family wanted her to forgive the H or to move on with her life. She was stuck in the past and her resentment was making her bitter and rude with everyone- her brothers, her mother, her ex, her sis in law.
I only wish there was more angst in this story. But I will definitely be reading more by this author.
I’m not sure why there are such bad reviews and low ratings for this book.
I thought it was a very realistic portrayal of a woman’s emotions after not only suffering a miscarriage but also learning her husband cheated on her.
Big spoilers:
the prologue shows h dropping off the kids at H’s house. He is her ex husband and whilst he’s nice, she’s a bit abrupt with him.
We then go into the past and we are shown their lovely romantic live story- how they met in uni and then got married. It’s almost like they r this perfect made for each other couple.
We then fast forward to the present again and we get dual POV and we find out that 3 years previously h suffered a very late miscarriage and the situation was such that the H had to choose mother or baby to save. He naturally chose mother but baby died and h suffered depression and blamed H for the death. H felt like he couldn’t talk about the trauma he went through also- holding his dying baby and waiting to see if his wife would survive. h felt like H just didn’t care about the baby.
A year after the miscarriage, H ends up having a drunken one night stand. He tells h the next day and she files for divorce. She has been less than civil since.
After seeing H and ow at a gala, h decides to start dating again. But she eventually comes to realise that she loves H and they forgive each other and have their HEA.
I think the author was trying to say that sometimes you may end up cutting your nose to spite your face. The h loved the H but felt like she had to keep punishing him and pushing him away to satisfy her need to be in the right. She eventually realised that the circumstances were such that even someone as perfect as the H can make mistakes.
I don’t feel like the author was trying to blame the h at all due to her depression. Her family wanted her to forgive the H or to move on with her life. She was stuck in the past and her resentment was making her bitter and rude with everyone- her brothers, her mother, her ex, her sis in law.
I only wish there was more angst in this story. But I will definitely be reading more by this author.
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July 31, 2020
I actually didn't read most if this book. I wasn't interested in the first part at all.
The reason I gave it 3 stars is because it is the first book where I absolutely and completely feel that the H was not in the wrong and I can honestly say that I can't believe that I've written that. His indiscretion was completely understandable and human. He craved comfort from anyone, as his wife completely alienated him and he was forced, not only to swallow his grief, but had to deal with complete rejection from his wife.
He knows he did wrong and His remorse was palpable. But in my eyes, seeking comfort the way he did was completely understandable given the circumstances. I hate cheaters. The author deserves 3+ stars for making me completely sympathetic with the H.
The h on the other hand deserved a kick up the area. The H was to good for her.
The reason I gave it 3 stars is because it is the first book where I absolutely and completely feel that the H was not in the wrong and I can honestly say that I can't believe that I've written that. His indiscretion was completely understandable and human. He craved comfort from anyone, as his wife completely alienated him and he was forced, not only to swallow his grief, but had to deal with complete rejection from his wife.
He knows he did wrong and His remorse was palpable. But in my eyes, seeking comfort the way he did was completely understandable given the circumstances. I hate cheaters. The author deserves 3+ stars for making me completely sympathetic with the H.
The h on the other hand deserved a kick up the area. The H was to good for her.
April 24, 2018
I loved Ms Anderson‘s New York Titans series but I‘m a bit disappointed with The Ashcrofts.
This had another damn time jump that just ruined the enjoyment of this story for me.
I also knew that (big spoiler ahead) the husband aka the hero cheats on her some time during the time jump. So I had a hard time warming up to him.
Maybe I‘ll pick it up again at a better time but today it just didn’t float my boat.
This had another damn time jump that just ruined the enjoyment of this story for me.
I also knew that (big spoiler ahead) the husband aka the hero cheats on her some time during the time jump. So I had a hard time warming up to him.
Maybe I‘ll pick it up again at a better time but today it just didn’t float my boat.
August 29, 2020
Decent 2nd Chance
Meh...not all together bad, not all together good. I recommend this if you like second chance romances. The H is not a total douche, and the h’s withdrawal made sense. Meh...
3 stars
Meh...not all together bad, not all together good. I recommend this if you like second chance romances. The H is not a total douche, and the h’s withdrawal made sense. Meh...
3 stars
September 18, 2024
I was ready to give this read 4 stars. Which is rare for me. 4 stars is above average, I enjoyed reading this book. It kept me engaged. I routed for this couple despite everything. I truly felt despite the horrific thing the husband had did he was sorry and loved his wife deeply. He seemed desperate to get her back while at the same time smart enough to realize that what he had done was nearly impossible to overcome. I felt this way until about chapter 13. Then EVERYTHING took a turn.
However, my first red flag that something was amiss should have come when he sat next to the woman he cheated with and chatted like old friends. I guess I didn't know the whole story at this point but looking back. WOW even worse than I though. Sure he was 'uncomfortable' but he should have been FURIOUS. This woman, this "friend" allowed a married man to get drunk, sob about the loss of a child, and the clinical depression and PTSD his wife was clearly suffering from and then took that man to BED drunk!? That is a horrible person! I usually never blame the other woman and he holds full responsibility too but that is just next level. No good, kind, or reasonable person would take advantage of someone under those conditions! Would SLEEP with someone knowing the context of their situation. They would lend and ear and TURN DOWN the desperate advances of that man! she KNEW his wife was at home grieving the loss of a baby and a horrific trauma, and that he was clearly doing the same. Just WOW.
A good man would have walked right in the other direction when he saw her at that table. I would have been FURIOUS with her, and myself. But instead he sits, chats, looks at her like an old friend and then toasts her on her new marriage.
OH MY GOD.
But somehow I looked the other way at this.
But then the wife considers taking him back and suddenly after pining for her the whole way through he HAS TO THINK ABOUT IT?! He says he's "eaten humble pie long enough" when she brings up the affair?! Like WHAT.
Don't get me wrong the book is well written but what could have really been an amazing story of redemption on his part fell very short in the end. Its worth a read but WOW.
In the end we have this pour woman, who suffered a trauma almost dies, lost her baby and then had a husband who though "sweep it under the rug" was the best course of action and never even tried to TALK about his child with her, feeling like SHE was the one who failed the marriage? I am sorry. NO. no no no no no. One conversation with a psychologist about this, even if she didn't see him herself - he could have done his research and someone would have helped him help her through that right. He just wanted her to be 'happy again' and not be 'sad'. Like that's not how that works dude. Sorry.
Still cant get over her being blamed for all of it in the end. Oy. Rant over
However, my first red flag that something was amiss should have come when he sat next to the woman he cheated with and chatted like old friends. I guess I didn't know the whole story at this point but looking back. WOW even worse than I though. Sure he was 'uncomfortable' but he should have been FURIOUS. This woman, this "friend" allowed a married man to get drunk, sob about the loss of a child, and the clinical depression and PTSD his wife was clearly suffering from and then took that man to BED drunk!? That is a horrible person! I usually never blame the other woman and he holds full responsibility too but that is just next level. No good, kind, or reasonable person would take advantage of someone under those conditions! Would SLEEP with someone knowing the context of their situation. They would lend and ear and TURN DOWN the desperate advances of that man! she KNEW his wife was at home grieving the loss of a baby and a horrific trauma, and that he was clearly doing the same. Just WOW.
A good man would have walked right in the other direction when he saw her at that table. I would have been FURIOUS with her, and myself. But instead he sits, chats, looks at her like an old friend and then toasts her on her new marriage.
OH MY GOD.
But somehow I looked the other way at this.
But then the wife considers taking him back and suddenly after pining for her the whole way through he HAS TO THINK ABOUT IT?! He says he's "eaten humble pie long enough" when she brings up the affair?! Like WHAT.
Don't get me wrong the book is well written but what could have really been an amazing story of redemption on his part fell very short in the end. Its worth a read but WOW.
In the end we have this pour woman, who suffered a trauma almost dies, lost her baby and then had a husband who though "sweep it under the rug" was the best course of action and never even tried to TALK about his child with her, feeling like SHE was the one who failed the marriage? I am sorry. NO. no no no no no. One conversation with a psychologist about this, even if she didn't see him herself - he could have done his research and someone would have helped him help her through that right. He just wanted her to be 'happy again' and not be 'sad'. Like that's not how that works dude. Sorry.
Still cant get over her being blamed for all of it in the end. Oy. Rant over
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April 10, 2025
In der Ashcroft-Reihe scheint es um falsche Entscheidungen und die Gefühlswelt zu gehen, um das Leiden, weil man nicht miteinander geredet hat... Wie schon im ersten Teil der Reihe geht es auch hier um ein Paar, das für einander geschaffen scheint und sich dann doch scheiden lässt. Erst nach und nach erfahren wir mehr über die Zeit vor der Trennung und können es kaum glauben zu erfahren, was dazu geführt hat...
Viel zu viel Leid, das man hätte zum größten Teil verhindern können, wenn man nur miteinander gesprochen hätte, sich eingestanden hätte, wie es um einen steht und vielleicht sogar einer Therapie nicht so vehement ablehnend gegenüber gestanden hätte. Leider besteht deshalb ein großer Teil des Buches aus einer Tragödie, die sich erst auf den letzten Seiten wandelt. Ich hätte lieber mehr "heile Welt" gelesen.
Meine Bewertung: 08/10 Punkte.
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Viel zu viel Leid, das man hätte zum größten Teil verhindern können, wenn man nur miteinander gesprochen hätte, sich eingestanden hätte, wie es um einen steht und vielleicht sogar einer Therapie nicht so vehement ablehnend gegenüber gestanden hätte. Leider besteht deshalb ein großer Teil des Buches aus einer Tragödie, die sich erst auf den letzten Seiten wandelt. Ich hätte lieber mehr "heile Welt" gelesen.
Meine Bewertung: 08/10 Punkte.
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May 26, 2023
Unfortunately in my quest to read every cheater romance that appears in the English language, I’m sometimes forced to wade through some pretty questionable literature. I knew from the start we weren’t swimming in the deepest pool here, but I thought at least we’d get a bog standard grovel at the end. Nope. Somehow SHE ends up apologizing to HIM. Welp. I have no one to blame but myself.
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July 20, 2019
(E-book)
Hat mir besser als Band 1 gefallen
Hat mir besser als Band 1 gefallen
June 11, 2021
Meh. Heroine was a bitch, no communication.
December 22, 2022
Heroine stayed celibate 🤮🤮
May 3, 2024
I can imagine those that enjoy a good love story would thoroughly enjoy this, however I'm not 1 of those, I found it boring!
January 10, 2016
Oh yeah, oh yeah. It's out. It's here. Oh yeah. Oh yeah.
Okay, wo soll ich beginnen?
Mal im Ernst, ihr wisst ja alle wie sehr ich die Football-Serie liebe. Und dann kam Nur ein Kuss, das Buch über Patrick Ashcroft, Barbaras Bruder, und ich war sowieso hin und weg. Und jetzt?
Jetzt haben wir Barbaras Geschichte.
Kurze Zusammenfassung:
Plot: exciting, with secrets
Characters: awesome, very lovely, very kind, kind of troubled and stubborn but hey, I love that :D
writing style: perfect, as always
Zur Geschichte selbst: Ich konnte es kaum abwarten endlich zu wissen was zwischen den beiden vorgefallen ist und musste daher länger aufbleiben als zunächst vorgesehen war.
Dieses Buch ist in zwei Teile geteilt, zunächst erfahren wir etwas über die Vergangenheit der beiden und wie sie zusammen gefunden haben. Ich würde euch ja gerne verraten welcher Teil mir besser gefallen hat, aber das ist kaum möglich. Warum, fragt ihr euch jetzt? Ja, das frage ich mich auch. Also, James als erster richtig fester Freund ist der Wahnsinn. Ohne Schmarrn jetzt, der Typ ist genial. Er ist lieb, aufmerksam und liebt Barbara über alles. Ich liebe die College-Zeit der beiden und den ersten Teil des Buches, der uns Genaueres darüber erzählt.
Und dann kommt Teil zwei und endlich erfahre ich etwas darüber was vorgefallen ist zwischen den beiden und... wow. Ich habe geheult. Seriously, I was crying like a baby.
Kann ich ihre Handlungen verstehen? JA!! Das kann ich tatsächlich, so fies das vielleicht klingt. Ich kann verstehen, wann die beiden auseinander gedriftet sind, kann verstehen warum Barbara versucht hat nicht darüber nachzudenken, warum sie sich abgekapselt hat und natürlich kann man James' Handlungen nicht tolerieren und 100%ig nachvollziehen. Und dennoch... Ich kann verstehen woher er kam.
Und zu Barbara. Wow, wahrscheinlich hätte ich genauso reagiert wie sie. Sie ist stur, sie ist wahnsinnig verletzt und sie ist am Ende. Auch nach zwei Jahren.
Finde ich es schade, dass es keine Interventionen vorher gab? Von ihrer Familie? Von James? Ja, klar. Man sollte sich nicht schämen, professionelle Hilfe anzunehmen. Barbara hätte das helfen können. Aber so funktioniert die Story eben trotzdem perfekt.
Zum Schluss noch ein paar Worte zu den Kids: Wow. Ehrlich mal, wow. Ich finde es toll wie Anderson auch die Kids miteinbezieht und auch zeigt, was für die beiden diese Scheidung bedeutet hat, in wie fern das die beiden mitnahm, vor allem den Älteren, der alles hautnah mit erlebte.
Oh ja, zu guter letzt noch: Patrick und seine Liebste kommen vor und deren Kiddies.
Alles in allem: tolle Fortsetzung.
Die englische Version kommt dann später mal :D
Jetzt brauche ich erst mal etwas Zeit mich auf die nächsten Neuerscheinungen zu konzentrieren. *Vorfreude!!
out soon:
New York Titans Band 13 :D
Life sucks and then we die.
Okay, wo soll ich beginnen?
Mal im Ernst, ihr wisst ja alle wie sehr ich die Football-Serie liebe. Und dann kam Nur ein Kuss, das Buch über Patrick Ashcroft, Barbaras Bruder, und ich war sowieso hin und weg. Und jetzt?
Jetzt haben wir Barbaras Geschichte.
Kurze Zusammenfassung:
Plot: exciting, with secrets
Characters: awesome, very lovely, very kind, kind of troubled and stubborn but hey, I love that :D
writing style: perfect, as always
Zur Geschichte selbst: Ich konnte es kaum abwarten endlich zu wissen was zwischen den beiden vorgefallen ist und musste daher länger aufbleiben als zunächst vorgesehen war.
Dieses Buch ist in zwei Teile geteilt, zunächst erfahren wir etwas über die Vergangenheit der beiden und wie sie zusammen gefunden haben. Ich würde euch ja gerne verraten welcher Teil mir besser gefallen hat, aber das ist kaum möglich. Warum, fragt ihr euch jetzt? Ja, das frage ich mich auch. Also, James als erster richtig fester Freund ist der Wahnsinn. Ohne Schmarrn jetzt, der Typ ist genial. Er ist lieb, aufmerksam und liebt Barbara über alles. Ich liebe die College-Zeit der beiden und den ersten Teil des Buches, der uns Genaueres darüber erzählt.
Und dann kommt Teil zwei und endlich erfahre ich etwas darüber was vorgefallen ist zwischen den beiden und... wow. Ich habe geheult. Seriously, I was crying like a baby.
Kann ich ihre Handlungen verstehen? JA!! Das kann ich tatsächlich, so fies das vielleicht klingt. Ich kann verstehen, wann die beiden auseinander gedriftet sind, kann verstehen warum Barbara versucht hat nicht darüber nachzudenken, warum sie sich abgekapselt hat und natürlich kann man James' Handlungen nicht tolerieren und 100%ig nachvollziehen. Und dennoch... Ich kann verstehen woher er kam.
Und zu Barbara. Wow, wahrscheinlich hätte ich genauso reagiert wie sie. Sie ist stur, sie ist wahnsinnig verletzt und sie ist am Ende. Auch nach zwei Jahren.
Finde ich es schade, dass es keine Interventionen vorher gab? Von ihrer Familie? Von James? Ja, klar. Man sollte sich nicht schämen, professionelle Hilfe anzunehmen. Barbara hätte das helfen können. Aber so funktioniert die Story eben trotzdem perfekt.
Zum Schluss noch ein paar Worte zu den Kids: Wow. Ehrlich mal, wow. Ich finde es toll wie Anderson auch die Kids miteinbezieht und auch zeigt, was für die beiden diese Scheidung bedeutet hat, in wie fern das die beiden mitnahm, vor allem den Älteren, der alles hautnah mit erlebte.
Oh ja, zu guter letzt noch: Patrick und seine Liebste kommen vor und deren Kiddies.
Alles in allem: tolle Fortsetzung.
Die englische Version kommt dann später mal :D
Jetzt brauche ich erst mal etwas Zeit mich auf die nächsten Neuerscheinungen zu konzentrieren. *Vorfreude!!
out soon:
New York Titans Band 13 :D
Life sucks and then we die.
February 10, 2016
Im 2. Buch der Ashcroft Reihe geht es um die Geschichte von Barbara Ashcroft und ihre Jugendliebe James Campbell.
Das Thema hat mich ehrlich gesagt nicht sehr gereizt, jedoch weiß ich das Bücher von Poppy J. Andersson absolut toll und Emotionsreich erzählt sind. Auch bei diesem Buch hat mich die Autorin nicht enttäuscht. Von der ersten Seite an war ich von den zweien fasziniert und konnte mich mit den Hauptcharakteren identifizieren und in beide hinein versetzen. Die Aufteilung des Buches hat mir auch sehr gut gefallen (Vergangenheit - Gegenwart) Ich würde dem Buch 4,5 Sterne geben, für 5 Sterne fehlt mir einfach die Einzigartigkeit der Geschichte. Die Idee ist eben nicht ganz so neu, aber wirklich gut umgesetzt.
Das Thema hat mich ehrlich gesagt nicht sehr gereizt, jedoch weiß ich das Bücher von Poppy J. Andersson absolut toll und Emotionsreich erzählt sind. Auch bei diesem Buch hat mich die Autorin nicht enttäuscht. Von der ersten Seite an war ich von den zweien fasziniert und konnte mich mit den Hauptcharakteren identifizieren und in beide hinein versetzen. Die Aufteilung des Buches hat mir auch sehr gut gefallen (Vergangenheit - Gegenwart) Ich würde dem Buch 4,5 Sterne geben, für 5 Sterne fehlt mir einfach die Einzigartigkeit der Geschichte. Die Idee ist eben nicht ganz so neu, aber wirklich gut umgesetzt.
May 9, 2017
Getting a glimpse of this story at the end of book one, I couldn't wait to read it.
Not going to lie, I didn't like Barbara. I accepted her by the end of the book, but she will never go down as a favorite character. This is about a divorced couple that really both still love each other and haven't moved on. You want to know why they are not together and when we get the full story, we can see the faults on both sides. Can they move on from their actions and reclaim the love they had or has too much time passed? I really like James and loved being in his head. I also loved the end - especially the visit to James workplace :)
Not going to lie, I didn't like Barbara. I accepted her by the end of the book, but she will never go down as a favorite character. This is about a divorced couple that really both still love each other and haven't moved on. You want to know why they are not together and when we get the full story, we can see the faults on both sides. Can they move on from their actions and reclaim the love they had or has too much time passed? I really like James and loved being in his head. I also loved the end - especially the visit to James workplace :)
March 26, 2016
Eigentlich mag ich die Thematik in diesem Buch gar nicht aber was soll, Poppy J. Anderson ist und bleibt mit meine Lieblingautorin. Es war wieder einmal fantastisch.
July 7, 2016
Am Anfang fand ich das Buch etwas schleppend. Nach und nach bekam es mehr Tiefe und gefiel mir dann viel besser.
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