A Husband's Regret

Natasha Anders — 2014

Tall and thin, twenty-eight-year-old Bronwyn Palmer has become positively gaunt, a ghost of her former self. That self was—and still is—the wife of a rich, handsome executive with an ocean-view house and his own security staff.It was in that house, two years ago, that Bryce Palmer learned Bronwyn was pregnant with their first child. But Bryce's rage over his impending fatherhood touched off a chain reaction of emotional and physical traumas that wounded them both. For Bronwyn, it meant fleeing the perfect marriage to start over with nothing but a precocious daughter named Kayla to care for. For Bryce, it meant a tortuous two years spent blaming his wife for deserting him, and living with the pain of not knowing his child. Now a chance encounter has brought Bronwyn back into Bryce's life, both bearing scars...and neither knowing the whole truth of that fateful night that drove them apart.

Reviews

Samantha Emery@samj

Oct 17, 2021

Copy received from Montlake Romance via NetGalley in exchange for honest review. ********** Have to be honest, something about this book just did not grab me! I wanted to love it. I was in the mood for something that would make my heart hurt as a couple found their way back to each other. However, I was left wanting more. More from what actually separated them. (The whole misunderstanding that leads to them not talking for two years!) I just felt like everything could have been resolved much sooner! Bryce discovers the "truth" about that happens about 46% in. And I was thinking, what are they going to fill up the rest of the book with!? I liked how the "flashbacks" were done. I loved the dual POVs. But the last 60% just dragged a bit for me! I was almost shouting at my kindle for them to just talk! The last half, I started to find Bryce a more sympathetic character. His pain and internal hatred was so clear and came across so well. The daughter, Kayla, I struggled to believe she was meant to be only 18 months old! Maybe that is bitternesses on my part though as the best my child did at that age was lick a slug! But, she came across more like a three year old at times! Was a bit jarring. So, while, it did what I wanted, and made my heart hurt in the first 50% or so, I was over that in the latter half and filled with frustration that it was being dragged out and they could not communicate! But, the last 10% was lovely. So, all in a decent 3 stars for me, but I was left feeling a bit flat at the end. I would read more from this author, but it is not a "Must go and buy everything they have written" way.