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The Tender Trap
The Tender Trap by Beverly Barton released on Nov 22, 1996 is available now for purchase.
192 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Published December 1, 1996
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Beverly Barton
300 books709 followersBeverly Marie Inman was born on 23 December 1946 in Tuscumbia, Alabama, USA. Daughter of Doris Marie and Walter D. Inman Jr. A born romantic, she fell in love with The Beauty and the Beast epic at an early age, when her grandfather bought her an illustrated copy of the famous fairy tale. Even before she learned to read and write, her vivid imagination created magical words and fabulous characters inside her mind. Movies fascinated her, and by the time she was seven she was rewriting the movies she saw on television and at the local theater to give them all happy endings. By the age of nine she'd penned her first novel. She wrote short stories, TV scripts, poetry, and novels throughout high school and into college.
After her marriage to Billy Ray Beaver, the "love of her life", and the births of her two children, Beverly continued to be a voracious reader and a devoted moviegoer, but she put her writing aspirations on hold until her children were teenagers. At every age of their lives, from infancy to adulthood, the children had been a true joy to her. She devoted herself to her husband and children and considered herself one of the many selfless "supermoms" who put their family's needs first. She believed she had had it all, just not all at the same time.
In her mid-30s, Beverly returned to her former passion — writing — as a hobby, but before 40, she decided that she wanted to make writing a full-time career. And when she rediscovered an old dream — of becoming a published writer — no one was more supportive of her aspirations than her family. Her children were her greatest cheerleaders and her husband was her biggest supporter. After writing over 40 books and receiving numerous awards and nominations, as well as having books on the USA Today list and consistently on the Waldenbooks bestseller list, her career was indeed a dream come true. Having a fantastic family and fabulous friends, as well as making a living doing the one thing she had loved doing since childhood, she considered herself truly blessed. Beverly died suddenly of heart failure on 21 April 2011.
After her marriage to Billy Ray Beaver, the "love of her life", and the births of her two children, Beverly continued to be a voracious reader and a devoted moviegoer, but she put her writing aspirations on hold until her children were teenagers. At every age of their lives, from infancy to adulthood, the children had been a true joy to her. She devoted herself to her husband and children and considered herself one of the many selfless "supermoms" who put their family's needs first. She believed she had had it all, just not all at the same time.
In her mid-30s, Beverly returned to her former passion — writing — as a hobby, but before 40, she decided that she wanted to make writing a full-time career. And when she rediscovered an old dream — of becoming a published writer — no one was more supportive of her aspirations than her family. Her children were her greatest cheerleaders and her husband was her biggest supporter. After writing over 40 books and receiving numerous awards and nominations, as well as having books on the USA Today list and consistently on the Waldenbooks bestseller list, her career was indeed a dream come true. Having a fantastic family and fabulous friends, as well as making a living doing the one thing she had loved doing since childhood, she considered herself truly blessed. Beverly died suddenly of heart failure on 21 April 2011.
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August 13, 2011
The Tender Trap did not have a great start for me, and only picked later.
Blythe is pretty happy and emotional, she has just become a godmother even if she has to be in the company of Adam, multi-millionaire, god's gift to women and a man that annoys her and attracts her in equal measures. Blythe and Adam's best friends are married to each other and his old fashioned values annoy an independent thinking Blythe mainly because she saw her mother brow-beaten into submission by her stepfather who made every decision for her.
On Adam's part Blythe annoys him as well, since she seems to dislike him and after his experience with his ex-wife and mother, he does not think highly of career women but despite all of that both end up in bed, Adam becoming her first lover, the next day Blythe ignores him.
Two months later Adam still can't get her off his mind and then Blythe announces she is pregnant, with much cajoling on Adam's part they get married temporarily.
My complain was that these two annoyed me a lot especially Blythe, Adam was a bit of a chauvinist but he only wanted to take care of her but Blythe went in to a snit for every little thing, I wondered why Adam was attracted to her when she could be such a shrew?
It did get better later.
Blythe is pretty happy and emotional, she has just become a godmother even if she has to be in the company of Adam, multi-millionaire, god's gift to women and a man that annoys her and attracts her in equal measures. Blythe and Adam's best friends are married to each other and his old fashioned values annoy an independent thinking Blythe mainly because she saw her mother brow-beaten into submission by her stepfather who made every decision for her.
On Adam's part Blythe annoys him as well, since she seems to dislike him and after his experience with his ex-wife and mother, he does not think highly of career women but despite all of that both end up in bed, Adam becoming her first lover, the next day Blythe ignores him.
Two months later Adam still can't get her off his mind and then Blythe announces she is pregnant, with much cajoling on Adam's part they get married temporarily.
My complain was that these two annoyed me a lot especially Blythe, Adam was a bit of a chauvinist but he only wanted to take care of her but Blythe went in to a snit for every little thing, I wondered why Adam was attracted to her when she could be such a shrew?
It did get better later.
July 2, 2012
titre vf : Une inexplicable attirance
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