Island Interlude [Large Print] [Hardcover]

Anne McAllister (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 288 pages
• Publisher: Thorndike Pr (February 1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0263128407
• ISBN-13: 978-0263128406
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)

More About the Author

I was born in California and grew up there on the beaches of SoCal where I used to think I would write humorous social commentaries and pithy columns about life between "here and the pier" in Manhattan Beach.

But then I left. I went away to college and then married and moved to the Midwest. Since then I've been in the Midwest and Montana and made the mental transition to life with four seasons with no trouble at all.

In fact, last time I was in MB I looked at the inlaid terrazzo tiles in the sidewalk on the hill leading down to the pier and thought to myself, "Who on earth would put tiles in the sidewalk? It will be so hard to shovel the snow off!"

See?

Despite my beach upbringing, I was the child of transplanted okies and montanans, and my love of cowboys was apparently bred in the bone. The first man I fell in love with was a cowboy. I was five years old -- and I imprinted on him, following him everywhere, like a duck.

So when I started writing romance fiction years later, there was no question that even my CEOs and beach volleyball players and Greek tycoons were, at their heart, cowboy heroes.

McAllister heroes have a strong sense of honor, determination, competence, and a "get it done" attitude. They are more often lone wolves than they are alphas. They go their own way -- until they meet the woman who makes them want to share their life. And a lone wolf who takes on a spouse has to have some alpha in him. She definitely brings it out.

Writing has been a wonderful opportunity for me to expand my horizons, to learn more about things that interest me. It gives me license to satisfy my curiosity and to meet people from all walks of life. I love it. The ideas never seem to dry up. They are everywhere. I'm looking forward to writing a whole lot more.

I'm always glad to hear from readers so stop by my website or blog if you have comments or questions.

Customer Reviews

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars An enduring romance, December 19, 2001

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C. A Wanamaker "Cyn" (Winlock, WA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Island Interlude (Harlequin Presents) (Paperback)

Actor Alec meets a young 18 year old Libby in Bermuda and falls in love. They have a brief affair, but Alec, not knowing Libby loves him, thinks its better for her to move on with her life without him, and so dumps her and gets into a marriage of convenience, even though he loves Libby. fast forward eight years, and Libby returns to the island of her lost innocence, with Alec's eight year old son in tow. She meets up with Alec again, of course, and shocks him by his surprise off spring. Alec is consumed by guilt, but wants her back and pulls all the stops to get her back. This is a sweet romance with two people with a long history but a lot of love who find each other again. They never stopped loving each other, and its apparent they'r meant to be. This is a very satisfying romance if you can look past the separations they endured. I recommend it.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars good-enough groveling but Hero needs better verbal communication skills, August 3, 2011

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RomReader (TX) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Island Interlude (Harlequin Presents) (Paperback)

Grad student heroine goes back to the Bahamas to conduct interviews with the island's residents & to get closure from her brief affair with famous actor-director Hero 8 years earlier. Recently-widowed Hero just so happen to be vacationing with his 7yo daughter too. Their reunion is bittersweet especially when she told Hero right away that they have a 7yo son together. He persistently attempts to win back her affection & be actively involved in their son's life. But heroine doesn't trust him to not break her heart again when it looks like his marriage proposal is primarily motivated by his wanting to be with their son. How will Hero regain her trust?

This was a fast & emotionally-evoking read. It was angsty & featured a hero who truly regretted his past decisions re: heroine & tried to make up for it. I could feel his painful regrets & desperation to right his wrongs with heroine & their son. Overall I'd say that Hero groveled enough. He spent most of the book groveling via his actions & not so much his words. And therein lies my problem with him. He needed work in verbally communicating his feelings, crucial events, & needs in a straightforward way with heroine. He often assumed that she knew what he was thinking & would be surprised that she misunderstood his silence. And that's another problem I have with Hero. He not only expected heroine to read his mind he also thought he could read her mind! One of his primary reasons for marrying the other woman 8 years earlier was b/c he thought heroine didn't really love him & that she would rather pursue her career goals than be with him. And she never once told him that nor did he ask her what she wanted. He just assumed a lot of things about her & made a really big mistake b/c of it. McCallister tried to make up for this by letting heroine emphasize the positive side of their separate lives in the past 8 years. I didn't like this bandaid-over-an-infected-wound method b/c it belittled heroine's pain. I'd rather that both Hero & heroine face the past (pain & regrets and all) for what it was & move on to their HEA(Happily Ever After) from that point on.

Recommended.