A tragic accident took Rome Matthew's wife, Diana, and it robbed Sarah Harper of her best friend. Sarah wanted to reach out to Rome, but she knew she needed to stay away, guarding the secret she had kept from him and Diana - that she was in love with her best friend's husband. But now Rome needs her. Sarah agrees to be his wife, and something totally unexpected rekindles her hidden hope that a marriage of convenience will become a union of love.

Will Rome keep fighting his own growing need for a woman who dares him to believe there are second chances in life...or will he give in to the power of love and miracles?

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Listening Length	6 hours and 53 minutes
Author	Linda Howard
Narrator	Amy Landon
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Audible.com Release Date	January 19, 2016
Publisher	Dreamscape Media, LLC
Program Type	Audiobook
Version	Unabridged
Language	English
ASIN	B01AH8MY30
Best Sellers Rank	#97,287 in Audible Books & Originals (See Top 100 in Audible Books & Originals) #7,582 in Contemporary Romance (Audible Books & Originals) #54,673 in Contemporary Romance (Books)

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Could not relate to these characters

Reviewed in the United States on October 29, 2018

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Having read most of Linda Howard's books and enjoyed them, I was a bit surprised that I simply could not enjoy this one. The story was well written, as I would have expected, but the characters and the plot itself was one that I did not enjoy.
I saw Sarah as the epitome of a victimized woman, willing to put up with near rape and of verbal abuse...all in the name of "love". What she had done was marry controlling, selfish man and made endless excuses for his horrible behavior hoping he would change. She was the stereotypical abused wife.
I skimmed through most of the book hoping she would eventually realize her mistake, but it didn't happen. Too bad.

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Resan

not people you can relate to ....

Reviewed in the United States on July 23, 2017

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The book is well written and the three stars are for the writing. But the characters..... are really.... not people you can relate to
Rome especially is not someone you can like. The author puts us in his mind-space too, but he comes across as totally selfish and wierd. Yes you feel for him as a man who has lost wife and two sons, but overall he comes across as a not so nice person. It put me off that he was lusting after Sarah all thru his marriage to Diane.

Sarah's character is very well defined - her choices clearly thought out.
The only jarring thing was her agreeing to keep her child away from him (he won't even know it was there). Really. Even if it is done with the hope that over time Rome will come around, how would that affect the child - if he took years to come around. What mother would do that to their child? Especillay considering Rome's attitude all throughout the pregnancy and even after birth at the hospital.

Yes we are supposed to understand Rome's POV, and yes sure to some extent (maybe) we could, but cannot understand Sarah's POV on this.
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However, the author get's a thumbs up. Will look for her books. Hopefully with characters we can relate to

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Julie LaPaglia

Just finished a reread

Reviewed in the United States on June 19, 2019

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So I've been in a slump and have started rereading books that I really enjoyed.

I did not review the book on my first go around. I just picked up another and kept going.

This is an emotional book because it deals with death and that is never fun.

So the two main characters have known each other for years but one was married to the other's best friend.

I liked how this book slowly forced each to move forward and embrace a new future. So yes this is a second chance story.

I liked the growth of both characters. I personally am not sure I could have survived what happened before this story even started.

Enough. This is a great book. Enjoy.

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Wahwah

Can not believe I paid for this

Reviewed in the United States on January 24, 2019

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I had to squint to read this and not because of eyesight!! I do not know a person on the face of this earth that would hold on, hold out or put up with this type of abuse. I get that he lost his family. I understand that he was hurting still but come on!! I just can not articulate exactly how I felt about this book... If this is your first book by her to consider then Do Not read it. I’ve read countless stories by her but this... no! It left me almost angry. Wasted time, wasted money.

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Amethyst-90

Tear jerker

Reviewed in the United States on August 30, 2019

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I was a little iffy about the book at first due to some reviews I'd read. However, i couldn't put this books down once I started!!! There's just so much emotional stuff going on, and some people commented Rome was a jerk for a couple things. I get it. You have to look at the psychological aspect of certain events he went through to understand what Ms.Howard wrote in this story. This story was worth it. Totally gave me a feeling of hope for the world. Definitely worth the read!!

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5 HUGE Stars

Reviewed in the United States on February 29, 2016

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My all-time favourite Linda Howard book. I first read Sarah's Child decades before. It broke my heart then and has every subsequent time I've read it.

Rome and Sarah. Great couple. And heartbreaking. I felt so bad that Sarah had loved him before, during and after his marriage. And how heartbreaking for Rome to lose his wife and sons the way he did. And it was completely understandable to me why he refused to let himself love or care that deeply again for anyone else.

But when the baby came...my heart ached for Rome, for Sarah, for their child. It was just absolutely heart wrenching.

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DOORMAT h

Reviewed in the United States on August 27, 2018

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Don’t do it. Save yourself the aggravation and skip it. It’s pretty awful. The characters are ridiculously bad. The h is pathetic the H is a massive jerk! The h is such a martyr is nauseating.

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One of the worst books I’ve read

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 13, 2019

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Horrid book! I can’t believe the author has actually written out her hero to be such a cow! This is when I actually question what the author really believes how men and women should act in real life - because literally this guy only need a warm body and *cannot* control himself! He starts off with saying that he wanted the heroine on the day he married his dead ex wife who he claims to have loved! Then he goes on to say that when he was on business trips he controlled himself from seeking out other women because it wasn’t his wife (the 1st one)!! Slow clap for showing how real his love really was! Gosh. Anyways moving on to current wife after ex wife dies - he literally only wants her to warm his bed. But even that isn’t written in a way that he shows her a great time - on the first night he’s with her, he basically comes before her and she’s still raving about him!! Then another time when she says no, he contemplates r. ap. e but then stops himself because he apparently doesn’t want her to go through that!! Whaaaatttt??????? On top of all this, it’s basically got no emotion , no angst and is boring a h3ll! In theory this could have been a very angsty emotional read - the plot had all the makings for that - dead wife and sons, new wife who has secretly always loved the hero, surprise pregnancy and an emotionally unavailable hero - but this author has well and truly come up with the worst tosh and ruined the whole plot. Avoid - it’s a waste of my money! Will not be reading any more from this author.

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Lena platt

fab book!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 25, 2010

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i have just finished reading Sarah's child, and truly enjoyed it.i managed to read it in one sitting, as i just could not put it down! it is the first book i have read by linda howard and has prompted me to buy others.the story is about Sarah harper. a woman who has loved her friends husband, Rome, for years. after his wife and sons die, sarah provides comfort for Rome and they end up marrying.however, there is the one stipulation:no children.Rome is not in love with Sarah when they marry, but in time Rome comes to love sarah. the only problem, though,now is that Sarah's pregnant. she has always wanted a child, but due to the death of his young sons, Rome will have nothing to do with the baby.
this is an emotional story with some good secondary characters that certainly deserve their own story!Sarah is such a passive women (i admit at times i wanted to shake her!),though towards the end of the story we see her strong inner core, which really only makes the story stronger. Rome is a somewhat aggressive, dark character, but who wouldnt be after the tragic death of their wife and sons? i thought a particular strong point in the story was where rome moved away from sarah when he felt the baby kick and continued to avoid even simple intimacies with his wife. the only criticism i have with this book is that perhaps the ending could have been extended. though i truly enjoyed the extremly emotional final chapter of the book.
overall this is a fantastic story that was a fast paced emotional ride.i truly enjoyed it and would recommend it.its a keeper for me!!

Isabel

Sarah's Child

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 22, 2011

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I must start off by saying that I am a stalwart Linda Howard fan. She has published a few books that I really haven't enjoyed, but for the most part she is absolutely amazing.

I would have given this book five stars if it weren't for the fact that this was published in the mid 80s, and it shows!

Sarah has loved Rome, the male lead, since she first met him, but had to look on from afar as her best friend married him and had a family with him. They never really interacted until sometime after her best friends death. After an eventful reunion, Rome offers to marry her. Linda Howard (LH) manages to construct only a flimsy reason for his offer of marriage, but of course she accepts. The rest of the book follows them through the first few months or so of their marriage, and the events that follow.

Sarah is very needy and has Rome on a pedestal, which is the case with many female heroines in romances published around this time, and which I find very irritating- no matter how horrible the male lead is, the female lead always seemed to be written as an ever-forgiving, loving doormat. And Rome IS horrible, very horrible quite a few times.

But at the same time the romance of it all is quite gripping, and in LH's usual way the heart stopping love scenes and romantic interludes have you hooked. The way Rome cares for her in a very cro-magnon, 'me man me throw rock take care of woman' way, is addictive to read.

Definitely a book to add to your collection if you are an LH follower. If this is your first LH book, be aware that her first books were very much like this, but as her books progressed to the 90s and then the 21st century, her female heroines developed and became much more sassy and much less needy, so don't despair!

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Voracious for Books

Intense and emotional

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 13, 2014

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This is vintage Linda Howard. I was so angry at how malleable and docile the main character was. We all know that we can be marshmallows for those we love but I really wanted to kick Rome hard up his bum. The man was damaged by the loss of his wife, Sarah's best friend and their two young sons. When he offered marriage to Sarah, it was a poor offering for a woman who had always wanted a family. She really should have stood up for herself. She was ridiculously understanding, suffering in silence and retreating into herself when ever he hurt her, which was far too often. This is a very readable romance the flaws are with the characters actions not the writing.

Jennine

Sarah's child - a decent light read.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 13, 2015

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Mills and boon / Harlequin at it's best. A traditional love story of woman overcoming a man's phobia and winning the life she wanted with a modern-ish twist. Enjoyable to read but a light piece of work more for entertainment as such cheap books were and are it was still a good light read.

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