The Lonely Season (Harlequin Presents, No 940)

by Susan Napier

The Lonely Season by Susan Napier released on Oct 24, 1986 is available now for purchase.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0373109407
• ISBN13: 9780373109401
• Release Date: November 1986
• Publisher: Harlequin
• Length: 186 Pages
• Weight: 0.22 lbs.
• Dimensions: 4.2" x 6.6"

Customer Reviews

Excellent sizzler.

I thought Ms Napier had created THE most wonderful romance hero in Leo Sterne until page 169 when, oops, his wife turns up! Yes, its an 'adulterous affair' romance. Quite unusual for HR. And told entirely from the POV of the miscreant couple. The only purpose in Cynthia's appearance is to cause pain to her hearing impaired child and in the love between Leo and the talented, rich, young, reluctant sexpot Gina who has all the skank instincts of the sisters she so pretends to despise. By the end of the story on page 188, Cynthia's long been divorced. A lovely, emotional romance in which the hero and heroine spend a lot of time in each other's company sorting out their feelings for one another. In the end Leo comes out with feet of clay but the story is set in Australasia so what can you expect. Thoroughly recommended if you enjoy romances imbued with lightweight social issues.

Still The Best After 16 Years!!

When I was in 11th grade, The Lonely Season was released and I read it. It was one of the most magnificent books I'd read because it didn't follow the usual archaic romance formula. This was a story with a twist and one of the first with a book within a book (Gina, the main character, is writing a book).The interesting thing about The Lonely Season is that it remains my very favorite romance book. And, by now, I've ready nearly thousands of them.Basic plot (purely from memory) is about a wonderful little girl who suffers a tragic accident which not only harms her, but helps her, too. It's a "silver lining on the storm cloud" situation where without this accident which robbed her of her confidence, her flair, and her voice, Gina would have become the same self-centered, pampered and materialistic Barbie's that her mother and sisters have become. Instead, Gina is forced to endure operation after operation, learn sign language, and develop a personality sans voice. All of this assists her in reaching other children with disabilities through touch, sign language, art and love.Unfortunately, with the good comes the bad in the form of Nevin, the man whom she thinks loves her and SEES her despite her handicap. While she gives her young heart in gratitude to Nevin, he is secretly using her to escape a wife and her demanding brother, Leo (A Publisher). The encounter of all these characters culminates in an incredibly humiliating experience for Gina and immediate hatred for her by Leo.So, years later, Gina takes solace in writing a novel under a psuedonym and is given use of a cabin on an island where she can really concentrate. She meets a little boy she assumes is a Native and befriends him; discovering that he is hearing impaired. As they grow closer, a hurricane rips apart her cabin and her stability when she is forced to move to the main house on the island owned by Nick's father -- LEO!!Again, if you have been reading romance novels for ever, or are a beginner, The Lonely Season is one of the absolute BEST!!!

Most romantic - reality isn't so far away after all.

I love this book, because when I was 11 years old I had asthma pretty bad and this book gave me hope that despite a handicap, love isn't just a fantasy. The way she united with the child and touch him when he couldn't be, was fantastic. The redemption of love is beyond all disadvantage, reason and despair. Great book- don't dismiss this one because it's short and a romance. Sometimes, romance is short and sweet.