The Part-Time Wife (Silhouette Desire) [Mass Market Paperback]

Maureen Child (Author)

Book Description

Series: Silhouette Desire | Publication Date: October 10, 2006

At some point during the time Luke Talbot arrived late at the high-society soiree, then hurried her home for safeguarding, Abby realized her husband truly was living a double life. His secrets, however necessary, tore at her insecurities. How could she have married this man, slept in his arms, given him her heart...never knowing who he truly was?

His lies left her no choice. She filed for divorce.

And discovered that Luke wasn't about to let her go without a fight.

--This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Silhouette (October 10, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0373767552
• ISBN-13: 978-0373767557
• Product Dimensions: 6.6 x 4.1 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,290,209 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

USA Today best selling author Maureen Child is the author of more than ninety romance novels and novellas. Maureen is a five time nominee for the prestigious Rita award from Romance Writers of America.

One of her novels, A POCKETFUL OF PARADISE, was made into a CBS-TV movie called The Soul Collector, starring Melissa Gilbert, Bruce Greenwood and Ossie Davis.

Maureen was not only on the Texas set to watch her characters come to life in front of the cameras, she was also tossed into the last scene by her husband and the producer, who both thought this would be a fun way to humiliate an author!

When her kids were small, Maureen started writing as not only a way to stay sane, but in the hopes of finding a job she could do and stay at home with them. Sanity is still an issue, but she did manage to write her way into a career she wouldn't trade for anything.

Over the years, she's written under lots of different names and she prefers the term 'pseudonym' to 'alias'. As Ann Carberry, she wrote western historical romances. As Kathleen Kane, she wrote not only Americana romances, but western paranormal romances as well. As Sarah Hart, she wrote one really spectacular western paranormal that is still one of her favorites. And once, Ann Carberry even wrote a Victorian historical which she absolutely loved doing.

Under her own name, Maureen writes short contemporary novels for Silhouette Desire--books she loves to write because of their fast pace and condensed story telling. Maureen is also writing funny, contemporary paranormal romances for NAL and darker paranormal stories for Silhouette Nocturne.

Life is busy but when she isn't writing you can find Maureen sitting under her 'thinking tree', coming up with new ideas for even more stories. When she isn't dreaming up a new book or writing a current one, Maureen loves to travel. Her favorite vacation spot is Ireland, with Scotland coming in a very close second. She and her husband love a good road trip and Maureen's looking forward to the day when she can actually drive to Ireland. Talk about the best of both worlds!

Maureen lives with her family in Southern California and loves to hear from her readers. Visit her online at www.maureenchild.com.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Whimsical, punchy and even sassy romance, March 23, 2007

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D. Merrimon Crawford (Colorado) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Part-Time Wife (Silhouette Desire) (Mass Market Paperback)

Abby Talbot thinks that her husband has lied to her and may be having an affair. She files for divorce. Luke Talbot has sworn and oath to protect his country and to not reveal certain items --- the entire nature of career as a spy. This conflicts with his desire to protect his wife. When someone tries to kill Abby, this conflict reaches its peak.

I thoroughly enjoyed this book. The suspense element was a real addition to my reading pleasure and I thoroughly enjoyed seeing how these characters were going to work themselves out of the mess they created!

In contrast to her novel Nevermore, a paranormal romance, The Part-TIme Wife has a more whimsical, punchy and even sassy writing style. It is rare to discover a writer with so much versatility in their tone.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Story, July 17, 2007

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Andromeda (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Part-Time Wife (Silhouette Desire) (Mass Market Paperback)

Abby Tablot learned her husband Luke is lying to her when she called his hotel room where he claimed to be staying there for business and learns he's never been there. Angry and hurt to find out that he's lying to her Abby files for divorce. What Abby doesn't know is Luke is a spy. Because he's a spy Luke can't tell her the truth but he doesn't want to lose his wife. At the same time Abby's life is in danger and Luke's determinded to protect her. This was a great story. Abby and Luke were both very likable and you could feel their love for each other and I enjoy every thing from beginning to the end. This defiently a book I'll re-read a hundred times.

2 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great series, October 10, 2006

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K. Petry (Charleston, WV) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Part-Time Wife (Silhouette Desire) (Mass Market Paperback)

I loved this series and couldn't wait for each new book. This was a great ending to this series--throughout the series, references were made to this couple so you wanted to know more about their story.