Captive Loving

By Carole Mortimer

Book Overview

Captive Loving by Carole Mortimer released on Apr 24, 1983 is available now for purchase.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0373106033
• ISBN13: 9780373106035
• Release Date: May 1983
• Publisher: Harlequin
• Length: 187 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 4.2" x 6.6"

Customer Reviews

This was a riveting read .....

Captive Loving by Carole Mortimer Harlequin Presents # 603 - June 1983 Jessica Baxter was trapped in a loveless bitter marriage, with an abusive cheating husband. Andrew held all the cards that kept her in line; the trump card bearing the grounds that would take her daughter away from her should she ever divorce him. Mathew Sinclair was immediately enchanted with the beauty that appeared at his Company's summer dance. And was then dismayed to discover she was married to the man known as Randy Andy, the office Romeo. Humiliated by a confrontation with Andrew's current lover, Jessica left the party by taxi. That was the night that Jessica became finally free, Andrew was dead in an auto crash, his lover seriously injured. Stepping in to take care of her and her daughter, Penny, is Mathew Sinclair. A man determined to be a part of her life to a point where Jessica fears his obsession with her is just like Andrews. And he too holds a trump card; Andrew had been embezzling funds and she owed Mathew more money than she could hope to repay. This was a riveting read about a woman emotionally abused and terrified of her husband. Ms. Mortimer makes Jessica's plight thoroughly believable. Jessica's sole concern is her daughter's welfare, and she's willing to do anything, even marry Mathew to ensure her daughter has a good life. Mathew's in love with his wife but he thinks she's still mourning Andrew. He's unaware of her dark marriage, and her detachment threatens to push him away. Jessica has to overcome her fears and find the inner strength to fight for the love she deserves. Well done! :D

Captive Loving by Carole Mortimer

I really loved this book. I can never put it down. It is about a woman named Jessica, a widow with a young daughter, who is swept off her feet by her abusive dead husband's boss, Matthew Sinclair. They marry, but the marriage is shaky at first. You see, Andrew had always told Jessica that she was frigid, and Matthew was mad because Jessica couldn't respond to him. But when Jessica tells Matthew the truth about her love for him and how her first marriage affected her, then all is well for Jessica and Matthew. A year later, their son Jeremy was born.