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"Nothing makes sense anymore!" he stormed
Judith and Linc had been separated for almost a year--ever since he was abducted by a group of Communists in Malaysia. Then came the news of her husband's freedom, and Judith was ecstatic.
But from the moment they were reunited she knew they had become strangers. She had grown into an independent businesswoman, and he had grown cold, indifferent.
But Judith held hope that time would bring them close again. Until she learned the reason for his indifference--and the shocking truth dashed all her hopes....
Judith and Linc had been separated for almost a year--ever since he was abducted by a group of Communists in Malaysia. Then came the news of her husband's freedom, and Judith was ecstatic.
But from the moment they were reunited she knew they had become strangers. She had grown into an independent businesswoman, and he had grown cold, indifferent.
But Judith held hope that time would bring them close again. Until she learned the reason for his indifference--and the shocking truth dashed all her hopes....
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September 23, 2012
It was okay, I found most parts of the novel boring however. The heroine lost her baby and her husband when he was taken prisoner. The grief from the hero, her husband being gone caused a miscarriage. When the hero gets back from being rescued after a year, things have changed greatly. There are a lot of misconceptions in this novel that make it a tiny bit dramatic.
August 24, 2021
An old school M & B. Told completely from the Heroine’s perspective so we’re left to guess the Hero’s thoughts feelings and emotions.
The setting is Malaysia, so there’s the bit of local colour and flavour but not too much of sightseeing though.
The Heroine during her husband’s disappearance, had started her own antiques business and was working almost day and night in a bid fill the void in her life. She discovers that she has a flair for it and is also thinking of expansion. The Hero’s cousin is the potential ‘Other Man’ here. He’s happily married to his childhood sweetheart, but feels neglected because the wife is apparently obsessed with their new baby. So the cousin is shown as being very helpful and supportive and is just about to make his seductive move on our “naive, clueless, suffering from separation pangs” Heroine, when the Hero walks in!!!! *Cringe Cringe*
What was different about this book from most of the other books wherein the “Hero is resurrected” is that, here the Heroine is not instantly overtaken by insta lust for the Hero and is not comfortable with sharing her body with her husband who’s now a stranger to her. We’re also given glimpses into her thought processes where she finds it comfortable (both emotionally and physically) to be around the cousin rather than her husband because he resembles the husband.
The Hero’s “given to theatrical outbursts” mother adds a little colourful drama to the story.
And the role of the “other women” is played by the Hero’s business partner’s indulged daughter who was also taken hostage along with the Hero.
There’s no physical cheating here by both of them, but emotionally, the Heroine was very vulnerable and is shown as being a wee bit susceptible to drawing comfort from the “other man cousin”
The setting is Malaysia, so there’s the bit of local colour and flavour but not too much of sightseeing though.
The Heroine during her husband’s disappearance, had started her own antiques business and was working almost day and night in a bid fill the void in her life. She discovers that she has a flair for it and is also thinking of expansion. The Hero’s cousin is the potential ‘Other Man’ here. He’s happily married to his childhood sweetheart, but feels neglected because the wife is apparently obsessed with their new baby. So the cousin is shown as being very helpful and supportive and is just about to make his seductive move on our “naive, clueless, suffering from separation pangs” Heroine, when the Hero walks in!!!! *Cringe Cringe*
What was different about this book from most of the other books wherein the “Hero is resurrected” is that, here the Heroine is not instantly overtaken by insta lust for the Hero and is not comfortable with sharing her body with her husband who’s now a stranger to her. We’re also given glimpses into her thought processes where she finds it comfortable (both emotionally and physically) to be around the cousin rather than her husband because he resembles the husband.
The Hero’s “given to theatrical outbursts” mother adds a little colourful drama to the story.
And the role of the “other women” is played by the Hero’s business partner’s indulged daughter who was also taken hostage along with the Hero.
There’s no physical cheating here by both of them, but emotionally, the Heroine was very vulnerable and is shown as being a wee bit susceptible to drawing comfort from the “other man cousin”
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November 13, 2019Nothing makes sense anymore!" he stormed
Judith and Linc had been separated for almost a year--ever since he was abducted by a group of Communists in Malaysia. Then came the news of her husband's freedom, and Judith was ecstatic.
But from the moment they were reunited she knew they had become strangers. She had grown into an independent businesswoman, and he had grown cold, indifferent.
But Judith held hope that time would bring them close again. Until she learned the reason for his indifference--and the shocking truth dashed all her hopes...
Judith and Linc had been separated for almost a year--ever since he was abducted by a group of Communists in Malaysia. Then came the news of her husband's freedom, and Judith was ecstatic.
But from the moment they were reunited she knew they had become strangers. She had grown into an independent businesswoman, and he had grown cold, indifferent.
But Judith held hope that time would bring them close again. Until she learned the reason for his indifference--and the shocking truth dashed all her hopes...
June 1, 2026
The best part of this book was the H's mother, who was flighty, self-centered, intrusive, demanding and a bit on the eccentric side, but very entertaining!
As for the H and h, they both got on my nerves, as did the sort of OM and sort of OW. The H and OW had been held hostage for a year and the h, not knowing all that time if she was a widow or not, used her job as an antique shop owner to keep her focused and give her a reason to go on. Nothing wrong with that (especially since she was good at the job and really loved the work) but there was something VERY wrong in her getting too dependent on the H's cousin (the "OM"), a married man who clearly had the horndogs for her, despite his being married and the father of a baby son. He wasn't above breaking his marriage vows, first with the excuse that all his wife cared about was having a baby, then when their son was born, claiming the baby was all she cared about (not to mention talked about), and after that getting annoyed that she wanted another baby and made him feel like a stallion stud to her brood mare. Well, some of it might have been true, but the answer was to talk to her about it and make his feelings known, not sleep with other women and make a play for your cousin's wife, on the off chance she may be a widow eager to get laid! He even had the audacity to remind her the one-year anniversary of the H's disappearance was coming up and on that very day she should accept that he was dead and move on! If that wasn't bad enough, he actually said it was a good thing she had a miscarriage after the H was taken hostage!!! WTF!!!! He claimed it was for the best, as she'd have been a single mom, meanwhile she had been miserable thinking the H might be dead and then she lost their baby! Talk about insensitive! She should have kicked him real hard and turned the stallion into a gelding!!
Instead, she finds herself drawn to him, not out of desire, but out of loneliness, which can make you vulnerable, not that she'd succumb to it. She was going to try and put some distance between them, but then the H came back, which I can't help feeling was a disappointment to his cousin!
Too much went wrong with this story. First, the H coming home at the same time Cousin paid the h a surprise visit, right when she was in her bathrobe! After some awkward moments, Cousin leaves (taking his erection with him) and the H and h get off to a bad start, when he can't wait to get naked and she's having trouble getting used to his new look: longer hair, beard and tee shirt and jeans, feeling like she's with a stranger. A case of "I'm horny!" vs. "Not tonight, I have a headache." They do hit the sheets (or rather the floor, as he needs to get used to the waterbed that was supposed to be a surprise for him before he surprised her and got kidnapped), but she'd rather they take things slow, he can't see why, she'd like some slow romance, he wants some quick sex, until he finds out she's not ready to think about another baby (he found out about the miscarriage even before Cousin opened his big mouth and told him), which makes him mad so he tells her no more sex if that's her attitude!
Yes, for once we have the H withholding sex, instead of the h, and when the couple's married, I hate that, no matter who does it!
Both of them can be pretty childish. The H acted at first as if the h's antique store and all she's accomplished is no big deal and seems to resent it, while the h in turn seems to resent his getting his own career back on track, both thinking of themselves instead of each other. Both of them know it feels a bit off being back together after a year apart yet neither really talks about it, same as they hardly talk at all about his captivity, which should have been the main topic of conversation for a while. And sometimes the h makes it all about her, as if what she went through during that year was more stressful than what he went through. HAH! That's like Hillary Clinton saying how tough it is for women during wartime, as if men being in combat is a grand adventure!
The H is also being selfish, as he just got back and he practically demands they have a baby right away, when what they needed was time to themselves (not easy with the H's mother paying an extended visit), to get to know each other again. Then, he wants to go back to the states, she wants to stay in Indonesia, and neither wants to compromise. He's jealous of Cousin, while she's jealous of the sort of "OW" (since everyone says she looks like a China doll, let's call her "Doll"), the daughter of his boss who was in captivity with him, a real conniving 304, who had a rep as the campus bicycle while in the states and planned to continue her status back home, first trying (and failing) to seduce the H, then later succeeding with one of their captors, a young political activist who was "teaching" Doll some theories, then brought her books to entertain her. Meanwhile, the TSTL H thought they were spending their time in her hut "studying". Yeah, most people moan and gasp while hitting those books, nothing like a "studygasm" to get you motivated.
Later back home, she suspects she's preggers and leads the h to believe it's the H's baby, which makes the h jealous, and she drinks too much at a party in honor of the homecoming and gets flirty with Cousin (as well as other guys) and acts like a silly high school girl. But it did lead to hot sex with the H!
It was annoying, the way the H would sometimes sing Doll's praises when he knew she was far from being the sweet little thing everyone thought she was, because she had been coming on to him, knowing he was married. And it was equally annoying when the h, who had been on the verge of telling Cousin to keep his distance and stay home with his wife, suddenly started wishing the H could be more like him, so kind and understanding, no arguing all the time, considerate of her feelings, etc. Meanwhile, Cousin's beta simp act was a ploy to get her naked, but she just ignored that whenever she got annoyed with the H. There was too much silliness between the H and h, another of those couples who got together because the chemistry was so strong it overshadowed everything else.
There was a lot of silly stuff, like the H's mom making a play for one man, flirting with the H's boss and keeping a guy back home on a string, all the time acting more like the H's kid sister than his mother. He finally puts a stop to it and tells her it's time she acts like an adult and stops depending on him and expecting him to be at her beck and call, always making things right when she goofs them up.
Eventually things get straightened out, with Doll not being pregnant after all, Cousin realizing (with a little help from the H) that it's time he faces up to his responsibilities and pays attention to his own wife instead of chasing everybody else's, and the H and h realize they've both been in spoiled brat mode for too long and want to start over and be WE instead of ME and ME!
So, it's a HEA. But to tell you the truth, who cares???
As for the H and h, they both got on my nerves, as did the sort of OM and sort of OW. The H and OW had been held hostage for a year and the h, not knowing all that time if she was a widow or not, used her job as an antique shop owner to keep her focused and give her a reason to go on. Nothing wrong with that (especially since she was good at the job and really loved the work) but there was something VERY wrong in her getting too dependent on the H's cousin (the "OM"), a married man who clearly had the horndogs for her, despite his being married and the father of a baby son. He wasn't above breaking his marriage vows, first with the excuse that all his wife cared about was having a baby, then when their son was born, claiming the baby was all she cared about (not to mention talked about), and after that getting annoyed that she wanted another baby and made him feel like a stallion stud to her brood mare. Well, some of it might have been true, but the answer was to talk to her about it and make his feelings known, not sleep with other women and make a play for your cousin's wife, on the off chance she may be a widow eager to get laid! He even had the audacity to remind her the one-year anniversary of the H's disappearance was coming up and on that very day she should accept that he was dead and move on! If that wasn't bad enough, he actually said it was a good thing she had a miscarriage after the H was taken hostage!!! WTF!!!! He claimed it was for the best, as she'd have been a single mom, meanwhile she had been miserable thinking the H might be dead and then she lost their baby! Talk about insensitive! She should have kicked him real hard and turned the stallion into a gelding!!
Instead, she finds herself drawn to him, not out of desire, but out of loneliness, which can make you vulnerable, not that she'd succumb to it. She was going to try and put some distance between them, but then the H came back, which I can't help feeling was a disappointment to his cousin!
Too much went wrong with this story. First, the H coming home at the same time Cousin paid the h a surprise visit, right when she was in her bathrobe! After some awkward moments, Cousin leaves (taking his erection with him) and the H and h get off to a bad start, when he can't wait to get naked and she's having trouble getting used to his new look: longer hair, beard and tee shirt and jeans, feeling like she's with a stranger. A case of "I'm horny!" vs. "Not tonight, I have a headache." They do hit the sheets (or rather the floor, as he needs to get used to the waterbed that was supposed to be a surprise for him before he surprised her and got kidnapped), but she'd rather they take things slow, he can't see why, she'd like some slow romance, he wants some quick sex, until he finds out she's not ready to think about another baby (he found out about the miscarriage even before Cousin opened his big mouth and told him), which makes him mad so he tells her no more sex if that's her attitude!
Yes, for once we have the H withholding sex, instead of the h, and when the couple's married, I hate that, no matter who does it!
Both of them can be pretty childish. The H acted at first as if the h's antique store and all she's accomplished is no big deal and seems to resent it, while the h in turn seems to resent his getting his own career back on track, both thinking of themselves instead of each other. Both of them know it feels a bit off being back together after a year apart yet neither really talks about it, same as they hardly talk at all about his captivity, which should have been the main topic of conversation for a while. And sometimes the h makes it all about her, as if what she went through during that year was more stressful than what he went through. HAH! That's like Hillary Clinton saying how tough it is for women during wartime, as if men being in combat is a grand adventure!
The H is also being selfish, as he just got back and he practically demands they have a baby right away, when what they needed was time to themselves (not easy with the H's mother paying an extended visit), to get to know each other again. Then, he wants to go back to the states, she wants to stay in Indonesia, and neither wants to compromise. He's jealous of Cousin, while she's jealous of the sort of "OW" (since everyone says she looks like a China doll, let's call her "Doll"), the daughter of his boss who was in captivity with him, a real conniving 304, who had a rep as the campus bicycle while in the states and planned to continue her status back home, first trying (and failing) to seduce the H, then later succeeding with one of their captors, a young political activist who was "teaching" Doll some theories, then brought her books to entertain her. Meanwhile, the TSTL H thought they were spending their time in her hut "studying". Yeah, most people moan and gasp while hitting those books, nothing like a "studygasm" to get you motivated.
Later back home, she suspects she's preggers and leads the h to believe it's the H's baby, which makes the h jealous, and she drinks too much at a party in honor of the homecoming and gets flirty with Cousin (as well as other guys) and acts like a silly high school girl. But it did lead to hot sex with the H!
It was annoying, the way the H would sometimes sing Doll's praises when he knew she was far from being the sweet little thing everyone thought she was, because she had been coming on to him, knowing he was married. And it was equally annoying when the h, who had been on the verge of telling Cousin to keep his distance and stay home with his wife, suddenly started wishing the H could be more like him, so kind and understanding, no arguing all the time, considerate of her feelings, etc. Meanwhile, Cousin's beta simp act was a ploy to get her naked, but she just ignored that whenever she got annoyed with the H. There was too much silliness between the H and h, another of those couples who got together because the chemistry was so strong it overshadowed everything else.
There was a lot of silly stuff, like the H's mom making a play for one man, flirting with the H's boss and keeping a guy back home on a string, all the time acting more like the H's kid sister than his mother. He finally puts a stop to it and tells her it's time she acts like an adult and stops depending on him and expecting him to be at her beck and call, always making things right when she goofs them up.
Eventually things get straightened out, with Doll not being pregnant after all, Cousin realizing (with a little help from the H) that it's time he faces up to his responsibilities and pays attention to his own wife instead of chasing everybody else's, and the H and h realize they've both been in spoiled brat mode for too long and want to start over and be WE instead of ME and ME!
So, it's a HEA. But to tell you the truth, who cares???
April 15, 2021
Linc had gone missing a year ago while traveling in Communist Malaysia. Judith did not just sit around doing nothing. She was able to start a business to support herself. When he came back he finds that she is not the same woman he left behind. She is left feeling that there was more to his disappearance than he told her. There is the OW in this story and his own brother who has decided that to care for Judith even though he himself is married. The angst is there and of course the drama of what happened in the past year has yet to be told. I have the original book and enjoyed reading this several times.
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January 27, 2023I can't say that i liked it. I just could not root for the h & H. I kinda was more interested in the story of Linc and Kee-Ann being hostages together or Wayne and Judith as a couple.
July 2, 2021
Not that great.
The H and h have only been married a year when they are separated for 12 months because the H has been kidnapped by Rebels. When he is found and comes back the h is wary as he feels like a stranger to her. Lots of misunderstandings ensure the H suspects the h of having an affair with his cousin during his time in captivity. While the h thinks H has been unfaithful with the young lady (daughter of his boss) who was kidnapped along with the H during the year in captivity. Plus an annoying mother in law etc... It was mostly boring. Good thing it was a short fast read.
The H and h have only been married a year when they are separated for 12 months because the H has been kidnapped by Rebels. When he is found and comes back the h is wary as he feels like a stranger to her. Lots of misunderstandings ensure the H suspects the h of having an affair with his cousin during his time in captivity. While the h thinks H has been unfaithful with the young lady (daughter of his boss) who was kidnapped along with the H during the year in captivity. Plus an annoying mother in law etc... It was mostly boring. Good thing it was a short fast read.
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