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Rainbow Chasers #3
Reilly's Return
The Sexiest Man on Earth...
The fan magazines called Pat Reilly the Hunk from Down Under, the man-of-action movie star who made strong women tremble, but young widow Jayne Jordan had fled Hollywood--and the attraction that burned between her and her husband's best friend--for serenity in a small coastal town! Reilly had promised the appealing, eccentric lady he called Calamity Jayne one year before that he'd come looking for her, and he was a man of his word. She'd denied her feelings for the rough and rowdy cowboy, cursed and fought them, but Reilly was through being haunted by memories, tired of feeling guilty for wanting to lose himself in the warm honey of Jayne's sweet soul. Reilly taught her ecstasy, but Jayne yearned to show her charming rogue how much she believed in his talent. Loving Reilly was like taking her heart on a roller coaster ride--breathtaking highs and heartbreaking lows--but could she do less than surrender to the man who was her destiny?
The fan magazines called Pat Reilly the Hunk from Down Under, the man-of-action movie star who made strong women tremble, but young widow Jayne Jordan had fled Hollywood--and the attraction that burned between her and her husband's best friend--for serenity in a small coastal town! Reilly had promised the appealing, eccentric lady he called Calamity Jayne one year before that he'd come looking for her, and he was a man of his word. She'd denied her feelings for the rough and rowdy cowboy, cursed and fought them, but Reilly was through being haunted by memories, tired of feeling guilty for wanting to lose himself in the warm honey of Jayne's sweet soul. Reilly taught her ecstasy, but Jayne yearned to show her charming rogue how much she believed in his talent. Loving Reilly was like taking her heart on a roller coaster ride--breathtaking highs and heartbreaking lows--but could she do less than surrender to the man who was her destiny?
287 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1990
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Tami Hoag
99 books6,131 followersTami Hoag is the #1 internationally bestselling author of more than thirty books published in more than thirty languages worldwide, including her latest thrillers—BITTER SEASON, COLD COLD HEART and THE 9TH GIRL. Renowned for combining thrilling plots with character-driven suspense, Hoag first hit the New York Times Bestseller list with NIGHT SINS, and each of her books since has been a bestseller.
She leads a double life in Palm Beach County, Florida where she is also known as a top competitive equestrian in the Olympic discipline of dressage. Other interests include the study of psychology, and mixed martial arts fighting.
Visit her at www.tamihoag.com, Facebook.com/TamiHoag and on Twitter @TamiHoag
She leads a double life in Palm Beach County, Florida where she is also known as a top competitive equestrian in the Olympic discipline of dressage. Other interests include the study of psychology, and mixed martial arts fighting.
Visit her at www.tamihoag.com, Facebook.com/TamiHoag and on Twitter @TamiHoag
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May 17, 2011Sorry. Not going to finish listening to this one. The characters are, well, caricatures. And I'm bored already, having made it through an hour. There are just too many good books out there.
March 22, 2011
Very dated story of an '80s flaky new-age heroine and an actor with over-the-top rabid fans. I never bought into the "chemistry" between the couple, and thought the heroine's character was just silly.
October 12, 2010
Jayne Jordon lost her husband one year ago and is still recovering from the grief. Concentrating on her work, she has moved back to her hometown to rebuild her spirit and soul. But Pat Reilly has other plans. Gorgeous movie star, Pat Reilly, has loved Jayne from the first time he saw her. But she had been married to his best friend. Reilly knows that he and Jayne were meant to be together...he just needs to fate a small nudge. But Jayne isn't sure she can get past the or the fear to allow herself to love again.
Tami Hoag's latest book-Reilly's Return-is a sweet sexy contemporary romance. Jayne Jordon had her whole life ahead of her when her husband boarded his last overseas flight and never came home. A well read movie critic, she decides that Hollywood is not for her and heads back to her hometown to find herself. But fate has other plans for Jayne. And his name is Pat Reilly.
Reilly told her after her husband's funeral that he would come see her
in one year. And that year is up. Pat Reilly, international movie star and sex symbol, is everything Jayne is scared of. Incredibly sexy and smart-she was powerfully attracted to him when they first met. Reilly is convinced they fell in love the first day they met and now that one year has passed since they buried her husband, he needs to see if that "something" is still there. But he and her husband were best friends and Jayne has felt guilty for her attraction to Reilly ever since. As she and Reilly dance around each other, it is soon evident that the passion and attraction that first held them spellbound has not
diminished. But can that be enough? Both of them hold secrets that threaten to destroy what has yet to be discovered.
I have always adored Tami Hoag's books. She is a multi talented author
who's stories have held me enthralled for years. In this recent debut,
we are introduced to Jayne and Reilly. Two souls who met at the wrong time but are given another chance at a future together. Jayne is struggling to overcome fears of what life with Reilly would represent. She projects her fear of the unknown on him, channeling it into a flaw on his part. Reilly comes off as being very suave and debonair, but he's really scared that Jayne will not give them a chance.
Read the rest of my review at http://www.smexybooks.com/2010/07/rev...
Tami Hoag's latest book-Reilly's Return-is a sweet sexy contemporary romance. Jayne Jordon had her whole life ahead of her when her husband boarded his last overseas flight and never came home. A well read movie critic, she decides that Hollywood is not for her and heads back to her hometown to find herself. But fate has other plans for Jayne. And his name is Pat Reilly.
Reilly told her after her husband's funeral that he would come see her
in one year. And that year is up. Pat Reilly, international movie star and sex symbol, is everything Jayne is scared of. Incredibly sexy and smart-she was powerfully attracted to him when they first met. Reilly is convinced they fell in love the first day they met and now that one year has passed since they buried her husband, he needs to see if that "something" is still there. But he and her husband were best friends and Jayne has felt guilty for her attraction to Reilly ever since. As she and Reilly dance around each other, it is soon evident that the passion and attraction that first held them spellbound has not
diminished. But can that be enough? Both of them hold secrets that threaten to destroy what has yet to be discovered.
I have always adored Tami Hoag's books. She is a multi talented author
who's stories have held me enthralled for years. In this recent debut,
we are introduced to Jayne and Reilly. Two souls who met at the wrong time but are given another chance at a future together. Jayne is struggling to overcome fears of what life with Reilly would represent. She projects her fear of the unknown on him, channeling it into a flaw on his part. Reilly comes off as being very suave and debonair, but he's really scared that Jayne will not give them a chance.
Read the rest of my review at http://www.smexybooks.com/2010/07/rev...
January 21, 2015
I can hear the very sexy Australian voice of Hugh Jackman as I read this book. Visions of his smile and cocky attitude make Pat Reilly come alive for me. I know very well that Hugh is not the sexy Aussie that Tami Hoag had in her mind as she wrote the book. Hugh would have been, maybe, 10 years old at the time, but he is sure in my mind. Which brings up another point: this book does not show it's age. It is a sweet, humorous, very romantic story. I firmly believe that good romance stands the test of time. This one sure has.
Jayne Jordan is a film critic who lost her husband a year ago. Her life with the older Mac was peaceful and loving. When Mac introduced her to his friend, Pat Reilly, her peace was shattered. Jayne was assaulted by feelings she should only have for her husband. She kept a great deal of distance from Reilly after that. After Mac died, Reilly promised Jayne he would return in one year and they would find out exactly what is was between them.
Pat Reilly is an Australian action superstar. He is mobbed by adoring female fans wherever he goes. When he shows up in Anastasia, CA, Jayne's peaceful, serene life is blown to bits, like a special effect in one of Reilly's movies. The lust meter is off the scale with these two and it doesn't take long for Jayne to give in. For a short book there is a lot of character development and depth. You understand both H/h and what makes them tick. My only complaint is that the ending was so abrupt.
Jayne Jordan is a film critic who lost her husband a year ago. Her life with the older Mac was peaceful and loving. When Mac introduced her to his friend, Pat Reilly, her peace was shattered. Jayne was assaulted by feelings she should only have for her husband. She kept a great deal of distance from Reilly after that. After Mac died, Reilly promised Jayne he would return in one year and they would find out exactly what is was between them.
Pat Reilly is an Australian action superstar. He is mobbed by adoring female fans wherever he goes. When he shows up in Anastasia, CA, Jayne's peaceful, serene life is blown to bits, like a special effect in one of Reilly's movies. The lust meter is off the scale with these two and it doesn't take long for Jayne to give in. For a short book there is a lot of character development and depth. You understand both H/h and what makes them tick. My only complaint is that the ending was so abrupt.
December 14, 2013
Reilly’s Return is the third novel in the Rainbow Chasers series by American author, Tami Hoag. Jayne Jordan, widow of Joseph MacGregor, is hiding out in the California coastal town of Anastasia with three llamas and a pregnant teen. Zany Jayne is a film writer and director, but is wasting her talent as a scathing film critic. Aussie actor, Pat Reilly was Mac’s best friend, but when he met Jayne, neither could deny a connection. At Mac’s funeral, he vowed to return to her. And now he has. But Jayne is uncertain of his intentions, disappointed in his choice of movies to make and is unconvinced that he can resist the attractions of Hollywood. This fairly early Hoag offering drags somewhat, is occasionally repetitive and the portrayal of Pat Reilly as an Aussie is not well done: most Australians will wince at the dialogue, which is unrealistic and clunky at best. It is a sweet story that would have benefited from some judicious editing.
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March 16, 2015DNF at 27%.
I know this was written in the 80s or early 90s, but earlier one woman called a man a "perv" for nothing more than wearing make-up and another character just referred to "that fag guy that comes to read the meter." I know the 80s were a different time for homosexuality, but I'm a lot more... intolerant of intolerance than I used to be (call me a hypocrite for that if you want -- a single fuck will not be given that day). I was kind of into the story but not enough to put up with slurs.
Plus, I'm listening to the audio book and the narrator's Australian accent is horrifying -- worse than Dick Van Dyke doing a Cockney accent. At least I knew what accent he was supposed to be doing. This sounds like some sort of mash-up of Australian, Irish, Cockney, and possibly a little bit of Southern and even, once, Jamaican. I will admit I haven't hung around too many Australians but in no Hugh Jackman or Heath Ledger movie have I ever heard an Australian sound like this.
I know this was written in the 80s or early 90s, but earlier one woman called a man a "perv" for nothing more than wearing make-up and another character just referred to "that fag guy that comes to read the meter." I know the 80s were a different time for homosexuality, but I'm a lot more... intolerant of intolerance than I used to be (call me a hypocrite for that if you want -- a single fuck will not be given that day). I was kind of into the story but not enough to put up with slurs.
Plus, I'm listening to the audio book and the narrator's Australian accent is horrifying -- worse than Dick Van Dyke doing a Cockney accent. At least I knew what accent he was supposed to be doing. This sounds like some sort of mash-up of Australian, Irish, Cockney, and possibly a little bit of Southern and even, once, Jamaican. I will admit I haven't hung around too many Australians but in no Hugh Jackman or Heath Ledger movie have I ever heard an Australian sound like this.
March 4, 2017
I've been enjoying most of Tami Hoag's early romance books. This one was not one of my favorites at all. Jayne is a whiny, terrified, crazy woman with no real grip on life. All she wants to do is find spiritual harmony and peace and quiet with no conflict or excitement. And she falls in love with a man she doesn't respect or trust. Reilly is a chauvinist, over-sexed and inconsiderate guy who steamrolls right over Jayne's comfortable, peaceful little life. He pushes her into a relationship, out of her cozy little hole and ridicules her beliefs. And he never expresses any remorse for causing her more anxiety. It's just, "Get over it babe." He falls in love with a woman he doesn't respect. I cannot buy their romance because they feel nothing for one another but lust. And frankly, I didn't like either of the characters very much.
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June 1, 2013
Not a big fan of this.
Jayne writes movie reviews and seems to be really bitchy about it.
Reilly wants to romance Jayne and is willing to jump thru hoops to do it.
Takes place in a small town in CA. I kept wanting to smack some sense into Jayne.
There's sub-plot with a pregnant teenager that added nothing.
Jayne writes movie reviews and seems to be really bitchy about it.
Reilly wants to romance Jayne and is willing to jump thru hoops to do it.
Takes place in a small town in CA. I kept wanting to smack some sense into Jayne.
There's sub-plot with a pregnant teenager that added nothing.
November 19, 2015
Cute story from early in, Tami Hoag's caree, when she was writing fluffy romance novels. There were some plot points there were a bit vague to me. I didn't realize this was the third of a series of books and had I started at the beginning I might have understood the back story. Now I plan to back track and read the earlier books.
June 27, 2010
Suspending disbelief has it's limits. This guy was just too hot to be in love with such a kook...and a whiny one at that!
July 13, 2011
this book was impossible to get into. it took everything i had just to finish it.
January 16, 2024
Ugh. The lead in this had potential until she completely rolled over for the chauvinist prick of a love interest. The titular character is the least interesting or likeable one in the damn thing. Reilly is an absolute garbage pile of a man and I didn't like him for even one moment in this book, which is saying something.
Firstly, he completely disrespects Jayne's religious beliefs, lifestyle, and career. In a climactic moment of the love story, Reilly physically steals one of Jayne's religious ornaments and the reader is supposed to agree with him for some reason? For one thing, he steals her property, but he also disregards her religious beliefs and quite literally says they are childish, silly, and stupid. What about that is anything but horrifying?
At first I had hope he would turn things around (as some of Hoag's other male characters do), but by the halfway point I was practically hate reading. I would have loved to see his character grow or see Jayne dump him for being a chauvinist pig, but neither happen. Instead, she loses her sense of self and changes her world for that of a trophy wife - barf.
The only redeeming point is that the side characters are so endearing. I would have preferred Candi's story over this any day of the week. I absolutely love Candi's side plotline and her beautiful burgeoning relationships briefly touched on in this dumpster fire.
Firstly, he completely disrespects Jayne's religious beliefs, lifestyle, and career. In a climactic moment of the love story, Reilly physically steals one of Jayne's religious ornaments and the reader is supposed to agree with him for some reason? For one thing, he steals her property, but he also disregards her religious beliefs and quite literally says they are childish, silly, and stupid. What about that is anything but horrifying?
At first I had hope he would turn things around (as some of Hoag's other male characters do), but by the halfway point I was practically hate reading. I would have loved to see his character grow or see Jayne dump him for being a chauvinist pig, but neither happen. Instead, she loses her sense of self and changes her world for that of a trophy wife - barf.
The only redeeming point is that the side characters are so endearing. I would have preferred Candi's story over this any day of the week. I absolutely love Candi's side plotline and her beautiful burgeoning relationships briefly touched on in this dumpster fire.
December 20, 2016
I normally love books by Tami Hoag, but this one had a h that I couldn't relate to. Widowed, this ex-hollywood wife and movie critic lives in a small town, and is to the whole holistic living thing. Her dead husband's friend, and Hollywood heart throb has been atrractied to her for years. One year after the husband's death, he comes to "claim" her...see if their mutual attraction will lead to something more...sounds interesting...but somehow, it went off course for me...she doesn't like the attention his stardom brings and he comes off as bossy and controlling. I can't recommend this one...
May 15, 2017
3 1/2 stars. Nice romance, third book in the series. Jayne's husband passes away suddenly, his best friend Pat Reilly gives her a year without contacting her after his death and then shows up as he promised he would.
June 21, 2017
Movie star Pat Reilly goes to the small town in California where critic Jayne Jordan is living after the death of her husband. Pat is hoping that enough time has passed since Jayne's husband's death that Jayne will see the love that he has for her.
September 21, 2022
I wish I could have give. It a higher rating. I read it via an audiobook and I struggled with the person who was reading it with her voices and it took away from the enjoyment of the book. I also struggled with the flight was of the main character (that had nothing to do with the person reading).
August 19, 2017
2.5 this was the audio version. The reader couldn't decide whether the hero was Australian or Scots! A dated romance
September 13, 2018
It was ok
March 17, 2019
I was looking for a romance and this book didn't disappoint. I needed a break from life for a couple of days.
May 4, 2025
The leading lady in this book was a flake!
April 26, 2012
Ah the guilty pleasure of a slap and tickle book...
Reilly comes back from his Hollywood start status, being the equivalent of People's Sexist Man Alive, to a CA town his old flame, who happens to be a movie critic, is putting on a play in a small playhouse. He said he is there to get back to his stage roots, she thinks he is tanking in his career making bad movies just for the money. He is the ex-best friend of her ex-husband, and the REASON she has an ex-husband,
The sexual tension can be cut with a knife...
As the play crescendos so does the love making. She is convinced nothing can happen without mysticism and auras, he just want it. Just when she thinks he dumped her to go to one of his bad movie premiers, he comes back and lights up her stage, and her life.
A happy ending and some guilty pleasure for someone who prides herself only reading books that won't end up a Lifetime movie. Oops, I stumbled!
Reilly comes back from his Hollywood start status, being the equivalent of People's Sexist Man Alive, to a CA town his old flame, who happens to be a movie critic, is putting on a play in a small playhouse. He said he is there to get back to his stage roots, she thinks he is tanking in his career making bad movies just for the money. He is the ex-best friend of her ex-husband, and the REASON she has an ex-husband,
The sexual tension can be cut with a knife...
As the play crescendos so does the love making. She is convinced nothing can happen without mysticism and auras, he just want it. Just when she thinks he dumped her to go to one of his bad movie premiers, he comes back and lights up her stage, and her life.
A happy ending and some guilty pleasure for someone who prides herself only reading books that won't end up a Lifetime movie. Oops, I stumbled!
May 9, 2013
An early Hoag. Yoga, meditation-loving widowed writer leaves Hollywood to open community theater in small town.
Then hot-shot actor comes to town: he was hubby's best friend and when he and wifey met it was instant attraction, but they never acted on it. After hubby''s death, actor said he'd be back in year.\
There's a lot of guilt, angst (and not just about their feelings for each other), but every time the MC mentioned OM, yoga or meditation, it just stopped me in my tracks and totally turned me off.
I thought she would be more likeable and it would help the plot if Hoag just cut all that crap out (not that meditation or yoga is bad, but here it is.)
Then hot-shot actor comes to town: he was hubby's best friend and when he and wifey met it was instant attraction, but they never acted on it. After hubby''s death, actor said he'd be back in year.\
There's a lot of guilt, angst (and not just about their feelings for each other), but every time the MC mentioned OM, yoga or meditation, it just stopped me in my tracks and totally turned me off.
I thought she would be more likeable and it would help the plot if Hoag just cut all that crap out (not that meditation or yoga is bad, but here it is.)
June 18, 2013
"Reilly's return" by Tami Hoag is a very early book, part of the loveswept series which I didn't realize had so much sex in it. I read it only because it is part of a series and I am compulsive that way. Anastasia, CA has become a home for 3 women who have reconnected after
life after college. Jane is a widow who had been attracted to a freind of her husband's before he died and Reilly said he would come for her in a year,and he does. Love ensues!
life after college. Jane is a widow who had been attracted to a freind of her husband's before he died and Reilly said he would come for her in a year,and he does. Love ensues!
April 14, 2015
Just a romantic tid bit where the man comes from Australia for a woman he has loved for a ong time but she was him friend's wife. Then the friend dies. He shows up just in time to star in her play, he is famous actor, help her with a pregnant teen and help her get her own script made into a movie. The "just to go to be real" kind of story and person. Holiday read at Easter.
August 31, 2015
Reilly's Return by Tami Hoag is a fun read. Jayne and Pat's story is well written with lovable characters, humor, drama and spice. I enjoyed Reilly's Return and look forward to reading more by Tami Hoag in the future. This is a complete book, not a cliff-hanger.
I purchased a copy of this book at a local library book sale.
I purchased a copy of this book at a local library book sale.
October 1, 2010
I always find it interesting to read author's earlier books, it really makes me appreciate how far they've come. I liked the idea of Reilly's Return but I didn't like the book much. I've read other books by Tami Hoag that she's written more recently and enjoyed them far more than this one.
July 8, 2014
This was a very hard book to complete, but I finally did. The characters were bland and the plot was very predictable. I'm sad to say, of these first TH books, you can just change the characters' names & city names & it's basically the same story.
October 10, 2010
This was nice simple love story. Not necessary very special but enjoyable none the less. If you like love stories you will enjoy this book.
October 18, 2010
It was something to read...nothing special but not bad.
April 1, 2014
Dated romance and very little storyline. Much prefer Hoag's later novels.
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