Lost in Your Arms

My friend recommended this book and I loved how a woman's love and care brought back maclean from the brink of death although he has no memory. I read it twice.

I read Publisher's Weekly review on this book, and they called it a weak entry. Did we read the same book? Lost in Your Arms is one of the best Christine Dodd books I've read. Infact this book made me her fan. I read this one first not realizing it was a series, I hope the rest of them are this good! Enid Seymore was no stranger to life's hardships, the orphaned bastard child of a nobleman, thought luck was finally in her favor when she met and married the handsome, and charming Stephen Maclean, but soon realized that this was no fairy tale and Stephen was far from the knight in shining armor she thought he was. When her husband cast her off after 3 months of marriage, and left her with all his debts, Enid was forced to find work as an assistant to a village doctor. Now a nurse companion 9 years later, Enid recieves a message that her no good husband is badly injured and she is needed to nurse him back to health. The last thing Enid wanted was to meet Stephen again, but she dutifully nurses him back from the brink off death, only to realize that he has amnesia and can't remember her at all. Besides his familiar green eyes, this man is unlike the spoiled, rotten, and selfish man she married 9 years ago. Maclean was sure he would have remembered having Enid as a wife, who would forget having a beautiful and saucey wife sleeping next to him at night. But yet for the life of him he couldn't remember a thing about her or of the life she claimed he lived. He didn't gamble as she claimed he loved to do, and he would never cast off his wife as she said he did. All he knows is that whatever secrets are locked away in his memory, someone is trying to kill him to make sure they are never revealed... Lost In Your Arms, is a beautiful love story that I have read over and over again, once you start you can't put it down until your finished!

Enid MacLean had been estranged from her husband for nine years. She survived by nursing those extremely ill. Then, out of the blue, she received word that an explosion had injured her husband. He was not expected to live, but Enid agreed to do her duty and try to nurse him back to health. Except for his distinctive green eyes, the man she nursed had changed. When he first opened his eyes he believed Enid to be an angel. But the pain proved that he was NOT in heaven. The explosion took away his memory. He did not recognize his good friends or his own wife. Worse yet, the blast had not been an accident. Someone feared the knowledge locked away in his mind. ***** What can I say? It is by Christina Dodd, so you KNOW it will be great! I opened the book with that thought in mind. I closed the book only when the last page had been read. Yes, it is THAT good! A wonderful way to release yourself from your troubles, at least temporarily. *****

I have to admit that like some other readers, I too was surprised at how good this book was. I had enjoyed Christina Dodd's In My Wildest Dreams immensely and was so pleasantly surprised that Lost In Your Arms was just as enjoyable.My favorite books are the type that just make the heart ache when reading about the misery the characters sometimes experience because of various reasons. Christina Dodd does so extremely well in making us feel for her characters. Others have written about the plot so I won't add to their excellent accounts but just to say that Enid and Stephen are two of the most compelling characters I've had the opportunity to experience. Some have mentioned the similarity to Linda Howard's White Lies. With no disrespect to Linda Howard who is one of my favorite authors, White Lies pales in comparison to Lost in Your Arms. I cannot remember reading an `amnesia' story which I've enjoyed more than this.This is a definite keeper! My only regret is that I did not read the amazingly wonderful book sooner.

What a wonderful story! Enid MacLean is living a good life, doing so very well after all her struggles. She had been abandoned by her husband Stephen 9 years prior, and left with his debts and the shame yet she had persevered! She had learned a trade (nursing) and had been in a situation as nurse/companion for Lady Halifax. All in all - a comfortable position,until Garrick Throckmorton issued her a summons to come and care for her long estranged and gravely ill husband Stephen. Stephen MacLean lay, battered and bruised dying, and try as she might, Enid could not turn her back on him no matter how much she would like to forget he existed. So much pain he had caused, but there was no denying those incredible green and gold eyes that opened. How could she find herself drawn to him after he had so callously treated her? Yet, perhaps he had changed in 9 years. He woke, he didn't know her, let alone himself - amnesia after almost being killed? On top of that - people were still trying to kill him. What a great story! The characters are real - the emotions are real - the erupting passion is HOT! The words of passion and love are like poetry. But lest we not forget, we are speaking of a Christina Dodd novel and the dialog will also be humourous! This has to be one of her best. I felt Enid's pain - the betrayal of Stephen from long ago, the pain of losing a cherished friend and the pain of falling in love and not being able to guard yourself against the hurt that can come of loving the wrong person! Very emotional, suspense, humor, adventure and loving - a GREAT read!

I am a fan of Christina Dodd, so my review is probably a little biased. In this story, Enid is a nurse who cares for the elderly. She is called from the home of a woman she cares deeply for, to unwillingly care for her estranged husband. She remembers Stephen as a reckless gambler who abandoned her, leaving her to pay his debts by working as a nurse. As she puts it, she was only "this" close from being in the workhouse. Over a period of 9 years, her resentment has grown. She now only wants a plot of land, so she can tend a garden and have a sense of stability and familiarity in her life.She does not recognize Stephen, since his injuries leave his face and body bandaged and scarred. She does remember his eyes and works on bringing him back from the brink of death. When he finally awakens, he has lost his memory and does not remember anything about his past, including his wife. Throughout the book, Enid slowly reveals why she has resented him so many years. It seems as though Stephen has changed. His physical nearness and teasing affects Enid, as well as his new devotion to her. Is he really the same person she married?Again, I really liked this book. Enid was a strong character, who was not afraid to clean up and tend to her patient and his room. Unlike most novels, where a servant or maid did the cleaning up and watching over a patient. She was always quick to come up with a witty response to Stephen, rather than let him dictate to her.