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Another Time, Another Love
Her future plans did not include men
Laurel was happy to sell the lease of her London flat to Australian property tycoon Connor Dyson. That meant she could move sooner to the country with her small daughter.
A traumatic experience had left her wary of men--and she no longer believed in love. Love needed trust to back it up and she didn't have any. So, while she admitted a physical attraction, she was not prepared to admit Connor into her personal life.
Connor, however, had other ideas. And he was quite prepared to be persistent. Very!
Laurel was happy to sell the lease of her London flat to Australian property tycoon Connor Dyson. That meant she could move sooner to the country with her small daughter.
A traumatic experience had left her wary of men--and she no longer believed in love. Love needed trust to back it up and she didn't have any. So, while she admitted a physical attraction, she was not prepared to admit Connor into her personal life.
Connor, however, had other ideas. And he was quite prepared to be persistent. Very!
188 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published November 1, 1989
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About the author
Anne Beaumont
15 books7 followersAnne Beaumont lives on the Isle of Wight, England, UK, with its sparkling white beaches, and has three children, of whom she is immensely proud. In addition to Rosina Pyatt's historical romance novels, the author also has written contemporary romance novels as Anne Beaumont.
She started out as a Jill-of-allwriting-trades, but she says it was her experience as a magazine fiction editor, buying stories and condensing them for serialization, that taught her to separate the bones of a story from the flesh. ln her own writing she starts with her characters—-“a heroine I can identify with, then a hero who seems right for her." She says that many writers work in reverse—plot first, then characters. "That's fine," she says. 'If we all had the same method, we might all be writing the same books, and what a crashing bore that would be!"
She started out as a Jill-of-allwriting-trades, but she says it was her experience as a magazine fiction editor, buying stories and condensing them for serialization, that taught her to separate the bones of a story from the flesh. ln her own writing she starts with her characters—-“a heroine I can identify with, then a hero who seems right for her." She says that many writers work in reverse—plot first, then characters. "That's fine," she says. 'If we all had the same method, we might all be writing the same books, and what a crashing bore that would be!"
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September 28, 2017
Courtship story with a very smitten hero who fell for our wary, single mother reporter heroine at first sight. He is very open about his feelings and she is not. In fact she keeps the existence of her daughter from him for most of the story. He is hurt by her reticence and he lets her know it.
This H/h have several verbal rows that carry painful truths - and it's usually the heroine who is in the wrong. That bothered me because the heroine was being pushed hard by the hero and he didn't give her much understanding until the crying and flouncing and drama finally got through his head.
Still, when things are great, they are great. They are obviously well-matched. The hero with the yellow rose on the cover is an ongoing symbol of his feelings for her and it was sweet.
Hopefully the heroine's last grovel will end the hero's passive aggressive testing of her faith. I didn't like that he wouldn't tell the heroine the truth about his helping the OW go back to her husband. But thematically it works. Now they are even in keeping big secrets from each other. Maybe the marriage certificate will make both of them feel more secure. Love was never their problem, trust was.
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I feel a fan fiction plot bunny:
The heroine's daughter is going to be a next generation heroine who was neglected by her parents because they only had eyes for each other. They will be killed together in a car/plane/boat accident when she is 16. She will be forced to travel to Australia where the OW and her husband will be her guardians. The OW's much younger brother - and aspiring race car driver - will declare her a brat after she tentatively tries to flirt with him, having learned about love at first sight from her parent's story. He will run a mile because - jail bait. He will have women hanging off of him in the racing circuit and she will be scarred by his rejection and will devote herself to her studies. Physio therapist maybe? Seven years later they meet again when she is helping his partner after he is injured because of something the hero did/neglected to do/couldn't stop. (I do like a guilty hero)
Perhaps there is an OM who wanted to sabotage the team? Or an OW?
If anyone wants to finish the story be my guest. :)
This H/h have several verbal rows that carry painful truths - and it's usually the heroine who is in the wrong. That bothered me because the heroine was being pushed hard by the hero and he didn't give her much understanding until the crying and flouncing and drama finally got through his head.
Still, when things are great, they are great. They are obviously well-matched. The hero with the yellow rose on the cover is an ongoing symbol of his feelings for her and it was sweet.
Hopefully the heroine's last grovel will end the hero's passive aggressive testing of her faith. I didn't like that he wouldn't tell the heroine the truth about his helping the OW go back to her husband. But thematically it works. Now they are even in keeping big secrets from each other. Maybe the marriage certificate will make both of them feel more secure. Love was never their problem, trust was.
Bonus Review extra!!
I feel a fan fiction plot bunny:
The heroine's daughter is going to be a next generation heroine who was neglected by her parents because they only had eyes for each other. They will be killed together in a car/plane/boat accident when she is 16. She will be forced to travel to Australia where the OW and her husband will be her guardians. The OW's much younger brother - and aspiring race car driver - will declare her a brat after she tentatively tries to flirt with him, having learned about love at first sight from her parent's story. He will run a mile because - jail bait. He will have women hanging off of him in the racing circuit and she will be scarred by his rejection and will devote herself to her studies. Physio therapist maybe? Seven years later they meet again when she is helping his partner after he is injured because of something the hero did/neglected to do/couldn't stop. (I do like a guilty hero)
Perhaps there is an OM who wanted to sabotage the team? Or an OW?
If anyone wants to finish the story be my guest. :)
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
August 12, 2021
Heroine is a London reporter who was brutally dumped by her fiance for a rich woman and given money to abort their child. Instead of taking his blood money, she had her baby girl and paid her aunt and uncle to foster her in the country while she could get her career going in the city. For the past four years, she has been working very hard to save enough money in order to buy a country house for her and her daughter to live in, since her ex never acknowledged their daughter and did not provide any financial support.
Hero is an Australian tycoon with a long list of paramours. His latest venture is buying out all the residents of the dilapidated building the heroine has been living in order to flip it and make a huge profit in the newly gentrified neigbourhood.
The two cross paths and it is lust at first sight. The hero is in relentless, ruthless pursuit, love-bombing the heroine with tons of yellow roses (cause it reminds him of her golden hair) and sweeping kisses. The heroine keeps begging him to slow down but he doesn't respect her wish. Anytime she tries to put some distance between them, he lashes out at her, only to come back with profuse apologies, which is not exactly a good pattern. Other red flags include him wining and dining his lady "FRIENDS,"including his supermodel ex-fiancee, and the posh, socialite daughter of an English Lord, as soon as the heroine's back is turned. These dates make their way into the tabloids, shaking the heroine quite badly as she wonders if the hero is another serial cheater like her ex. Hero explains it all away quite arrogantly as innocent, platonic and accidental meetings that the tabloids are turning into something lurid. If the heroine really loves him, she simply MUST trust in him.
This tension culminates when the hero LIES to the heroine by omission about a trip he is taking to Australia. What he fails to mention is that he is taking his latest lady FRIEND with him. Heroine finds out AGAIN in a tabloid that the two of them secretly took separate flights to Paris and then hopped on a plane to Australia together, hoping to get the paparrazzi off their scent. It is the straw that breaks the camel's back. She moves out of her flat a month early leaving no note and no forwarding address, and takes herself off to the country for her new life with her daughter. A couple of months later, she reads in another tabloid that the hero's lady FRIEND who accompanied him to Australia has married..... ANOTHER MAN!
The contrite heroine goes to hero's house to grovel at his feet for her lack of trust in a scene that made me want to vomit. Apparently, the hero's lady FRIEND had commanded the hero not to let the heroine know that the trip they were taking to Australia was for a reconciliation with her ex-husband. The hero had been the best man at their initial wedding and was going to do the best man duties again. The lady FRIEND felt that she could not trust the heroine to know the reason for the trip because she was a reporter and could have spilled the news to the tabloid. The lady FRIEND and her Australian racecar driver husband had let the media destroy their first marriage so she wanted to make sure this second marriage was done in private.
You know what? FUCK the hero for demanding that the heroine trust him unconditionally even when he lies to her, especially when the reason he lies to her is because his lady FRIEND doesn't trust the heroine. No matter which way you cut it, he put his lady FRIEND ahead of the heroine and he didn't have the balls to tell his lady FRIEND to shut her trap and accept that she needs to trust the heroine just as he supposedly trusts her. Knowing that the heroine had been badly hurt in the past and that she was still shaky at his shady behavior and reports of his trysts with his numerous exes in the tabloids, he still chose to potentially hurt her and destroy their relationship just because his lady FRIEND was being a bridezilla.
I can tell what his priorities are and they will never change in the future. Since this idiot heroine is willing to take him on, she better tell the staff at their manor to block all deliveries of newspapers, magazines, and bulletins as well as cut off the Internet, radio and TV. In fact, she might just as well play ostrich and stick her head in the sand every time the hero goes away on one of his business trips or stays a bit too long at the office in the evening, if she is to continue in blissful ignorance. Cause the guy is an unapologetic and unremorseful lady buffet sampler and she did not manage to reform him at all.
Hero is an Australian tycoon with a long list of paramours. His latest venture is buying out all the residents of the dilapidated building the heroine has been living in order to flip it and make a huge profit in the newly gentrified neigbourhood.
The two cross paths and it is lust at first sight. The hero is in relentless, ruthless pursuit, love-bombing the heroine with tons of yellow roses (cause it reminds him of her golden hair) and sweeping kisses. The heroine keeps begging him to slow down but he doesn't respect her wish. Anytime she tries to put some distance between them, he lashes out at her, only to come back with profuse apologies, which is not exactly a good pattern. Other red flags include him wining and dining his lady "FRIENDS,"including his supermodel ex-fiancee, and the posh, socialite daughter of an English Lord, as soon as the heroine's back is turned. These dates make their way into the tabloids, shaking the heroine quite badly as she wonders if the hero is another serial cheater like her ex. Hero explains it all away quite arrogantly as innocent, platonic and accidental meetings that the tabloids are turning into something lurid. If the heroine really loves him, she simply MUST trust in him.
This tension culminates when the hero LIES to the heroine by omission about a trip he is taking to Australia. What he fails to mention is that he is taking his latest lady FRIEND with him. Heroine finds out AGAIN in a tabloid that the two of them secretly took separate flights to Paris and then hopped on a plane to Australia together, hoping to get the paparrazzi off their scent. It is the straw that breaks the camel's back. She moves out of her flat a month early leaving no note and no forwarding address, and takes herself off to the country for her new life with her daughter. A couple of months later, she reads in another tabloid that the hero's lady FRIEND who accompanied him to Australia has married..... ANOTHER MAN!
The contrite heroine goes to hero's house to grovel at his feet for her lack of trust in a scene that made me want to vomit. Apparently, the hero's lady FRIEND had commanded the hero not to let the heroine know that the trip they were taking to Australia was for a reconciliation with her ex-husband. The hero had been the best man at their initial wedding and was going to do the best man duties again. The lady FRIEND felt that she could not trust the heroine to know the reason for the trip because she was a reporter and could have spilled the news to the tabloid. The lady FRIEND and her Australian racecar driver husband had let the media destroy their first marriage so she wanted to make sure this second marriage was done in private.
You know what? FUCK the hero for demanding that the heroine trust him unconditionally even when he lies to her, especially when the reason he lies to her is because his lady FRIEND doesn't trust the heroine. No matter which way you cut it, he put his lady FRIEND ahead of the heroine and he didn't have the balls to tell his lady FRIEND to shut her trap and accept that she needs to trust the heroine just as he supposedly trusts her. Knowing that the heroine had been badly hurt in the past and that she was still shaky at his shady behavior and reports of his trysts with his numerous exes in the tabloids, he still chose to potentially hurt her and destroy their relationship just because his lady FRIEND was being a bridezilla.
I can tell what his priorities are and they will never change in the future. Since this idiot heroine is willing to take him on, she better tell the staff at their manor to block all deliveries of newspapers, magazines, and bulletins as well as cut off the Internet, radio and TV. In fact, she might just as well play ostrich and stick her head in the sand every time the hero goes away on one of his business trips or stays a bit too long at the office in the evening, if she is to continue in blissful ignorance. Cause the guy is an unapologetic and unremorseful lady buffet sampler and she did not manage to reform him at all.
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August 6, 2021
This is one of four romance books that are pure nostalgia for me. Back in the olden days, I discovered romance when I was high school. I signed up for this Harlequin Romance book subscription service where you get free books to start and then every month you get sent a new one. I honestly can't remember if I ever purchased or got the new ones. I only remember getting my "starter pack" that consisted of 4 books that I read over and over and over. This was one of them. Over the years, I got rid of them. Recently, I found and purchased them all again. Because nostalgia is strong, people.
Whooooo boy! This one did not age well at all! I do remember that this was not one of my favorites back then because out of the bunch because it didn't have a fun old house the characters were in... or a cafe... or a plot. Apparently I wasn't as much of a character-driven reader back then as I am today.
So these two characters meet eyes and they are it. I think this takes place over the course of maybe a month or two and it's super insta-love. I've always liked romances where one of the main characters has a kid even back when I was a kid reading these. I just thought it added an extra layer of swoony-ness.
Really nothing happens in this book. Just a lot of push and pull and it's all on her side, which is both interesting and understandable. She's hiding her kid from this guy and he is moving waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too fast. Like cringey too fast. There's a lot of him being "angry" and honestly he has a lot of "nice guy" qualities. I will share some: There's a lot of explanations for his behavior that he blames on her and how she should just know better than to rile him up. Good grief.
This one actually has a sex scene in it. It's definitely not as graphic as other ones I've read, but I was surprised it was there. It was only a paragraph or two and it was fine. These two characters were kind of hard to like. He was Australian and super intense about her straight off the bat. There were so many red flags in this that it was like a parade. She was British and ... hmm... I think that's it. She really didn't have a notable personality.
I absolutely did not like the ending. Her daughter was never considered. They had their third act falling out and when they made up, he's just like "Okay go get your kid. You live here now." And her response was "okay" ??? What?! No having him meet her daughter. No consideration that this little girl is about to be taken out of the only home she's lived in and thrown into a house with a guy she's never met?!!! Seriously, no. I remember now why this one wasn't my favorite.
I'm not running CAWPILE on these books. Just going purely by how much I enjoyed them. This one probably will get a 3 even with all my complaints. I was more laughing at it than laughing with it. I can't recommend this one to anyone.
Whooooo boy! This one did not age well at all! I do remember that this was not one of my favorites back then because out of the bunch because it didn't have a fun old house the characters were in... or a cafe... or a plot. Apparently I wasn't as much of a character-driven reader back then as I am today.
So these two characters meet eyes and they are it. I think this takes place over the course of maybe a month or two and it's super insta-love. I've always liked romances where one of the main characters has a kid even back when I was a kid reading these. I just thought it added an extra layer of swoony-ness.
Really nothing happens in this book. Just a lot of push and pull and it's all on her side, which is both interesting and understandable. She's hiding her kid from this guy and he is moving waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too fast. Like cringey too fast. There's a lot of him being "angry" and honestly he has a lot of "nice guy" qualities. I will share some: There's a lot of explanations for his behavior that he blames on her and how she should just know better than to rile him up. Good grief.
This one actually has a sex scene in it. It's definitely not as graphic as other ones I've read, but I was surprised it was there. It was only a paragraph or two and it was fine. These two characters were kind of hard to like. He was Australian and super intense about her straight off the bat. There were so many red flags in this that it was like a parade. She was British and ... hmm... I think that's it. She really didn't have a notable personality.
I absolutely did not like the ending. Her daughter was never considered. They had their third act falling out and when they made up, he's just like "Okay go get your kid. You live here now." And her response was "okay" ??? What?! No having him meet her daughter. No consideration that this little girl is about to be taken out of the only home she's lived in and thrown into a house with a guy she's never met?!!! Seriously, no. I remember now why this one wasn't my favorite.
I'm not running CAWPILE on these books. Just going purely by how much I enjoyed them. This one probably will get a 3 even with all my complaints. I was more laughing at it than laughing with it. I can't recommend this one to anyone.
August 4, 2020
I feel the heroine does not deserve the hero. He is too good for her. I disliked the heroine very much. She kept her daughter a secret and she believes everything that she reads in a newspaper about him, although she promised him not to believe the newspapers anymore. What made me immediately at the beginning of the book dislike her was the fact that that she made appointments at the office of the hero, but then did not turn up at the appointment. Apparently without notice. I can’t stand people who make an appointment and then not show up. I gave the book 1 star, but actually it should be zero because of one of the most unsympathetic heroines.
January 22, 2022
The main reason I enjoyed this highly-unlikely-to-occur-in-real-life romance was because the setting is London and surrounding area - an area I'll probably never be able to visit / see (Green Park, tube staton, etc.). One is never too old to learn new trivia, even out of a small romance book: (1) "play ducks and drakes with" meaning to behave recklessly, and (2) "tucker" is Australian term for "food". I don't regret reading this 30+ year-old lightweight.
January 22, 2021
I understand being gun shy and afraid of commitment, but my heavens this heroine clings too stubbornly to her fear and yet is credulous to the point of stupidity about tabloid news. I had a hard time getting past the half way mark and ended up skipping to the last 20 pages or so.
January 9, 2026
This book was a nice quick read and kept my interest. I didn’t want to put it down. A second chance at love for Laurel and Connor, two people that have loved before only to be hurt.
Nice sweet romance. I enjoyed the banter between the characters.
Nice sweet romance. I enjoyed the banter between the characters.
October 17, 2021
Another fantasy love story but a relaxing and non-challenging read for me at this time .....
April 5, 2015
This is one of those books where you fall in love with the hero instantly and irrevocably.I felt Laurel did not deserve Connor but I like the she groveled in end.Sigh Connor is just swoon worthy and there is nothing in this book I want to ever change.This book is my comfort read and I have reread it countless times. DEFINITELY would recommend it.
March 3, 2015
Very nicely written Harlequin. Enjoyed it very much.
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July 1, 2018Her future plans did not include men.
Laurel was happy to sell the lease of her London flat to Australian property tycoon Connor Dyson. That meant she could move sooner to the country with her small daughter.
A traumatic experience had left her wary of men—and she no longer believed in love. Love needed trust to back it up, and she didn't have any. So, while she admitted a physical attraction, she was not prepared to admit Connor into her personal life.
Connor, however, had other ideas. And he was quite prepared to be persistent. Very!
Laurel was happy to sell the lease of her London flat to Australian property tycoon Connor Dyson. That meant she could move sooner to the country with her small daughter.
A traumatic experience had left her wary of men—and she no longer believed in love. Love needed trust to back it up, and she didn't have any. So, while she admitted a physical attraction, she was not prepared to admit Connor into her personal life.
Connor, however, had other ideas. And he was quite prepared to be persistent. Very!
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