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Officiële naam: McCluskey Borengasser, Sally Lea
Pseudoniemen en naamsvarianten: Harris, Lisa
Geboortedatum: 1941-04-27
Overlijdensdatum: 2022-03-26
Geslacht: female
Nationaliteit: USA
Woonplaatsen: Omaha, Nebraska, USA (birth)
Arkansas, USA
Opleiding: Wayne State Teacher's College (BA)
University of Arkansas (MA | English)
Northern Illinois University (PhD | English Literature)
Beroepen: teacher (university)
writer (freelance ∙ greeting cards)
English teacher
textbook consultant
Relaties: Borengasser, Dan (husband)
Prijzen en onderscheidingen: Maggie Award (1990)
Korte biografie: Sally McCluskey was born and raised in Omaha, Nebraska, as an only child. She attended college beginning as a chemistry major, after quickly switching her major to English. She obtainded a B.A. from Wayne State Teachers College, and an M.A. in English from the University of Arkansas. She met her husband, Dan Borengasser, while both were graduate students at Northern Illinois University, where she obtained a Ph.D. in English.

Sally started to taught and in her spare time wrote, but after marriage, they move to an area where teaching jobs were scarce, and she turned to writing full time. She wrote poetry, articles, short stories, and contributed to textbooks, but finally decided to try a romance novel at the urging of her mom and aunt, both avid romance fans. To Sally’s amazement, Harlequin bought her story "After The Stars Fall" and published it in 1985 under the pseudonym Bethany Campbell. Since also wrote as Lisa Harris. She has has won three Romance Writers of America RITA Awards, three Romantic Times Reviewer Awards, a Maggie Award, and the Daphne du Maurier Award of Excellence.

Today, she lives with her husband in Northwest Arkansas. Her husband Dan Borengasser, vice-president of Ozark Film & Video Productions, also writes, and has had several short films and plays produced.

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The Baby Gift: 9 Months Later (Harlequin Su… door Bethany Campbell

second chance at love that didn't work for me

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Luziadovalongo | 1 andere bespreking | Jul 14, 2022 |

The Baby Gift: 9 Months Later (Harlequin Su… door Bethany Campbell

Good second chance story. Josh and Briana had married in a whirlwind of love and passion. But Josh's globetrotting lifestyle as a photographer didn't mesh well with Briana's deep-seated roots on her family's farm, and they divorced nearly as quickly. But one blessing came from their marriage - their daughter, Nealie. In spite of their divorce, Josh and Briana maintained close ties. When Nealie was diagnosed with a dangerous illness, her only chance of survival was a controversial treatment. The only thing Briana can do is reach Josh and ask him to come home and help her conceive the sibling needed to save Nealie's life.

I love that this is a story where the parents have maintained a good relationship, rather than the antagonistic one portrayed in so many other books. Both Josh and Briana refrain from badmouthing each other and support each other instead. Josh was shocked by Briana's request and the method by which it would happen. He had some serious reservations, but he would do anything to save Nealie's life. This also put Josh and Briana in each other's company for an extended time.

I liked Josh. Nealie means the world to him, and he didn't hesitate to drop everything and come when Briana called. He was a terrific dad, and it showed in the love that Nealie had for him. I think that Josh matured a lot from when he and Briana first married, but it was still difficult to deal with her family's attitude toward him. He had a few less than stellar moments, but most of the time it was understandable. I had a harder time with Briana. She is a good mother to Nealie, and pure mama bear when it came to doing whatever necessary to save her. But her inability to see her father for the controlling and selfish SOB that he was drove me nuts. She did redeem herself by the end, thank goodness.

I liked the rekindling of the relationship between Josh and Briana. It was evident from the start that they still had feelings for each other. Unfortunately, they also still had the same challenges that tore them apart. They are also older and more mature, and possibly better equipped to handle those challenges. Once Josh committed to helping Briana, he was all in. I liked his support of Briana as they went through all the necessary medical procedures. The time spent together increased the sparks between them and gave a boost to the feelings that had never died. I loved seeing them grow closer, but that same closeness also created problems. Briana's father did everything he could to keep them apart and was aided and abetted by the aunt of a rival for Briana's love. I ached for Josh, who couldn't seem to catch a break. Fortunately, Briana finally began to see her father for what he was and grew enough backbone to stand up to him. I ached for Briana too, because she was afraid to risk her heart again. She knew the kinds of danger Josh faced and was terrified of loving and losing him. I liked Josh's persistence and patience in getting past her walls. But it took a photography assignment gone bad to open both their eyes to the mistakes of the past and the hopes of the future. I really liked the ending.… (meer)

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scoutmomskf | 1 andere bespreking | Apr 23, 2019 |

See How They Run door Bethany Campbell

See How They Run by Bethany Campbell
5 STARS
Wow a lot of action in this story. There is some love scenes,swear words and violence.
The story is centered around two twin brothers,Rickie & Trace who are autistic that witnessed a murder outside their special school. They have great memory for numbers. They saw the killer's face,make and color of car and even the licence numbers.
The dead guy turns out to be a Mafia head and suspects is the Columbian cartel.
Their teacher was standing by them so all three were taken in to a safe house. Their is a joint agency task force that is in charge of them. Someone sold their identys & pictures in the paper so they had to relocate them. As they are comming into the gate they run into a trap and some of the guards get killed and wounded.
Jefferson of the FBI is wounded badly. Montana is excop who now is lawyer gets the 5 of them away. They know now that their is a leak in the task force so they can't go in. Montana knows a 80 year old doctor who helps them.
Their are a lot of different places they go to hide and figure out what to do next. They are in a lot of trouble no one knows if Jefferson was left back in New York or if he is on the run with them.
Laura is trying to keep the boys from freaking out from all the things that are surrounding them. They don't do well with change. They take boxes of the boys stuff with them at all the moves.
I did not put the book down till I had finshed reading it. Laura and Montana romance was a little weak. I would read more books like this one.
I was given this ebook to read in exchange for honest review from Netgalley.
02/13/2012 PUB Random House Publishing Group Loveswept… (meer)

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rhonda1111 | 1 andere bespreking | Feb 25, 2012 |

Spellbinder door Bethany Campbell

One of the first and only romance books I've ever read, I read this when I was young (maybe 12?) and I totally loved it. I need to re-read it so that I can remember it better, but I do remember loving the characters and the overall plot. It didn't seem too cliched like other romances I've read.

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Heather19 | Aug 2, 2011 |

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