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The Soldier's Seduction
The Soldier's Seduction by Anne Marie Winston released on Apr 11, 2006 is available now for purchase.
- GenresRomanceMilitary Fiction
184 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published April 11, 2006
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Anne Marie Winston
135 books28 followersAnne Marie Winston is a Pennsylvania native and former teacher. She began reading romances a long, long time ago and considers getting paid to write them the ultimate in occupations. Always a book lover, Anne Marie didn't begin writing her own romance until 1989, when she was at home with two babies, too many diapers and too much time to consider insane, risky career moves. She sold her first book in 1991 and to date has published more than thirty novels of romance fiction.
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June 20, 2011
The story is of Phoebe and Wade, who grew up together, and spent a night together after the funeral of Phoebe's twin sister. Wade has recently returned from duty in Afghanistan, where he was also injured and presumed dead for some time. On returning home he immediately seeks out Phoebe, with the intention of pursuing a relationship with her, however finds that Phoebe has moved away from California to upstate New York. When he arrives on her doorstep, Phoebe is shocked as she still thought he was dead, and also nervous as she now has to tell him that their one night together resulted in her baby daughter. When Wade finds out he moves in and states his intention to be a family. As the story progresses we find out about their past relationship. Wade had dated Phoebe's twin sister for a while, but broke up when she was found to be cheating on him. On the night of the twins high school Reunion, Wade attends as Phoebe's sister's date, Phoebe is upset as she has been in love with Wade for years, when they dance together, Wade realises that he has feelings for Phoebe but they are interrupted and confronted by Phoebe's drunk twin sister, who drives away drunk and dies after crashing. Both Phoebe and Wade struggle with the the guilt of the crash, and this affects their relationship in the present.
This was an OK book, the back story of Phoebe and Wade's relationship was written very well. However the issues they have surrounding Phoebe's twin sisters death is really annoying. Phoebe thinks that Wade is still in love with her sister and can never love her, and Wade thinks she blames him for her sisters death and that she will never love him. I just wanted to shout at them to just tell each other that they love one another, but it dragged on and on. I also found the entire story boring, there wasn't that much dialogue, most of it was inner thoughts.
Originally posted at http://everyday-is-the-same.blogspot....
This was an OK book, the back story of Phoebe and Wade's relationship was written very well. However the issues they have surrounding Phoebe's twin sisters death is really annoying. Phoebe thinks that Wade is still in love with her sister and can never love her, and Wade thinks she blames him for her sisters death and that she will never love him. I just wanted to shout at them to just tell each other that they love one another, but it dragged on and on. I also found the entire story boring, there wasn't that much dialogue, most of it was inner thoughts.
Originally posted at http://everyday-is-the-same.blogspot....
February 27, 2017
The ending was really good. I like how determined Wade was. It wasn't that bad of a book. Felt the anger in the characters quite strong.
November 17, 2021
I liked it. It was a good read.
April 16, 2011
After taking some time to recover from his injury sustained during the war, Wade Donnelly has tracked down Phoebe Merriman.
Wade never paid much attention to Phoebe when they were kids, despite him living down the street from her. All his attention went to her twin sister Melanie. As the more outgoing one of the two, Melanie more liked the attention she got for being with Wade since he was a soldier than actually liking him.
It was when Melanie invited him to go to her their reunion with her that life forever changed between the three of them. Tired of watching Melanie sit on other guys laps, Wade is about to leave the reunion when Phoebe stops him and gets him to dance with her.
Always having a crush on Wade, Phoebe can't help but feel a spark between them as they dance for the first time. Wade is overcome with a new feeling towards Phoebe that he's never felt before. It hits him then that he's been chasing the wrong sister.
Their night is cut short when a drunk Melanie sees them and rushes out. Unknowingly she gets the spare keys and takes off in their car and Wade is too late to stop her. That night she wraps her car around a tree and her life ends.
Assaulted with guilt, Wade couldn't get himself to comfort Phoebe after her sister's death for fear she would blame him. Walking one day he finds her by herself crying and she ends up taking them her family cabin when they pick up where they left off at the reunion. After that night, he didn't see her again.
Now, year and a half later, he has come to find her and make things right.
Phoebe is shocked to find Wade on her front porch. After moving away from home she learned he had been KIA. But clearly he wasn't for there he was. Getting over the shock, Phoebe tries to find a way to tell him about his daughter he didn't know he had.
Finding out about his daughter Bridget, put a light into his life he didn't know he was missing. Angry at Phoebe for at least not telling his parents since she thought he was dead, he doesn't waste time and moves right into Phoebe's house to be with Bridget.
With the guilt of keeping Bridget a secret, Phoebe doesn't put up much of a fuss about him moving in. But when he throws out the fact they need to get married for Bridget's sake, she doesn't know if she can take it much longer.
Phoebe has always known Melanie was Wade's first choice. So could she marry him only for their daughter's sake? Can she marry a man whom she loves but doesn't love her back?
After visiting his dad, she agrees and when they get back to her house they apply for a wedding license. During the couple weeks of wait they both settle down to a blissful routine.
To show his love, Wade donates to M.A.D.D in honor of Melanie, but when Phoebe finds the thank you letter she believes it is more proof that its her sister he loves.
Finally they both get out in the open what happened that day of the reunion and forgive and openly tells their feelings for the other. Now their marriage will be one based solely on love.
Wade never paid much attention to Phoebe when they were kids, despite him living down the street from her. All his attention went to her twin sister Melanie. As the more outgoing one of the two, Melanie more liked the attention she got for being with Wade since he was a soldier than actually liking him.
It was when Melanie invited him to go to her their reunion with her that life forever changed between the three of them. Tired of watching Melanie sit on other guys laps, Wade is about to leave the reunion when Phoebe stops him and gets him to dance with her.
Always having a crush on Wade, Phoebe can't help but feel a spark between them as they dance for the first time. Wade is overcome with a new feeling towards Phoebe that he's never felt before. It hits him then that he's been chasing the wrong sister.
Their night is cut short when a drunk Melanie sees them and rushes out. Unknowingly she gets the spare keys and takes off in their car and Wade is too late to stop her. That night she wraps her car around a tree and her life ends.
Assaulted with guilt, Wade couldn't get himself to comfort Phoebe after her sister's death for fear she would blame him. Walking one day he finds her by herself crying and she ends up taking them her family cabin when they pick up where they left off at the reunion. After that night, he didn't see her again.
Now, year and a half later, he has come to find her and make things right.
Phoebe is shocked to find Wade on her front porch. After moving away from home she learned he had been KIA. But clearly he wasn't for there he was. Getting over the shock, Phoebe tries to find a way to tell him about his daughter he didn't know he had.
Finding out about his daughter Bridget, put a light into his life he didn't know he was missing. Angry at Phoebe for at least not telling his parents since she thought he was dead, he doesn't waste time and moves right into Phoebe's house to be with Bridget.
With the guilt of keeping Bridget a secret, Phoebe doesn't put up much of a fuss about him moving in. But when he throws out the fact they need to get married for Bridget's sake, she doesn't know if she can take it much longer.
Phoebe has always known Melanie was Wade's first choice. So could she marry him only for their daughter's sake? Can she marry a man whom she loves but doesn't love her back?
After visiting his dad, she agrees and when they get back to her house they apply for a wedding license. During the couple weeks of wait they both settle down to a blissful routine.
To show his love, Wade donates to M.A.D.D in honor of Melanie, but when Phoebe finds the thank you letter she believes it is more proof that its her sister he loves.
Finally they both get out in the open what happened that day of the reunion and forgive and openly tells their feelings for the other. Now their marriage will be one based solely on love.
January 13, 2014
Way too short to allow for proper characterization and help build a strong interest.
The story telling relied heavily on flash-backs between today, when Wade reappeared in Phoebe's life as a new mother uprooted from California to NY state, and before, during their childhood, teenage or young adults years in California, when they were growing together, when Wade used to date Phoebe's twin, when that latter died and when they had sex. It was mostly ok, though this back and forth felt overused to me, sometimes confusing. The whole story was very predictable, the characters looked like clichéd, more than real persons, except maybe in their interactions with their kid, where emotions seemed more real. The heroine in my opinion was a subdued wimp - despite a few mentions of her stubbornness, I never saw in her behavior any trace of her having any real will or character. And every time Wade offered her something, even if it was not in her interest, she accepted without any discussion . The one aspect in which the hero was slightly different from the usual former soldier was his ability to get angry and show it verbally or through body language, not acts luckily. I rather liked that, as he was already non talkative, gruff and very tender. And so much is all I could take.
I cannot really recommend this book, though I cannot either advise to steer clear of it, it was nicely written and could be someone else's cup of tea. But not mine.
The story telling relied heavily on flash-backs between today, when Wade reappeared in Phoebe's life as a new mother uprooted from California to NY state, and before, during their childhood, teenage or young adults years in California, when they were growing together, when Wade used to date Phoebe's twin, when that latter died and when they had sex. It was mostly ok, though this back and forth felt overused to me, sometimes confusing. The whole story was very predictable, the characters looked like clichéd, more than real persons, except maybe in their interactions with their kid, where emotions seemed more real. The heroine in my opinion was a subdued wimp - despite a few mentions of her stubbornness, I never saw in her behavior any trace of her having any real will or character. And every time Wade offered her something, even if it was not in her interest, she accepted without any discussion . The one aspect in which the hero was slightly different from the usual former soldier was his ability to get angry and show it verbally or through body language, not acts luckily. I rather liked that, as he was already non talkative, gruff and very tender. And so much is all I could take.
I cannot really recommend this book, though I cannot either advise to steer clear of it, it was nicely written and could be someone else's cup of tea. But not mine.
February 3, 2013
Fluff
May 2, 2017
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