Yesterday's Memories (By Request 2's) [Mass Market Paperback]

Tara Taylor Quinn (Author), Amanda Stevens (Author)

Book Description

Series: By Request 2's | Publication Date: May 1, 2003

Forgetting the past can destroy the future . . .

Nothing but memories . . .

Father: Unknown
Tara Taylor Quinn

The only thing Anna knows about herself is her name and that she's pregnant. At least, that's what the doctors told her. She was in an accident, and when she regained consciousness, she had no memory of who she was. She also has no idea who the father of her baby is. Jason Whitaker sees Anna on TV and recognizes her. She's Anna Hayden, the woman he still loves. The woman who rejected him three months ago.The woman who can't remember him -- and is now two months pregnant.

Fade To Black
Amanda Stevens

Ex-special agent Pierce Kincaid wakes up one day to find that he's lost, literally, five years of his life. His wife, Jessica -- no longer pregnant -- doesn't know what to say when his now five-year-old son asks who the stranger is. They believed Pierce had walked out on them. But he hadn't. It soon becomes clear that someone had kidnapped him and he doesn't remember a thing. Now the kidnappers are after his family, and Pierce knows the search for the truth is a race to stay alive. Before it's too late . . .

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 544 pages
• Publisher: Harlequin (May 1, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0373230117
• ISBN-13: 978-0373230112
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.3 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.1 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,347,069 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Good but not great.., July 17, 2003

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destiny morna "destiny21" (louisiana) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Yesterday's Memories (By Request 2's) (Mass Market Paperback)

These are two previously published stories that are grouped together due to their common theme of amnesia. Both main characters have lost significant chunks of their memories and are fighting to regain what they lost.

1. Father: Unknown by Tara Quinn--is about Anna, a woman involved in a subway crash who loses her entire memory, including who has fathered her unknown baby. Luckily, her former fiance has recognized her on the TV reports and goes to claim her. Jason still loves Anna but she refused his marriage proposal and now is pregnant and doesn't know who the father is. Complicating matters is the fact that Anna had a unique bond with her triplet sisters--a bond that had always excluded Jason.

2. Fade to Black by Amanda Stevens- is about a CIA agent who goes missing- leaving a wife and unborn son. He returns 5 years later as if nothing had happened- he doesn't remember any of the 5 years. His wife has changed alot in the 5 years he has been gone but still loves her husband-only she cannot trust that he will not leave her again.

I enjoyed these stories, but agree that there was not alot of character development and some of the plot was wildly improbable (especially about the pregnancy in the first story). It is a good book for those looking for superficial reads with not alot of depth- a fair summer read!

3.0 out of 5 stars Yesterday's Stories, May 19, 2003

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S. Gould "gouldpjaks" (Woodmere, NY United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Yesterday's Memories (By Request 2's) (Mass Market Paperback)

These are not new stories! However at the low price I would not have objected if they were good stories. Both tales suffer from undeveloped characters and plodding plot development.

The first tells the story of Anna Hayden whose amnesia,the result of a much publicized subway accident, prevents her from recognizing her former lover or knowing who is the father of her unborn child. Is the father Jason Whitaker, her former beau and handsome TV newsanchor or is it a new unknown lover who she met in the three months she has been alone searching for herself. Though often implausible this is the better of the two stories.

The second tale is about secret agent Pierce Kincaid who mysteriously disappeared five years ago just before his now five year old son was born. He walks into his home one day as if no time has passed, knowing that his wife and son are in danger but unaware of how he knows this. Now he must find the danger before it finds his family.

'Yesterday's Memories' are yesterday's stories, I just wish they were a bit better.