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Island Interlude
"When are you going to tell Sam that I'm his father?"
Returning to the Bahamian island where she had shared a brief summer idyll with actor Alec Blanchard was Libby's way of proving to herself that she was free of the past. She could never regret Sam's birth, but it was time to move forward...with kind, dependable Michael, who loved her. But Libby hadn't anticipated that Alec would also return to the island and his steely determination to get to know his son sent all her plans awry...
Returning to the Bahamian island where she had shared a brief summer idyll with actor Alec Blanchard was Libby's way of proving to herself that she was free of the past. She could never regret Sam's birth, but it was time to move forward...with kind, dependable Michael, who loved her. But Libby hadn't anticipated that Alec would also return to the island and his steely determination to get to know his son sent all her plans awry...
186 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1991
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Anne McAllister
350 books124 followersAnne McAllister has written nearly 70 romance novels for Tule Publishing and Harlequin Books.
She has won two RITA awards from the Romance Writers of America — for COWBOY PRIDE and THE STARDUST COWBOY — and has had nine other books which were RITA finalists.
Her books have also been finalists for the National Readers’ Choice Award. She was named Midwest Fiction Writers “Writer of the Year” and also received Romantic Times’ Career Achievement Award as “Series Author of the Year.”
But while the awards and sales are wonderful, Anne thinks the best part of writing is telling the story. With every new book she writes, she meets new characters – or gets to know old ones even better – and discovers what makes them and their relationships tick.
It’s the relationships that interest her most and the question about “where do you get your ideas?” has always astonished her as she has more ideas than she knows what to do with!
She has won two RITA awards from the Romance Writers of America — for COWBOY PRIDE and THE STARDUST COWBOY — and has had nine other books which were RITA finalists.
Her books have also been finalists for the National Readers’ Choice Award. She was named Midwest Fiction Writers “Writer of the Year” and also received Romantic Times’ Career Achievement Award as “Series Author of the Year.”
But while the awards and sales are wonderful, Anne thinks the best part of writing is telling the story. With every new book she writes, she meets new characters – or gets to know old ones even better – and discovers what makes them and their relationships tick.
It’s the relationships that interest her most and the question about “where do you get your ideas?” has always astonished her as she has more ideas than she knows what to do with!
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October 3, 2017
Re Island Interlude - Anne McAllister has her shot at the H marrying another woman trope, including seekrit baby. This one is a bit more down to earth and pragmatic in tone. The h is actually from Iowa and had a brief affair with the H eight years earlier when she was an 18 year old nanny for the summer in the Bahamas.
The H was 26 and a newbie film director who was grieving over the loss of his BFF stuntman, who died on the set of the H's big break movie. The h and H grew very close during his time of grief, until a beautiful actress showed up on the island one day and the H married her, dumping the h a day or so later.
The h went home to Iowa and to college, but she turned out be preggers from her time with the H. Tho she called and even wrote the H to let him know about the baby, the H had his people deflect her calls and he callously sent her letter back unopened with a note saying he was married and done with her.
So the h gave up on contacting him, (and I totally agreed with her decision, she would have had to go through lawyers at that point and that would have just completely disrupted her and her supportive family's life even more.) Then the h felt even more a fool when she opened a gossip mag and found the H had a daughter almost the same age as her son.
The h was bitter, as you are when you totally get eclipsed by a hot blonde Marilyn Monroe type bombshell who pips you at the preggerness post, but her parents and her brothers rallied around and she and her son are now very happy and the h is even engaged to a biology professor who is a great step-dad in the making too.
The h is sent back to the Bahamanian island she originally met the H on, this time to finish her Masters degree by gathering an oral history of the island from it's residents. The h and her son are going together, it will be little travel experience for her son and the h is hoping she can fully put the past and her heartbreak behind her by revisiting the scene of the crime.
Of course that isn't going to happen in HPlandia and there will be no handsome frog growing biology professor as a future husband, cause who should also be on the island at the same time? The now widowed H and his lovely blonde daughter.
The h is hoping to avoid the H, but he seeks her out and acts like she should be delighted to see him. She is not, but she straight out tells the H he is a father and then the fireworks really get going. The H is all cranky and accusing and the h shoots him down without a qualm. She tried, her blew her off, his loss.
The H gets all snarly and since his son looks exactly like him, paternity testing is not going to be an issue. The H wants in on the family duo situation and he starts imposing his presence on a very reluctant h. He does seem sorry for the abandonment, but I wasn't feeling much love for him and his demanding little wimpy ways - especially without a really good explanation of why all the sudden he needs to be proclaimed the h's son's father publicly.
The h is feeling besieged and even a visit from her actual fiance doesn't make this H back off. He ruins the h's engagement and he gets really, really cranky when the h's son shares all the marvelous father/son type moments he had with the h's fiance. The H doesn't want to hear that someone else took "his" place and so he gets irky about things. Then he goes out for a full seduction of the h, mostly to just get his own way and cause he is angry the h didn't encase herself in ice and mourning until he got around to maybe looking her up again.
Which he clearly had NO intention of doing, it was only cause they happened to be in the same place at the same time again that he looked her up, and then he expected her to treat him like he was a gift from HPlandia heaven and jump to be his lurve club holder.
(This made me like the H even less. First he refuses contact with the h when she tried to tell him of the impending stork arrival when he knew he might have been careless on the mojo blockade a few times, then he demands full fatherhood status immediately to a child he gets along with but barely knows. The H also determinedly breaks up the relationship between the h's son and the man who the son thought was going to be his new dad and who spent a lot of time with the kid. All because the h isn't jumping to proclaim him number one dad AND he expects the h and her son to just take to his somewhat difficult daughter at the drop of a dime. This H was passive-aggressive all the way through this book and when he did not get his own way, he cries. I wanted to use the skillet on him multiple times.)
So after the lurve club mojo explosion has completely obliterated the h's roofied braincells, she and the H decide they should be together. But there is a complication with the h accidentally meeting a reporter, who keeps asking her out but has no idear she knows the H, conflicting demands on the H's time as he is in the planning process of a new movie and then ANOTHER actress comes to fling herself upon the H.
Once again the H takes off without a word to the h. She has been abandoned all over again and this time it is even worse, cause she really believed the H was serious this time. So the h finishes her research and she and her son go back to Iowa. She once again gets to open a gossip mag and see the H's name coupled with another actress and she is hurt, humiliated and kicking herself for being a fool for the second time. Fortunately she is a nice person and her family loves her and her ex-fiance is nice too, they all try really hard to be supportive in her mopey moment.
Then the H shows up and once again has a wobbly because the h left the island - like she is only some wind up doll that is only supposed to be animated when he is around. The h tells him off AGAIN and the H explains that he isn't the bio father of his daughter.
The little girl is the child of the actress he married and his BFF stuntman who sadly passed away. The H felt the actress was falling apart and needed his support, so they married and tried to be a family. But the actress turned to alcohol and affairs and the H had such a hard time making big blockbuster movies and trying to hold his family together on infrequent trips home, until his wife ran off with a reporter lover and they died in a car crash, that he really had to suffer a lot the last several years.
The actress he left with this time is actually his daughter's aunt and she wanted her parents to have the opportunity to know their grandchild, especially as the grandmother was having open heart surgery. That meant that he had to explain to his little girl that she had another daddy and then he and the daughter had to go see the new grandma to give her a reason to try and survive the surgery.
This drama was so rushed that this time he couldn't even leave a note for the h and her son that there was an emergency and he would fill in details later and apparently not even being a bazillionaire director on par with Steven Spielberg can get you close to an actual telephone or an underling to go Western Union.
But the H really loves the h in spite of all that and he knows that she doesn't love him as much because he lurved her up with his best mojo moves and she was still kinda distant afterwards. So now he is going to cry like a big baby until the h takes pity on him and agrees to marry him and love him back. Hopefully she will also put some kind of tracking device on him so she can have a dim idear of where he is running off to in the future, while she does the parenting bit to both kids and tries to shield them from the dubious joys of the H's immense fame.
Needless to say, I was feeling a teensy bit snarky by the time I finished this one. I liked the h and her son and the H's daughter was kinda background wallpaper. This H drove me nuts tho, he was just so CLUELESS and so toddlerish in his behavior for most of the story, his kids had more maturity than him. I did he believe he loved the h, I just thought he was fairly worthless in the reliability and fatherhood stakes and really the biology professor would have been a much better option for this HPlandia outing.
The H was 26 and a newbie film director who was grieving over the loss of his BFF stuntman, who died on the set of the H's big break movie. The h and H grew very close during his time of grief, until a beautiful actress showed up on the island one day and the H married her, dumping the h a day or so later.
The h went home to Iowa and to college, but she turned out be preggers from her time with the H. Tho she called and even wrote the H to let him know about the baby, the H had his people deflect her calls and he callously sent her letter back unopened with a note saying he was married and done with her.
So the h gave up on contacting him, (and I totally agreed with her decision, she would have had to go through lawyers at that point and that would have just completely disrupted her and her supportive family's life even more.) Then the h felt even more a fool when she opened a gossip mag and found the H had a daughter almost the same age as her son.
The h was bitter, as you are when you totally get eclipsed by a hot blonde Marilyn Monroe type bombshell who pips you at the preggerness post, but her parents and her brothers rallied around and she and her son are now very happy and the h is even engaged to a biology professor who is a great step-dad in the making too.
The h is sent back to the Bahamanian island she originally met the H on, this time to finish her Masters degree by gathering an oral history of the island from it's residents. The h and her son are going together, it will be little travel experience for her son and the h is hoping she can fully put the past and her heartbreak behind her by revisiting the scene of the crime.
Of course that isn't going to happen in HPlandia and there will be no handsome frog growing biology professor as a future husband, cause who should also be on the island at the same time? The now widowed H and his lovely blonde daughter.
The h is hoping to avoid the H, but he seeks her out and acts like she should be delighted to see him. She is not, but she straight out tells the H he is a father and then the fireworks really get going. The H is all cranky and accusing and the h shoots him down without a qualm. She tried, her blew her off, his loss.
The H gets all snarly and since his son looks exactly like him, paternity testing is not going to be an issue. The H wants in on the family duo situation and he starts imposing his presence on a very reluctant h. He does seem sorry for the abandonment, but I wasn't feeling much love for him and his demanding little wimpy ways - especially without a really good explanation of why all the sudden he needs to be proclaimed the h's son's father publicly.
The h is feeling besieged and even a visit from her actual fiance doesn't make this H back off. He ruins the h's engagement and he gets really, really cranky when the h's son shares all the marvelous father/son type moments he had with the h's fiance. The H doesn't want to hear that someone else took "his" place and so he gets irky about things. Then he goes out for a full seduction of the h, mostly to just get his own way and cause he is angry the h didn't encase herself in ice and mourning until he got around to maybe looking her up again.
Which he clearly had NO intention of doing, it was only cause they happened to be in the same place at the same time again that he looked her up, and then he expected her to treat him like he was a gift from HPlandia heaven and jump to be his lurve club holder.
(This made me like the H even less. First he refuses contact with the h when she tried to tell him of the impending stork arrival when he knew he might have been careless on the mojo blockade a few times, then he demands full fatherhood status immediately to a child he gets along with but barely knows. The H also determinedly breaks up the relationship between the h's son and the man who the son thought was going to be his new dad and who spent a lot of time with the kid. All because the h isn't jumping to proclaim him number one dad AND he expects the h and her son to just take to his somewhat difficult daughter at the drop of a dime. This H was passive-aggressive all the way through this book and when he did not get his own way, he cries. I wanted to use the skillet on him multiple times.)
So after the lurve club mojo explosion has completely obliterated the h's roofied braincells, she and the H decide they should be together. But there is a complication with the h accidentally meeting a reporter, who keeps asking her out but has no idear she knows the H, conflicting demands on the H's time as he is in the planning process of a new movie and then ANOTHER actress comes to fling herself upon the H.
Once again the H takes off without a word to the h. She has been abandoned all over again and this time it is even worse, cause she really believed the H was serious this time. So the h finishes her research and she and her son go back to Iowa. She once again gets to open a gossip mag and see the H's name coupled with another actress and she is hurt, humiliated and kicking herself for being a fool for the second time. Fortunately she is a nice person and her family loves her and her ex-fiance is nice too, they all try really hard to be supportive in her mopey moment.
Then the H shows up and once again has a wobbly because the h left the island - like she is only some wind up doll that is only supposed to be animated when he is around. The h tells him off AGAIN and the H explains that he isn't the bio father of his daughter.
The little girl is the child of the actress he married and his BFF stuntman who sadly passed away. The H felt the actress was falling apart and needed his support, so they married and tried to be a family. But the actress turned to alcohol and affairs and the H had such a hard time making big blockbuster movies and trying to hold his family together on infrequent trips home, until his wife ran off with a reporter lover and they died in a car crash, that he really had to suffer a lot the last several years.
The actress he left with this time is actually his daughter's aunt and she wanted her parents to have the opportunity to know their grandchild, especially as the grandmother was having open heart surgery. That meant that he had to explain to his little girl that she had another daddy and then he and the daughter had to go see the new grandma to give her a reason to try and survive the surgery.
This drama was so rushed that this time he couldn't even leave a note for the h and her son that there was an emergency and he would fill in details later and apparently not even being a bazillionaire director on par with Steven Spielberg can get you close to an actual telephone or an underling to go Western Union.
But the H really loves the h in spite of all that and he knows that she doesn't love him as much because he lurved her up with his best mojo moves and she was still kinda distant afterwards. So now he is going to cry like a big baby until the h takes pity on him and agrees to marry him and love him back. Hopefully she will also put some kind of tracking device on him so she can have a dim idear of where he is running off to in the future, while she does the parenting bit to both kids and tries to shield them from the dubious joys of the H's immense fame.
Needless to say, I was feeling a teensy bit snarky by the time I finished this one. I liked the h and her son and the H's daughter was kinda background wallpaper. This H drove me nuts tho, he was just so CLUELESS and so toddlerish in his behavior for most of the story, his kids had more maturity than him. I did he believe he loved the h, I just thought he was fairly worthless in the reliability and fatherhood stakes and really the biology professor would have been a much better option for this HPlandia outing.
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October 24, 2021
Not sure what I was thinking? I had a very different take on this one after re-reading it.
The hero walks away from the heroine because he is guilty over his best friends death. Eight years later, he expects the slate to be wiped clean and is surprised when the heroine wants nothing to do with him. But the heroine can never stand her ground for very long; which was understandable at 18, but not at 26. Consequently, the heroine's fiancé (OM) gets dumped by the way side because the H crooks his finger. The only good news is OM will find someone more worthy of him and the douche bag hero ends up with the flighty heroine. A fitting ending. They deserve one another.
Downgrading this one from 4 stars to 2 stars. Original review below.
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Finally, I got my hands on this beaut and I was not disappointed! A young 18 year old girl goes to the Carribean to nanny for the summer and falls in love with a man who runs off to marry another woman. Unfortunately there are consequences to their affair that he only learns about 8 years later when she finally returns to the island to reconcile the past and move forward in her life.
I thought the story was beautifully depicted and the characters well developed. I so wanted to hate the hero, but the author would never quite let me.
My only reason for giving it 4+ star versus 5, is I felt their relationship became physical before they really worked past all the misunderstandings and betrayal. But this was everything I thought it would be and I highly recommend it.
The hero walks away from the heroine because he is guilty over his best friends death. Eight years later, he expects the slate to be wiped clean and is surprised when the heroine wants nothing to do with him. But the heroine can never stand her ground for very long; which was understandable at 18, but not at 26. Consequently, the heroine's fiancé (OM) gets dumped by the way side because the H crooks his finger. The only good news is OM will find someone more worthy of him and the douche bag hero ends up with the flighty heroine. A fitting ending. They deserve one another.
Downgrading this one from 4 stars to 2 stars. Original review below.
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Finally, I got my hands on this beaut and I was not disappointed! A young 18 year old girl goes to the Carribean to nanny for the summer and falls in love with a man who runs off to marry another woman. Unfortunately there are consequences to their affair that he only learns about 8 years later when she finally returns to the island to reconcile the past and move forward in her life.
I thought the story was beautifully depicted and the characters well developed. I so wanted to hate the hero, but the author would never quite let me.
My only reason for giving it 4+ star versus 5, is I felt their relationship became physical before they really worked past all the misunderstandings and betrayal. But this was everything I thought it would be and I highly recommend it.
July 14, 2012
In many ways this book was predictable maybe because I have read way too many HP's but sometimes predictable can be fun. This was not the typical secret baby plot because the heroine had tried to let the hero know eight years before despite the fact that right after making love to her he had married another woman. When they meet again, right in the place where she fell for him, she tells him the truth outright, bravo for her and I loved Libby, her strength, how she rebuffed the hero, everything.
I could guess what had happened eight years before and it was so obvious to me that the hero was crazy in love with her and didn't only want her for their son. . I loved how jealous the hero was, driving her fiancée away and hating the fact that his son had spent time with him. I did want to find out if his marriage had been a real one and would have loved to see on page them telling Sam the truth about his parentage.
Heroine had been eighteen and naive when they met while he was already a famous star and their age difference (eight years) played a part in him making a unilateral decision that she wouldn't want more. I did like seeing the heroine more cautious and wise and the hero very sufficiently tries to make up for the past while trying to win her back. The heroine obviously can't see that and isn't sure of his motives. All in all I enjoyed the book because the hero was so uncertain and kept giving chase.
I could guess what had happened eight years before and it was so obvious to me that the hero was crazy in love with her and didn't only want her for their son. . I loved how jealous the hero was, driving her fiancée away and hating the fact that his son had spent time with him. I did want to find out if his marriage had been a real one and would have loved to see on page them telling Sam the truth about his parentage.
Heroine had been eighteen and naive when they met while he was already a famous star and their age difference (eight years) played a part in him making a unilateral decision that she wouldn't want more. I did like seeing the heroine more cautious and wise and the hero very sufficiently tries to make up for the past while trying to win her back. The heroine obviously can't see that and isn't sure of his motives. All in all I enjoyed the book because the hero was so uncertain and kept giving chase.
September 25, 2015
Kind of bored me. The H was actually a pretty decent guy. He'd made one huge error in judgement, but I think he really was trying to do the right thing. His decision to marry didn't make sense to me, but this is HPLandia - realm of questionable decisions.
If you want something kind of sweet, family oriented, and fairly grounded (considering the universe) - this may very well be the book for you. I was sad that there was no blackmail, amnesia, evil twins, or twisted revenge plots. YMMV
If you want something kind of sweet, family oriented, and fairly grounded (considering the universe) - this may very well be the book for you. I was sad that there was no blackmail, amnesia, evil twins, or twisted revenge plots. YMMV
August 28, 2015
Good angsty reunion story but I'm not a fan of beta heroes. I like my heroes cruel and alpha.
September 9, 2014
4 1/2 Stars ~ It's been eight years since Libby was last on Harbour Island in the Bahamas and she's hoping that this trip will provide the closure to her past. She's here now doing research for her dissertation, and she's brought her seven year old son, Sam with her. Eight years ago, she'd been on the island for the summer as a nanny for two children of a wealthy couple. She was 18, and when she met the neighbour's son Alec, she'd fallen deeply in love. He wooed her and shared parts of himself that he'd not shared with anyone. And she'd shared her dreams of the future, her hopeful college and university degrees. And when Alec had taken her virginity and proclaimed his love for her, she was sure he'd ask her to marry him. But the next day when he declared he was getting married it was to an actress he'd been seeing before coming to the island. She'd been devastated, and when upon her return home she'd discovered she was pregnant, her heart was further torn when Alec refused to take her calls and sent her letter back to her unopened with the bitter message 'I’m married, Libby,’ he had written. ‘Forget me. You can be sure I’ll forget you.’ Later, when she was heavy with her pregnancy, she read a tabloid headline that Alec was a new father, so it seemed he'd had made two women pregnant.
Alec's on Harbour Island with his daughter, Juliet, after the tragic death of his wife. When he learns that Libby's also there, he's eager to see her again. He hadn't expected Libby to be so bitter about their past, but he couldn't blame her either. When he'd queried her about her research and learnt she'd not yet completed her Masters, he asked her why she'd delayed. Libby always one to speak the truth, bluntly told him the reason, 'I'd had your son.' And Alec's whole world seemed to crumble when he realized all that he'd lost eight years ago. Determined not to lose any more he insists that Libby tell Sam he's his father. Unable to trust Alec, Libby refuses, saying when the time is right. Alex becomes even more determined, and he and his daughter become a part of Libby and Sam's lives, whether Libby likes it or not. Libby can't trust him when he declares he wants her not just his son.
I really wanted to hate Alec for his coldhearted treatment of the 18 year old Libby, but Ms. McAllister, though not giving us his POV, does show us how deeply effected he is when he learns that Libby had been pregnant. While not obvious to Libby, it's obvious to the reader that Alec is completely smitten with her and he'll do anything to make sure they have their HEA. I was so proud of Libby for not playing games with Alec over Sam, in telling him he was the boy's father. From the first pages, Ms. McAllister had me hooked and I couldn't stop reading until I got to the end. I'm fond of epilogues and would have loved one for Libby and Alec's story. This is a love story I'm sure I'll be reading again and again
Alec's on Harbour Island with his daughter, Juliet, after the tragic death of his wife. When he learns that Libby's also there, he's eager to see her again. He hadn't expected Libby to be so bitter about their past, but he couldn't blame her either. When he'd queried her about her research and learnt she'd not yet completed her Masters, he asked her why she'd delayed. Libby always one to speak the truth, bluntly told him the reason, 'I'd had your son.' And Alec's whole world seemed to crumble when he realized all that he'd lost eight years ago. Determined not to lose any more he insists that Libby tell Sam he's his father. Unable to trust Alec, Libby refuses, saying when the time is right. Alex becomes even more determined, and he and his daughter become a part of Libby and Sam's lives, whether Libby likes it or not. Libby can't trust him when he declares he wants her not just his son.
I really wanted to hate Alec for his coldhearted treatment of the 18 year old Libby, but Ms. McAllister, though not giving us his POV, does show us how deeply effected he is when he learns that Libby had been pregnant. While not obvious to Libby, it's obvious to the reader that Alec is completely smitten with her and he'll do anything to make sure they have their HEA. I was so proud of Libby for not playing games with Alec over Sam, in telling him he was the boy's father. From the first pages, Ms. McAllister had me hooked and I couldn't stop reading until I got to the end. I'm fond of epilogues and would have loved one for Libby and Alec's story. This is a love story I'm sure I'll be reading again and again
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March 12, 2020
Overall this was only okay, I liked the characters except for the leading man who behaved like a toddler having the terrible two's tantrums. The situation he found himself in was his own fault, as he had met the heroine some years before and they had clicked in every way or at least that’s what the heroine believed till he upped and married another woman without any explanation, when the heroine finds out she’s pregnant she tries phoning and eventually writes a letter which is returned unopened with the note to forget him as he will forget her.
Now 8 years on they meet again and he’s devastated to realise he has a son. After his initial guilt has passed that lasted about 10 seconds he sets out to invade her life, and he does so to the extent he gets rid of her fiancé. While this has an HEA I wasn’t too keen on how it got there, I didn’t like the hero he came across as beta rather alpha, all he did was whine and push at the heroine’s boundaries I found him irritating.
Now 8 years on they meet again and he’s devastated to realise he has a son. After his initial guilt has passed that lasted about 10 seconds he sets out to invade her life, and he does so to the extent he gets rid of her fiancé. While this has an HEA I wasn’t too keen on how it got there, I didn’t like the hero he came across as beta rather alpha, all he did was whine and push at the heroine’s boundaries I found him irritating.
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November 13, 2017
There was not nearly enough groveling, but it was fairly well nuanced, especially considering the length of the book. I do wish the dude had considered the lady's point of view better. Reduced my enjoyment a bit.
April 10, 2012
Libby was acting as nanny to a couple’s children when she met and fell in love w/ Alec Blanchard. They had a brief affair, but then he had to marry another woman. Now she is back on the island w/ her child, yes secret baby, to do some research and Alec is there as well w/ his daughter from his marriage.
Libby is engaged to OM while she is kissing Alec on her return trip to the island. OM comes on the scene and Alec seems to take advantage of things and shows him the writing on the wall. He, the OM, leaves knowing that he and Libby won’t be getting married, of course.
It was a little troubling that she didn’t go out of her way to tell Alec that she was pregnant, but understandable as she was hurt by his cavalier dismissal of her. He truly felt guilty about the circumstances surrounding the other woman and her place in his life and he was functioning on this guilt as well. He felt that what he had wanted w/ Libby would have interfered w/ her plans for her future and so he hadn’t pushed things either. But he was surprised that she wasn’t further in her education than what she was and then he discovers why. He wasn’t too happy about that and he demands that she reveal the truth to their 7 year old son. She does get a few digs in w/ Alec as well. He truly seems to love her though as he continues to come back for more.
She wouldn’t let him explain things either at one point and he didn’t push it. I wondered why he didn’t search for her over the years. They weren’t always sure of one another’s feelings for each other either and thought that others were still engaging them emotionally or otherwise. Alec still didn’t learn from his earlier mistakes as he dashes off w/ no explanation and she is left to assume that he walked out on her again as they evidence points that way.
Was hard for him to claim some things when he himself wasn’t living up to them, but he realized that and was trying to put that right as well. I didn’t like the choices that Alec had made, but he felt that he needed to make them and so he did. The HEA was believable and I felt that both of them had suffered enough for the past decisions.
One huge complaint is that the OM whom it was believed that she wouldn’t’ see again and yet he pops up again and again if only to throw a wrench into her r/s w/ Alec.
Libby is engaged to OM while she is kissing Alec on her return trip to the island. OM comes on the scene and Alec seems to take advantage of things and shows him the writing on the wall. He, the OM, leaves knowing that he and Libby won’t be getting married, of course.
It was a little troubling that she didn’t go out of her way to tell Alec that she was pregnant, but understandable as she was hurt by his cavalier dismissal of her. He truly felt guilty about the circumstances surrounding the other woman and her place in his life and he was functioning on this guilt as well. He felt that what he had wanted w/ Libby would have interfered w/ her plans for her future and so he hadn’t pushed things either. But he was surprised that she wasn’t further in her education than what she was and then he discovers why. He wasn’t too happy about that and he demands that she reveal the truth to their 7 year old son. She does get a few digs in w/ Alec as well. He truly seems to love her though as he continues to come back for more.
She wouldn’t let him explain things either at one point and he didn’t push it. I wondered why he didn’t search for her over the years. They weren’t always sure of one another’s feelings for each other either and thought that others were still engaging them emotionally or otherwise. Alec still didn’t learn from his earlier mistakes as he dashes off w/ no explanation and she is left to assume that he walked out on her again as they evidence points that way.
Was hard for him to claim some things when he himself wasn’t living up to them, but he realized that and was trying to put that right as well. I didn’t like the choices that Alec had made, but he felt that he needed to make them and so he did. The HEA was believable and I felt that both of them had suffered enough for the past decisions.
One huge complaint is that the OM whom it was believed that she wouldn’t’ see again and yet he pops up again and again if only to throw a wrench into her r/s w/ Alec.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
June 21, 2013
One of AM's earliest books, Island Interlude is an emotional reunion story with a secret baby trope, an exotic setting, a strong heroine and a hero in pursuit.
The Hero POV is missing but AM did a wonderful job hinting to his feelings through his actions, his reactions, his facial expressions and his body language. It's so painfully obvious to the reader - if not to the clueless heroine - that he is beyond smitten. He is willing to do anything to win her back. But first they need to clear all the misunderstandings separating them to be able to create a family and have their HEA.
The Hero POV is missing but AM did a wonderful job hinting to his feelings through his actions, his reactions, his facial expressions and his body language. It's so painfully obvious to the reader - if not to the clueless heroine - that he is beyond smitten. He is willing to do anything to win her back. But first they need to clear all the misunderstandings separating them to be able to create a family and have their HEA.
September 26, 2016
Tosi hyvä kirja ja osittain jännittäväkin. Onnellinen loppu on kuitenkin tärkeintä :)
November 10, 2019
I almost gave this five stars because I was pretty pleased with the whole thing but it didn't actually make me cry so I couldn't justify the extra star.
Attractive university educated mother of 7yr old boy arrives on island to do research...and put the past behind her so she can marry university professor with beard.
Lets flashback in time to where it all began.
Male Protagonist was all grief stricken when he arrives on a Caribbean island eight years ago because his best mate and stunt double died tragically while making a movie together. He meets Female Protagonist who was doing a summer on the island as nanny to some rich kids who lived practically next door to MP's rich parents place. FP is a sweet innocent 18 years old totally swept off her feet by hot melancholy movie star.
Everything is looking like HEA when in swoops Vulnerable Clingy Movie Star OW and next thing we know he's married her, on the island, pretty much in front of the heroine who fortunately was nannying so she didn't have to go the actual wedding. No misunderstanding here. MARRIED.
No spoilers because we pretty much get this much information in the blurb or the first few pages.
Now, amazingly enough, the first bit of gossip our FP hears when she arrives is that MP movie star is staying at his parents holiday home, alone apart from his daughter. It's a small island so it's only a matter of time before they connect.
This is a nice reunion story with a MP who made a doozy of a mistake and pays for it. FP has a loyal and loving family and has her wonderful son and probably got the best part of the deal to be honest. She even has a potential new mate lined up despite the beard. He's actually a really nice guy.
Overall, everyone is pretty nice. The daughter is desperately in need of a decent mother figure, MP is desperate for the FP.
HEA is satisfying. I'm even pretty sure the MP was not shagging everything in sight over the eight year separate, which makes them pretty even.
Attractive university educated mother of 7yr old boy arrives on island to do research...and put the past behind her so she can marry university professor with beard.
Lets flashback in time to where it all began.
Male Protagonist was all grief stricken when he arrives on a Caribbean island eight years ago because his best mate and stunt double died tragically while making a movie together. He meets Female Protagonist who was doing a summer on the island as nanny to some rich kids who lived practically next door to MP's rich parents place. FP is a sweet innocent 18 years old totally swept off her feet by hot melancholy movie star.
Everything is looking like HEA when in swoops Vulnerable Clingy Movie Star OW and next thing we know he's married her, on the island, pretty much in front of the heroine who fortunately was nannying so she didn't have to go the actual wedding. No misunderstanding here. MARRIED.
No spoilers because we pretty much get this much information in the blurb or the first few pages.
Now, amazingly enough, the first bit of gossip our FP hears when she arrives is that MP movie star is staying at his parents holiday home, alone apart from his daughter. It's a small island so it's only a matter of time before they connect.
This is a nice reunion story with a MP who made a doozy of a mistake and pays for it. FP has a loyal and loving family and has her wonderful son and probably got the best part of the deal to be honest. She even has a potential new mate lined up despite the beard. He's actually a really nice guy.
Overall, everyone is pretty nice. The daughter is desperately in need of a decent mother figure, MP is desperate for the FP.
HEA is satisfying. I'm even pretty sure the MP was not shagging everything in sight over the eight year separate, which makes them pretty even.
July 23, 2021
The hero seduces a very young girl and marries the obviously pregnant girlfriend the next day! Cool!
Isn't it too convenient his wife dies and the heroine has her family's full support? Isn't it too sweet the heroine's boyfriend is such a good father figure?
The heroes agree they can't be resentful of the years spent apart because they now have such amazing kids.
Isn't it too convenient his wife dies and the heroine has her family's full support? Isn't it too sweet the heroine's boyfriend is such a good father figure?
The heroes agree they can't be resentful of the years spent apart because they now have such amazing kids.
April 16, 2021
When are you going to tell Sam that I'm his father?"
Returning to the Bahamian island where she had shared a brief summer idyll with actor Alec Blanchard was Libby's way of proving to herself that she was free of the past. She could never regret Sam's birth, but it was time to move forward...with kind, dependable Michael, who loved her. But Libby hadn't anticipated that Alec would also return to the island and his steely determination to get to know his son sent all her plans awry...
Returning to the Bahamian island where she had shared a brief summer idyll with actor Alec Blanchard was Libby's way of proving to herself that she was free of the past. She could never regret Sam's birth, but it was time to move forward...with kind, dependable Michael, who loved her. But Libby hadn't anticipated that Alec would also return to the island and his steely determination to get to know his son sent all her plans awry...
May 5, 2014
Much better than I expected for a book published in 1991. I was surprised.
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