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As Good As The First Time Kindle Edition

by Altonya Washington (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
3.4 out of 5 stars 18 ratings



From the moment Julia Kelly fell in love with Cortez Wallace, she knew her life would never be the same. Their passion was hot, tempestuous, explosive. And to her surprise, it didn't last forever.

To escape the pain of yet another breakup, Julia moved to L.A. But now, when she hears startling news about her ex–lover, the successful TV producer comes home to Detroit for one final encounter with the man she simply can't get out of her heart….

Popular television anchor Cortez has loved Julia since high school. Except Julia's the one who walked out. Cortez's mind remembers betrayal. His heart tells him to win his woman back. But love is never as good as the first time…is it?
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AlTonya Washington's first contemporary novel, “Remember Love” BET/Arabesque 2003, was nominated by Romantic Times as Best 1st Multicultural Romance. Her novel “Finding Love Again” won the Romantic Times Reviewer’s Choice Award for Best Multicultural Romance 2004. Her fourth novel “Love Scheme” was nominated as Favorite Steamy Novel for the prestigious EMMA Award of Romance Slam Jam. She presently resides in North Carolina.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00J79OVMI
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Mills & Boon Kimani Romance
  • Accessibility ‏ : ‎ Learn more
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ September 1, 2013
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 616 KB
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 183 pages
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1488735547
  • Page Flip ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Part of series ‏ : ‎ Kimani Hotties
  • Customer Reviews:
    3.4 out of 5 stars 18 ratings

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AlTonya Washington

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AlTonya Washington has been an author for over 20 years. Traditional, indie, and scholarly published, she's won the Romance Slam Jam EMMA Award, and is a two-time winner of The Romantic Times Magazine Reviewer's Choice Award.

She's a Librarian and enjoys writing in genres such as Historical, Fantasy Romance, and Interracial Romantic Suspense. Her pen names include Ally Fleming, T. Onyx, and Temple Carver. She's best known for her long-running Ramsey/Tesano multicultural romantic suspense series. In 2024, she started a new Novella series entitled "Not By Blood."

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  • Amazon Customer
    4.0 out of 5 stars Love, trust & the truth.
    Reviewed in the United States on May 12, 2013
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    I enjoyed this story. AlTonya did a great job of moving the characters along as they dealt with their personal hang ups. As with most romances there will be a happy ending and this one doesn't disappoint the reader. The only set back for me is that the title doesn't fit the story. I think it should have been, Somewhere Between Love, Trust & The Truth.
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  • always reading
    5.0 out of 5 stars it was very good
    Reviewed in the United States on July 31, 2013
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    i have been reading altonya since she first started, i love everyone of her books i strongly recommend this book
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  • T. Brame
    3.0 out of 5 stars Can't Run Forever
    Reviewed in the United States on November 10, 2012
    Let me say that I liked the connection between Cortez and Julia I just didn't like the story line. What woman in her right mind packs up and leaves the man she loves at the drop of the dime because the family don't like her? I didn't like that. It sounds like she has no staying power and that's ridiculous. Then she is all successful in LA but has to kiss Cortez's behind to get further up the ladder. So was she just using him? I didn't like her cockiness....I would have enjoyed her being taken down a peg or two. I also didn't like him begging for another chance when she was in the wrong. In the beginning of the book they sounded like they were so in love and that's the best part of this story line.
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  • K. Joseph
    2.0 out of 5 stars Not the best book
    Reviewed in the United States on March 26, 2015
    This book I did not like. The characters were avoiding subjects that should have just been said from the beginning, It lasted to long for issues about nothing.
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    1.0 out of 5 stars NOT MY FAVE
    Reviewed in the United States on August 11, 2012
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    THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVE WRITERS BUT THIS
    BOOKS WAS EXHAUSTING TO READ JULIA AND CORTEZ
    SEEMS ONLY TO HAVE SEX AND THERE JOBS IN COMMON
    NORMALLY IT TAKES ME A COUPLE OF HOURS TO READ
    A BOOK BY THIS AUTHOR BUT THIS BOOK TOOK ME DAYS
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  • A. J. Marshall
    4.0 out of 5 stars Relaxing to read
    Reviewed in the United States on June 10, 2013
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    AlTonya Washington books are good to read. They seem to pretty much run in the same pattern. I will continue to read more of her books.
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  • Bama
    5.0 out of 5 stars A Great Love Story!!!!
    Reviewed in the United States on March 24, 2015
    I enjoyed this book very much. I loved the characters. I recommend it to all adults. If you haven't read her books you don't know what you are missing.
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  • Amazon Customer
    4.0 out of 5 stars Four Stars
    Reviewed in the United States on July 17, 2016
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    Just ok!
    One person found this helpful
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  • Chelsea Black
    2.0 out of 5 stars Not as good as the others
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 29, 2017
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    This was the worst book by this author. Manipulative characters who were all about the sex. Poorly told story and unbelievable. Shame as I'm a fan of her work. Torn between a one or two star.
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  • Sylvia O'Brien
    3.0 out of 5 stars romance is a beautiful thing
    Reviewed in Canada on September 22, 2013
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    it is not a book I would read a second time. having said that I have enjoyed books by this author and look forward to reading more of her books
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