Runaway Wife (Harlequin Presents)

Features

• Cover Type: Paperback with 187 pages
• Published by: Harlequin July 1, 1990
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 0373112904
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0373112906
• Book Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.2 x 0.7 inches
• Weighs: 4.8 ounces

Reader Reviews
This is a charming story of how a marriage about to be on the rock was saved. Francesca had been married to Oliver Ransom for ten years. They started out as a poor but happy couple, passionately in love. But as years went by and Oliver became more and more successful, they began drifting apart. Oliver spent most of his time in London while Francesca was tucked away in a beautiful house in the country. Now that their only son was sent away to boarding school despite her protest, she felt her life was lonely, empty and purposeless. It was the last straw when Oliver could not make it home for their 10th wedding anniversary. She was fed up with their phoney marriage. She would no longer be taken for granted. She decided on an impulse to leave her husband This is a fascinating story because of its all too familiar real life situations with which women, especially non-working wives, will empathise. We have a marriage going stale and a husband in danger of straying. What will the wife do? Francesca, although shy, gentle and reserved, was no fool. She knew the problem lay with their seeing so little of each other and this had to be rectified. A much more serious one was Oliver's glamorous and ambitious secretary who made no bones that she fancied and wanted to ensnare him. Francesca kept her cool. She gave her husband surprise after surprise. She was no longer the self-effacing pushover wife, but a woman with looks, brains and business sense who could hold her own. Before she took him back, he had to recognize their marriage as an equal partnership. The floundering marriage plot can be a let down for being cliched with a less skilful writer. But Charlotte Lamb is wonderful and I was swept into the flow of the story and totally captivated. we get to look at the marriage problem not only from the wife's angle but that of the husband. We glimpsed his inner world. Even a successful man can be vulnerable; he has his fears and insecurities and needs reassurance from his wife in the form of attention and passion . But he would not tell his wife. The lack of commuication and understanding nearly killed their marriage. Luckily it had a happy everafter ending which is most satisfying.