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Extreme Measures
Extreme Measures by Brenda Harlen released on Feb 23, 2004 is available now for purchase.
256 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published March 1, 2004
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Brenda Harlen
393 books83 followersBrenda’s first love was reading.
According to her mother, she fell in love with books even before she could read and was always content when she had a book in her hands. It didn’t surprise anyone when she decided that she wanted to be a writer, but she was encouraged to pursue “a real job” first.
So she did—she became a lawyer. Two years of practicing law taught her a lot about the world—and reinforced her determination to become a writer. Because in fiction, she could promise a happy ending!
Thankfully, she had already met and married a wonderful man to inspire her fictional heroes. And when she was on maternity leave after the birth of their first son, he encouraged her to take a romance writing course at the local community college. It was while enrolled in this class that she completed her first (still unpublished) manuscript.
Three more manuscripts and another baby followed. And then, in June 2002, she finally got the call from Susan Litman—an editorial assistant and contest judge—offering to buy the manuscript she’d submitted to RWA’s Golden Heart® contest as “From This Moment.” This story was re-titled McIver’s Mission and released by Silhouette Intimate Moments in May 2003.
According to her mother, she fell in love with books even before she could read and was always content when she had a book in her hands. It didn’t surprise anyone when she decided that she wanted to be a writer, but she was encouraged to pursue “a real job” first.
So she did—she became a lawyer. Two years of practicing law taught her a lot about the world—and reinforced her determination to become a writer. Because in fiction, she could promise a happy ending!
Thankfully, she had already met and married a wonderful man to inspire her fictional heroes. And when she was on maternity leave after the birth of their first son, he encouraged her to take a romance writing course at the local community college. It was while enrolled in this class that she completed her first (still unpublished) manuscript.
Three more manuscripts and another baby followed. And then, in June 2002, she finally got the call from Susan Litman—an editorial assistant and contest judge—offering to buy the manuscript she’d submitted to RWA’s Golden Heart® contest as “From This Moment.” This story was re-titled McIver’s Mission and released by Silhouette Intimate Moments in May 2003.
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September 7, 2013
Give me a break...
"The pain of knowing she'd been with another man, loved another man, was like losing her all over again. It was a betrayal of everything they'd shared, of all that they'd meant to each other.
What a hypocrite this "hero" is. He wasn't celibate during the 5 years since they've been divorced, yet he can't stop whining, throughout most of the book, about how it's killing him that she's been with other men**.
Why is her being with other men a "betrayal", but him being with other women isn't? (I'm sure he doesn't see it that way. Double standards.)
**Of course, the heroine was celibate for those 5 years. You didn't think she'd actually moved on like he did, did you? Oh you foolish, foolish reader.
...and this is why reunion stories are usually wallbangers for me.
Still, I keep reading them thanks to those rare occasions when I've come across books where they've either both moved on or both remained celibate.
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