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Blind to Love
Blind To Love by Rebecca Winters released on Nov 24, 1988 is available now for purchase.
187 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1989
About the author
Rebecca Winters
1,075 books204 followersaka Rebecca Brown Burton, Rebecca Burton
Rebecca Brown was born on February 14, 1940 in Salt Lake City, Utah. She is the daughter of Dr. John Zimmerman Brown, Jr. and Kathryn Ormsby Hyde.When she was 17, she went to boarding school in Lausanne, Switzerland, whereshe learned to speak French and met girls from all over the world. Uponreturning to the U.S., Rebecca developed her love of languages when sheearned her B.A. in secondary education, history, French, and Spanish fromthe University of Utah and did postgraduate work in Arabic.
Because of her studies overseas, Rebecca decided to become a teacher andstudied French and history at her alma mater in Utah. For the past 15 years,she's taught junior-high and high-school French and history, and says shegot into serious writing almost by accident.
"I went through a back door to begin my writing career," she says. "In thefirst place, I never liked to write anything -- I only wrote mandatory papersfor school. If anyone had told me I would become a writer, let alone loveit, I would have laughed and dismissed the notion as absolutely absurd andpreposterous. Having said that, I did write letters to my parents while Iwas away at boarding school when I was 17. My mother kept them and one day,after I had become a mother for the second time, she sent me all my oldletters and asked me to write my memories from them for posterity. At thetime I thought she was insane, but because I adore my mother I did as sheasked. By the time I'd finished sorting through all those teenage thoughts,observations and opinions, the seeds of a story had begun to form in mymind. The seed eventually became a novel and was published in 1979. It wascalled The Loving Season, published under the name Rebecca Burton.Naturally, it takes place in Switzerland and France. As soon as I finishedthat novel, I found myself wanting to start another novel entitled By LoveDivided, a World War II romance. A few years later, Harlequin bought anovel, Blind to Love, a story that takes place in Kenya. It's been a loveaffair ever since. I guess the moral of the story is, never underestimate amother's intuition!"
Europe is her favourite locale for her novels. She lived in France andSwitzerland, and has travelled extensively all over Europe, particularlySpain, Italy, the Pyrenees and Sweden. She said "There are so many gorgeousplaces, fascinating people, beautiful languages, culture and history, it'slike trying to choose from a fabulous smorgasboard every time I start towrite a new story. The tastes, smells, sights, music--all of it speaks to me.Every time!"
As Rebecca has kept writing, her talents have not gone unrecognized. She haswon the National Readers' Choice Award, the Romantic Times Reviewers' ChoiceAward, and has been named Utah Writer of the Year. Right now, Rebecca isworking her way toward her 50th novel for Harlequin.
Rebecca, is a mother of four, Wilford, John, Dominique Jessop and Maxim. They live in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Rebecca Brown was born on February 14, 1940 in Salt Lake City, Utah. She is the daughter of Dr. John Zimmerman Brown, Jr. and Kathryn Ormsby Hyde.When she was 17, she went to boarding school in Lausanne, Switzerland, whereshe learned to speak French and met girls from all over the world. Uponreturning to the U.S., Rebecca developed her love of languages when sheearned her B.A. in secondary education, history, French, and Spanish fromthe University of Utah and did postgraduate work in Arabic.
Because of her studies overseas, Rebecca decided to become a teacher andstudied French and history at her alma mater in Utah. For the past 15 years,she's taught junior-high and high-school French and history, and says shegot into serious writing almost by accident.
"I went through a back door to begin my writing career," she says. "In thefirst place, I never liked to write anything -- I only wrote mandatory papersfor school. If anyone had told me I would become a writer, let alone loveit, I would have laughed and dismissed the notion as absolutely absurd andpreposterous. Having said that, I did write letters to my parents while Iwas away at boarding school when I was 17. My mother kept them and one day,after I had become a mother for the second time, she sent me all my oldletters and asked me to write my memories from them for posterity. At thetime I thought she was insane, but because I adore my mother I did as sheasked. By the time I'd finished sorting through all those teenage thoughts,observations and opinions, the seeds of a story had begun to form in mymind. The seed eventually became a novel and was published in 1979. It wascalled The Loving Season, published under the name Rebecca Burton.Naturally, it takes place in Switzerland and France. As soon as I finishedthat novel, I found myself wanting to start another novel entitled By LoveDivided, a World War II romance. A few years later, Harlequin bought anovel, Blind to Love, a story that takes place in Kenya. It's been a loveaffair ever since. I guess the moral of the story is, never underestimate amother's intuition!"
Europe is her favourite locale for her novels. She lived in France andSwitzerland, and has travelled extensively all over Europe, particularlySpain, Italy, the Pyrenees and Sweden. She said "There are so many gorgeousplaces, fascinating people, beautiful languages, culture and history, it'slike trying to choose from a fabulous smorgasboard every time I start towrite a new story. The tastes, smells, sights, music--all of it speaks to me.Every time!"
As Rebecca has kept writing, her talents have not gone unrecognized. She haswon the National Readers' Choice Award, the Romantic Times Reviewers' ChoiceAward, and has been named Utah Writer of the Year. Right now, Rebecca isworking her way toward her 50th novel for Harlequin.
Rebecca, is a mother of four, Wilford, John, Dominique Jessop and Maxim. They live in Salt Lake City, Utah.
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March 6, 2012
I thoroughly enjoyed reading Ms. Winters' debut Harlequin Romance. This is a tale of a newlywed couple facing the challenges of sudden blindness. Vance is determined to reject his bride and Libby is determined to stay by his side and face the future together no matter what it brings. There is some intrigue over sabotage and an enemy out to destroy Vance that adds just the right tension and some justification to Vance's often harsh treatment of Libby. The HEA was very rewarding and sigh worthy :)
July 24, 2022
I'm not the man you married."
But to Libby, her husband was the same, despite the accident that had left him blind. He was still the Vance Anson who'd created a successful mining empire in Kenya, still the loving husband whose kisses promised such rapture.
How could Libby fight Vance's insistence that his blindness changed everything? He no longer wanted Libby in his life--had even handed her an airline ticket home to England.
But Libby was determined to stay with her husband. She loved him too much to leave... .
But to Libby, her husband was the same, despite the accident that had left him blind. He was still the Vance Anson who'd created a successful mining empire in Kenya, still the loving husband whose kisses promised such rapture.
How could Libby fight Vance's insistence that his blindness changed everything? He no longer wanted Libby in his life--had even handed her an airline ticket home to England.
But Libby was determined to stay with her husband. She loved him too much to leave... .
September 26, 2023
Oh this was so terrible it was funny. I initially said 2 stars but decided that wasn't fair because I unintentionally laughed so much while reading. Completely unrealistic, from the actions of the hospital staff to the rich young heroine's ability to blend so quickly into life in Kenya. I might have actually enjoyed the romance but Vance was just so not lovable. He was harsh and cruel and we had no background for their falling in love so we just had to assume he was loving to Libby at some point.
Overall, glad I read it, but not looking for a sequel.
Overall, glad I read it, but not looking for a sequel.
August 7, 2017
Book and characters were awful.
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June 29, 2013لو كنت حبيبي:
هل هذا هو الرجل الذي تزوجته؟
بالنسبة لمارسي نعم، فما زال بلايك الحبيب الوحيد الذي يخفق له قلبها، ولن ترضى بغيره شريكاً للعمر لكن بلايك يعيش الآن في عالم آخر، قاس، يشاركه فيه ظلام أبدي قال لها، أتمنى لو أستطيع أن أخنقك بيديّ فهل يستطيع حبها أن يقاوم هذا الحقد ، وماذا ينفعها كل عطائها لرجل ليس عنده ما يعطيها إياه إلا تذكرة سفر كي ترحل عنه للأب
هل هذا هو الرجل الذي تزوجته؟
بالنسبة لمارسي نعم، فما زال بلايك الحبيب الوحيد الذي يخفق له قلبها، ولن ترضى بغيره شريكاً للعمر لكن بلايك يعيش الآن في عالم آخر، قاس، يشاركه فيه ظلام أبدي قال لها، أتمنى لو أستطيع أن أخنقك بيديّ فهل يستطيع حبها أن يقاوم هذا الحقد ، وماذا ينفعها كل عطائها لرجل ليس عنده ما يعطيها إياه إلا تذكرة سفر كي ترحل عنه للأب
June 26, 2012
I borrowed this one from my sister-in-law and really enjoyed it. Vance treated Libby rather brutally at times but I found it understandable. Not that Libby deserved bad treatment, only that I understood why Vance was so bitter and angry. Good read :)
November 10, 2017
قرأتها مترجمة للعربية فى سلسلة" أحلام" تحت إسم
"لو كنت حبيبي "
"لو كنت حبيبي "
September 5, 2016
You will love that story.
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