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Where Two Ways Meet
She was equal to almost any task
As part of a skilled medical team, Margot Huntley was sensitive and alert to the needs of her job She had to be—especially since the arrival of Jordan Merrick, the new senior surgeon.
Margot had never forgotten that Jordan once thought himself too good for her. Nor had she forgiven him for callously crushing all the tender feelings she'd nurtured for him.
Now the knowledge that he wanted to be her lover only angered her ...until his rich, socially acceptable fiancee turned up.
As part of a skilled medical team, Margot Huntley was sensitive and alert to the needs of her job She had to be—especially since the arrival of Jordan Merrick, the new senior surgeon.
Margot had never forgotten that Jordan once thought himself too good for her. Nor had she forgiven him for callously crushing all the tender feelings she'd nurtured for him.
Now the knowledge that he wanted to be her lover only angered her ...until his rich, socially acceptable fiancee turned up.
187 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1984
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Yvonne Whittal
56 books80 followersYvonne Whittal was born and raised in South Africa, the setting of most of her romances. She started writing stories at a young age, but didn't really get serious about writing until after she married and had children. She got many rejection letters from publishers, until a friend who loved romances gave her to encouragement to continue.
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January 5, 2020
Wow, vile mummsie alert. I love it!
If nothing else, this book serves as evidence that the slights we receive as kids can last forever. I still hold a grudge over a sixth grade incident that... oh never mind.
The h has held a grudge, I mean HELD A GRUDGE, since she was a teenager over something the H said about her being part of trade and needing to go the side of the house. Up until then he was Mr.High School Wonderful. As a result of this diss, the heroine obsesses about coming from the wrong side of the tracks ad nauseam, and throws it in the hero's face.
Everyone is all grown up now, and our Charlie Browniest of all the Charlie Brown heroines is now a nurse, and the H is the brilliant Dr. Evil (surgeon). Dr. Evil also has one of the worst mothers EVER. She's so awful I could not wait for the next zinger. The H puts his RicoSuave moves on the heroine, but she's beyond unenthused. You can tell the H is not used to being dismissed and he manipulates her into taking her to dinner at the motel. My first thought was motel, you dog you, but all they do is eat. Although he does put the moves on her in the car on the way home.
The h deflects him consistently, and the story has an uneven balance of push-pull between the H and the h. Dr. Evil is not cruel, but he's not the nicest of heroes either, and one simple comment like "I am NOT engaged to the Nordic OW bitch from the bitter reaches of cold hell that my mother prefers" would have solved the problem, but this is HarleyLand and communication is limited.
One of the secondary characters finally kicks the mom out at tea time for being so rude which was a highlight for me. The h takes this OTT social abuse from mummsie and the Nordic OW with such servility and humbugness it drained some of the fun out of it.
This MIL is going to be a huge albatross. She has a huge and very unbelievable about-face at the end, but I doubt it will last. My favorite quote is when the H says
I was really hoping he would add, and we'll put mother in it, but sadly they decided to build instead.
There was no joy in Mudville.
If nothing else, this book serves as evidence that the slights we receive as kids can last forever. I still hold a grudge over a sixth grade incident that... oh never mind.
The h has held a grudge, I mean HELD A GRUDGE, since she was a teenager over something the H said about her being part of trade and needing to go the side of the house. Up until then he was Mr.High School Wonderful. As a result of this diss, the heroine obsesses about coming from the wrong side of the tracks ad nauseam, and throws it in the hero's face.
Everyone is all grown up now, and our Charlie Browniest of all the Charlie Brown heroines is now a nurse, and the H is the brilliant Dr. Evil (surgeon). Dr. Evil also has one of the worst mothers EVER. She's so awful I could not wait for the next zinger. The H puts his RicoSuave moves on the heroine, but she's beyond unenthused. You can tell the H is not used to being dismissed and he manipulates her into taking her to dinner at the motel. My first thought was motel, you dog you, but all they do is eat. Although he does put the moves on her in the car on the way home.
The h deflects him consistently, and the story has an uneven balance of push-pull between the H and the h. Dr. Evil is not cruel, but he's not the nicest of heroes either, and one simple comment like "I am NOT engaged to the Nordic OW bitch from the bitter reaches of cold hell that my mother prefers" would have solved the problem, but this is HarleyLand and communication is limited.
One of the secondary characters finally kicks the mom out at tea time for being so rude which was a highlight for me. The h takes this OTT social abuse from mummsie and the Nordic OW with such servility and humbugness it drained some of the fun out of it.
This MIL is going to be a huge albatross. She has a huge and very unbelievable about-face at the end, but I doubt it will last. My favorite quote is when the H says
I bought some ground right outside the village...
I was really hoping he would add, and we'll put mother in it, but sadly they decided to build instead.
There was no joy in Mudville.
February 6, 2017
Good thing the protagonists in Yvonne Whittal's Where two ways meet are both in the health care profession given the amount of illness, injuries, and death in this story.
Heroine alone crashes her car into the side of a mountain, gets pneumonia, and later suffers from severe smoke inhalations.
h's mom gets stomach cancer, only to die of heart failure during the ensuing surgery.
H has a car accident too, while his mother nearly dies in a house-fire caused allegedly by an automatic tea-maker. I like to offer the alternative theory that she had just forgotten to close shut the gates from hell that she had installed in her basement to facilitate her secondary job as the Queen of the Damned and the flames from that eternal fire pit let loose on the house.
Aside from all the booboos, the story centers on the issue of class difference, with the heroine being literally from the wrong end of the tracks of the little town, something the H's snobby mother and nasty girlfriend never cease to remind her of.
h is understandably weary that H's flirtation with her is nothing more than a last attempt at sowing wild oats before announcing his marriage to the rich bitch girlfriend. She was absolutely right to be weary. Hero never talks love. He shows lust for her. He dangles the OW in front of h while stealing kisses from her when no one is looking. He also never denies that h fascinates him because he never had this much trouble before getting a woman into bed and later, does not deny that his marriage proposal to h was a spur of the moment whim meant to annoy his snobby mom.
On the other hand, he does seem pretty affectionate and compassionate when her mom's death leaves her overwhelmed with grief, and he does take time off work to stay at her bedside in hospital while she is fighting a severe case of pneumonia.
So what gives with this guy? I really didn't blame the h for feeling suspicious and wary about his honorable intentions. He really did seem wishy-washy. I think he came back to his small town after some years in Europe, decided to flirt with the little nurse who was coldly rebuffing his advances, because he found the game enticing, and got caught in the thrill of the chase until he kind of blurted out marriage and then felt honour-bound not to back out.
YW certainly leaves ample room for other interpretations but it was telling for me, that I was a lot more intrigued by the romance between secondary characters (who sound as if they got their own MOC book at some point) and their very hot connection, than the romance between the main characters.
Final verdict: not bad, but not great either.
Heroine alone crashes her car into the side of a mountain, gets pneumonia, and later suffers from severe smoke inhalations.
h's mom gets stomach cancer, only to die of heart failure during the ensuing surgery.
H has a car accident too, while his mother nearly dies in a house-fire caused allegedly by an automatic tea-maker. I like to offer the alternative theory that she had just forgotten to close shut the gates from hell that she had installed in her basement to facilitate her secondary job as the Queen of the Damned and the flames from that eternal fire pit let loose on the house.
Aside from all the booboos, the story centers on the issue of class difference, with the heroine being literally from the wrong end of the tracks of the little town, something the H's snobby mother and nasty girlfriend never cease to remind her of.
h is understandably weary that H's flirtation with her is nothing more than a last attempt at sowing wild oats before announcing his marriage to the rich bitch girlfriend. She was absolutely right to be weary. Hero never talks love. He shows lust for her. He dangles the OW in front of h while stealing kisses from her when no one is looking. He also never denies that h fascinates him because he never had this much trouble before getting a woman into bed and later, does not deny that his marriage proposal to h was a spur of the moment whim meant to annoy his snobby mom.
On the other hand, he does seem pretty affectionate and compassionate when her mom's death leaves her overwhelmed with grief, and he does take time off work to stay at her bedside in hospital while she is fighting a severe case of pneumonia.
So what gives with this guy? I really didn't blame the h for feeling suspicious and wary about his honorable intentions. He really did seem wishy-washy. I think he came back to his small town after some years in Europe, decided to flirt with the little nurse who was coldly rebuffing his advances, because he found the game enticing, and got caught in the thrill of the chase until he kind of blurted out marriage and then felt honour-bound not to back out.
YW certainly leaves ample room for other interpretations but it was telling for me, that I was a lot more intrigued by the romance between secondary characters (who sound as if they got their own MOC book at some point) and their very hot connection, than the romance between the main characters.
Final verdict: not bad, but not great either.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
March 21, 2017
The conflict in this one is "class differences." And the two characters who are most aware of the class differences between the surgeon H and the nurse h are the heroine and the hero's mother. The heroine, because she is still smarting from a comment she overheard the hero say when she was a teen, and the hero's mother because she is a snob.
While the hero pursues a reluctant heroine, YW keeps us entertained by sending afflictions upon her characters. The heroine's mother dies of cancer, the heroine wrecks her car and contracts pneumonia and later on smoke inhalation. The hero also wrecks his car and his mother is in a house fire.
Oh, and there's an OW and cameos from the H/h of Love Is Eternal and their daughter.
This is a sweet story for all of the drama. Hero was smitten. Heroine finally learned to trust and the hero's mother-in-law had to change her tune by the end.
While the hero pursues a reluctant heroine, YW keeps us entertained by sending afflictions upon her characters. The heroine's mother dies of cancer, the heroine wrecks her car and contracts pneumonia and later on smoke inhalation. The hero also wrecks his car and his mother is in a house fire.
Oh, and there's an OW and cameos from the H/h of Love Is Eternal and their daughter.
This is a sweet story for all of the drama. Hero was smitten. Heroine finally learned to trust and the hero's mother-in-law had to change her tune by the end.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
December 2, 2021
This book is an example of how much a careless and casual comment in a sensitive time of a person's life like teenage years can change that person's perception of himself/herself and consequently can affect all his/her life, choices, relationships.
There's also the matter of social prejudice, that's very hard to overcome both for the person who's discriminated and the one who is making a discrimination.
The whole issue is very well dealt, because there's even a physical obstacle that divides the town in two parts.
So, there are people who live on one side of the town that are the privileged ones, and those who lives on the other side that are the ones who have to struggle for a living.
The heroine lives on the other side of the town, with her widowed mother who is a seamstress, and she helps her to make a living working when she's free from school.
She loves the older hero from afar, he's from the good part of the town, a medicine student, and very nice too.
There are 10 years between them so she's very young in his eyes.
One day, when the heroine is 17 she goes to the hero's house to deliver one of her mother's work and she hears the hero telling his mother that she should tell those people from the other side of the town to ring the back door (the one used by hired help, that is).
This mean remarks hurts terribly the sensitive and smitten teenager.
Seven years later the hero comes back as a surgeon in the hospital where she works as a nurse and they meet again.
He's attracted to her and tries to date her but she's still resentful because of that remark and basically snubs him every time.
The poor man doesn't understand why she doesn't want him but her belief that their social distance can't be overcome is really unmovable.
The hero's mother, a snob of the first water, even tells her that the hero is going to marry a proper lady and he's only amusing himself with her.
So the heroine rejects the hero repeatedly, and the poor man is really giving up hope, when eventually he has an accident and everything is cleared between them
The hero explains what was, really a big misunderstanding.
I loved the misunderstanding, the hero did say what the heroine heards him say, but there was an explanation for it...(and it was really a VBM.)
The hero here is a dear, he's kind and gentle and I think that he was really in love with the heroine because he had to put up with all her rejections more and more times.
He was determined to have her.
The heroine is a sad person, she has a lot of accidents and not an ounce of joy in her life, and I think she was prejudiced too against those who lived on the right side of the town.
I enjoyed this reading, even if the whole story was a little sad, with people dying, having accident, being sick... I need something strong now to make me happy... very strong. I suppose I will have a very long cuddle from my cats.
There's also the matter of social prejudice, that's very hard to overcome both for the person who's discriminated and the one who is making a discrimination.
The whole issue is very well dealt, because there's even a physical obstacle that divides the town in two parts.
So, there are people who live on one side of the town that are the privileged ones, and those who lives on the other side that are the ones who have to struggle for a living.
The heroine lives on the other side of the town, with her widowed mother who is a seamstress, and she helps her to make a living working when she's free from school.
She loves the older hero from afar, he's from the good part of the town, a medicine student, and very nice too.
There are 10 years between them so she's very young in his eyes.
One day, when the heroine is 17 she goes to the hero's house to deliver one of her mother's work and she hears the hero telling his mother that she should tell those people from the other side of the town to ring the back door (the one used by hired help, that is).
This mean remarks hurts terribly the sensitive and smitten teenager.
Seven years later the hero comes back as a surgeon in the hospital where she works as a nurse and they meet again.
He's attracted to her and tries to date her but she's still resentful because of that remark and basically snubs him every time.
The poor man doesn't understand why she doesn't want him but her belief that their social distance can't be overcome is really unmovable.
The hero's mother, a snob of the first water, even tells her that the hero is going to marry a proper lady and he's only amusing himself with her.
So the heroine rejects the hero repeatedly, and the poor man is really giving up hope, when eventually he has an accident and everything is cleared between them
The hero explains what was, really a big misunderstanding.
I loved the misunderstanding, the hero did say what the heroine heards him say, but there was an explanation for it...(and it was really a VBM.)
The hero here is a dear, he's kind and gentle and I think that he was really in love with the heroine because he had to put up with all her rejections more and more times.
He was determined to have her.
The heroine is a sad person, she has a lot of accidents and not an ounce of joy in her life, and I think she was prejudiced too against those who lived on the right side of the town.
I enjoyed this reading, even if the whole story was a little sad, with people dying, having accident, being sick... I need something strong now to make me happy... very strong. I suppose I will have a very long cuddle from my cats.
August 15, 2015
I enjoyed this older Harley. It is the sequel to Love Is Eternal and, in my opinion, a much better story. Their attraction and love was much more credible. I didn't buy into the love in Love Is Eternal. I thought they would one day end up killing each other. It was nice to see that they actually did get their HEA.
December 20, 2019
"Where Two Ways Meet" is the story of Margot and Jordan.
Our h and H are from opposite sides of town- she originates from humble beginnings, with her mother working as a seamstress for the extremely wealthy H's mother. An offhand remark about their financial disparity hits its mark, and the h develops intense resentment towards the H.
Years later, she works as an efficient OT nurse, when the H returns back to their town as a senior surgeon. His attempts at cordial friendship are met with icy disdain, and the H cannot understand the h's aloofness towards him. But with the help of her kind mother, he eventually succeeds in dating her. The h also has a wonderfully supportive friend in the other surgeon's wife, who adopts her into their family.
But soon tragedy strikes. To the h's shock, the H becomes her rock, and the flowers of love bloom in the desert. Alas, enter the evil mother and jealous OW as the villains in their newfound romance. With prejudices, threats and preconceptions tarnishing their present, will these two find their HEA?
Absolutely LOVED it. I adore romances with heavy angst, and this made me cry buckets. I love the h's inner strength, the h's devotion and pursuit, the kindness of the secondary characters and the snobbish cattiness of the antagonists- all made it a worthwhile read. The ending was VERY dramatic, but the confessions were heartwarming.
I was hoping (the amazing) Joanna and Daniel would have had their story too- and they DID- so excited to read "Love Is Eternal" and discover their love story.
Safe
4.5/5
Our h and H are from opposite sides of town- she originates from humble beginnings, with her mother working as a seamstress for the extremely wealthy H's mother. An offhand remark about their financial disparity hits its mark, and the h develops intense resentment towards the H.
Years later, she works as an efficient OT nurse, when the H returns back to their town as a senior surgeon. His attempts at cordial friendship are met with icy disdain, and the H cannot understand the h's aloofness towards him. But with the help of her kind mother, he eventually succeeds in dating her. The h also has a wonderfully supportive friend in the other surgeon's wife, who adopts her into their family.
But soon tragedy strikes. To the h's shock, the H becomes her rock, and the flowers of love bloom in the desert. Alas, enter the evil mother and jealous OW as the villains in their newfound romance. With prejudices, threats and preconceptions tarnishing their present, will these two find their HEA?
Absolutely LOVED it. I adore romances with heavy angst, and this made me cry buckets. I love the h's inner strength, the h's devotion and pursuit, the kindness of the secondary characters and the snobbish cattiness of the antagonists- all made it a worthwhile read. The ending was VERY dramatic, but the confessions were heartwarming.
I was hoping (the amazing) Joanna and Daniel would have had their story too- and they DID- so excited to read "Love Is Eternal" and discover their love story.
Safe
4.5/5
April 2, 2021
Edited to credit cover artist: the fabulous Len Goldberg, who I can't praise enough, not only for his many wonderful covers—but now that I'm actively trying to attach artist names to their work—for having a legible signature! The high-low combination of portentous gray clouds and what looks like H giving the thumbs up to someone outside the circular frame is still awesome and is one of my favorites from this era.
Margot: Jordan, based on a snippet of conversation I overheard and misinterpreted 7 years ago, stupidly careless to let me overhear by the way, I'm certain you are a snob who looks down on me. So convinced am I, I'm not going to ask for an explanation or wonder even in my deepest thinkiest moments if you still believe this now or really if you ever believed this? Also I hold grudges like whoa! Also dos, I'm incapable of adding new observations to old information and coming to a different more nuanced conclusion. Also tres, can you even conceive of my pain when your narrowed eyes sweep me from head to toe and I realize that the linen pants and silk sweater I threw on to rush to the hospital are of inferior quality?
Jordan: I'm a surgeon, I have very sensitive hands, let me give you a demonstration. Otherwise I have only enough sensitivity to understand that you don't like me much, well babe, women like me! so obviously you have some kind of chip on your shoulder. To be scrupulously fair to myself, I've asked you about your prejudice towards me, did you answer? I must have been too immersed in my speak harshly, kiss brutally, storm off cycle to notice.
Purple prosey, lots of ecstasy and agony. The most thought provoking aspect of WTWM? South Africa in the early 1980's and the insurmountable problem is that H's mother is viciously, prejudicially classist! I can only imagine the shakeup in HPlandia if YW had introduced an interracial couple, maybe she tried? I'll add this speculation to the mental morass containing my thoughts about Rage to Possess.
Margot: Jordan, based on a snippet of conversation I overheard and misinterpreted 7 years ago, stupidly careless to let me overhear by the way, I'm certain you are a snob who looks down on me. So convinced am I, I'm not going to ask for an explanation or wonder even in my deepest thinkiest moments if you still believe this now or really if you ever believed this? Also I hold grudges like whoa! Also dos, I'm incapable of adding new observations to old information and coming to a different more nuanced conclusion. Also tres, can you even conceive of my pain when your narrowed eyes sweep me from head to toe and I realize that the linen pants and silk sweater I threw on to rush to the hospital are of inferior quality?
Jordan: I'm a surgeon, I have very sensitive hands, let me give you a demonstration. Otherwise I have only enough sensitivity to understand that you don't like me much, well babe, women like me! so obviously you have some kind of chip on your shoulder. To be scrupulously fair to myself, I've asked you about your prejudice towards me, did you answer? I must have been too immersed in my speak harshly, kiss brutally, storm off cycle to notice.
Purple prosey, lots of ecstasy and agony. The most thought provoking aspect of WTWM? South Africa in the early 1980's and the insurmountable problem is that H's mother is viciously, prejudicially classist! I can only imagine the shakeup in HPlandia if YW had introduced an interracial couple, maybe she tried? I'll add this speculation to the mental morass containing my thoughts about Rage to Possess.
January 11, 2020
The book started slow, and didn't perk up until halfway through. Much of the beginning focused on Jordan and Margot's professional relationship at the clinic which kept their interactions impersonal. When not working they bickered constantly with few, if any, pleasant interludes placed in between.
Lack of communication and misunderstandings were the reasons for the tension between them. Margot incorrectly thought Jordan was a social snob, while Jordan gave Margot mixed signals, making her (and myself) think that Jordan wasn't sincere or all that into her, so I had a difficult time believing in their happy ending.
Lack of communication and misunderstandings were the reasons for the tension between them. Margot incorrectly thought Jordan was a social snob, while Jordan gave Margot mixed signals, making her (and myself) think that Jordan wasn't sincere or all that into her, so I had a difficult time believing in their happy ending.
December 19, 2023
H must be one of the least cruel heroes.
May 10, 2021
This was actually pretty nice if not for the annoying h who was from the other side of the tracks.
Margot and Jordan meet in school briefly but know of each other since Margot’s mom would mend clothes for his mom. He’s from the upper crust side of the tracks and she’s of modest means.
This one fine day while delivering clothes for his mother, Margot hears Jordan say something spiteful and since then carries a monstrous grudge against him.
The h and H meet again years later working at a hospital. The H still cares for the h and takes on a hot pursuit and really tries his best with bringing her the moon and the stars but the annoying h has her mind set in stone. There is nothing the man doesn’t do for her but she can’t see beyond part of what she heard a lifetime ago.
While I loved Jordan, Margot was just ridiculous and I didn’t like her misery rant of being poor from the other side of the tracks. She takes this man for a long torturous ride without giving much in return. And for that she goes in my special list that I made for women like her.
The H’s mom is rightfully evil and tries much to break up his love for his lady. This is good reading from back in the days!
Margot and Jordan meet in school briefly but know of each other since Margot’s mom would mend clothes for his mom. He’s from the upper crust side of the tracks and she’s of modest means.
This one fine day while delivering clothes for his mother, Margot hears Jordan say something spiteful and since then carries a monstrous grudge against him.
The h and H meet again years later working at a hospital. The H still cares for the h and takes on a hot pursuit and really tries his best with bringing her the moon and the stars but the annoying h has her mind set in stone. There is nothing the man doesn’t do for her but she can’t see beyond part of what she heard a lifetime ago.
While I loved Jordan, Margot was just ridiculous and I didn’t like her misery rant of being poor from the other side of the tracks. She takes this man for a long torturous ride without giving much in return. And for that she goes in my special list that I made for women like her.
The H’s mom is rightfully evil and tries much to break up his love for his lady. This is good reading from back in the days!
August 10, 2017
I think that in some ways, this one was better than Love Is Eternal. For one, I really liked Jordan. He was pretty straight-forward and quite caring towards Margot. Margot seemed a little too obsessed with prejudice and couldn't see Jordan's sincerity until near the end. What bothered me was the extremely cheesy exchange after they confess their feelings for each other. However, considering that this was a very old Harlequin novel, it was to be expected. An enjoyable and quick read nonetheless.
August 14, 2014
I really liked this one. They were from two socioeconomical backgrounds. The resentment felt real. The characters were well developed.The OW and his cow of mother added just enough angst to the story.
May 18, 2017
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February 17, 2016
What a great find! Loved it. Hero is really in love the the heroine. The mother in law from hell was ott. She gets tolerable in the end also I got to see Joanna's HEA from YW book Love is eternal. So good to see they had a little girl they called after his mother Serena. I loved it.
March 13, 2010
It's odd that I went a number of years with this Harlequin Presents novel (originally written in 1984 - my birthyear!) sitting on my bookshelf after getting it at random at a old library booksale and never thought to pick it up until my curiosity to sit down to read *anything* Harlequin related in full got the best of me. (And I did so with my teeth gritted) I don't care too much for the series of books because they tend to be very formulaic for me, but to Yvonne Whittal's credit, she makes a likable cast of characters and frames a believable romance between two lovers from, literally, different sides of the tracks - a high ranking surgeon from a high class family, and a struggling nurse who comes from a meager part of town. The interactions between the two main characters are realistic - sometimes funny, sometimes tense, and sometimes spontaneously lustful - and the themes of social class structural differences and the element of a matriarch who doesn't approve of Margot's meager upbringing is formulaic and predictable, but progressively works within the scheme of the novel.
I predicted what would happen through most of book as I read it, but doing so didn't detract from what I was able to take out of it, and people who like this genre and thematic will more than likely appreciate what "Where Two Ways Meet" offers. Whittal is one of the better writers I've found in this series of books, so I give her due credit here. Does it make me more apt to read this series of books? Not so much, but I'm open-minded enough to know that this was a quick engaging story for a 2 hour read and re-read.
My rating for this book: 2.5/5
I predicted what would happen through most of book as I read it, but doing so didn't detract from what I was able to take out of it, and people who like this genre and thematic will more than likely appreciate what "Where Two Ways Meet" offers. Whittal is one of the better writers I've found in this series of books, so I give her due credit here. Does it make me more apt to read this series of books? Not so much, but I'm open-minded enough to know that this was a quick engaging story for a 2 hour read and re-read.
My rating for this book: 2.5/5
February 18, 2013
This was kind of hokey and the social snobbery was too overt to be believable, but it was still a satisfying older romance. With a sneak peek back at the characters from Love Is Eternal.
October 16, 2019
She was equal to almost any task
As part of a skilled medical team, Margot Huntley was sensitive and alert to the needs of her job She had to be—especially since the arrival of Jordan Merrick, the new senior surgeon.
Margot had never forgotten that Jordan once thought himself too good for her. Nor had she forgiven him for callously crushing all the tender feelings she'd nurtured for him.
Now the knowledge that he wanted to be her lover only angered her ...until his rich, socially acceptable fiancee turned up. (l
As part of a skilled medical team, Margot Huntley was sensitive and alert to the needs of her job She had to be—especially since the arrival of Jordan Merrick, the new senior surgeon.
Margot had never forgotten that Jordan once thought himself too good for her. Nor had she forgiven him for callously crushing all the tender feelings she'd nurtured for him.
Now the knowledge that he wanted to be her lover only angered her ...until his rich, socially acceptable fiancee turned up. (l
December 22, 2022
Margot is such a doormat. Everyone manages her as they please and she's always interrupted when she's speaking. I found her boring and prejudiced.
I didn't understand Jordan's obsession with her. He also should've respected her wishes to be left alone.
That ending was unreal, with the way Jordan's mother changed her attitude so suddenly and drastically.
I liked the plot but the characters left a lot to be desired.
I didn't understand Jordan's obsession with her. He also should've respected her wishes to be left alone.
That ending was unreal, with the way Jordan's mother changed her attitude so suddenly and drastically.
I liked the plot but the characters left a lot to be desired.
February 20, 2018
Margot is a nurse in a plastic surgery hospital. She made herself a career and wanted to left some of the burden up her mother's shoulders who has raised her alone. She reunites with Jorden Merrick whom in her teens loved and idolized, but later hated because she heard him say an insulting remark about her.
A good read as a pass time.
A good read as a pass time.
May 8, 2021
I can agree with the H that the heroine was sometimes infuriating. She seemed deliberately stubborn and blind.
His mother really was a piece of work though. I had high hopes in the beginning but it developed in a predictable and a bit frustrating manner with miscommunication as a main source of drama. Still OK read. The heroine alone fighting the fire was ridiculous.
His mother really was a piece of work though. I had high hopes in the beginning but it developed in a predictable and a bit frustrating manner with miscommunication as a main source of drama. Still OK read. The heroine alone fighting the fire was ridiculous.
June 23, 2022
Did not enjoy and h was too hung up on her place in society. H was wrong not to tell her he wanted more than an affair, in fact he agreed the OW was an ideal fit and that he only proposed to h to annoy his snobby mother. He flip flopped from loving to lusting to disengaged emotionally.
July 13, 2019
I liked the book. Unlike other reviewers, I don't think the hero was insincere but I do think the whole misunderstanding could have been resolved with a simple conversation.
July 31, 2019
A nice little romance with flavors of Korean drama. The constant reference to the difference in their social class was annoying but the H was not the ultra jerk that Whittal's other heroes are.
December 1, 2020
Her hatred of Jordan is a little ridiculous.
August 9, 2021
So many things happen in this book. It is certainly not boring.
He is smitten and determined to win her over. I like that.
He is smitten and determined to win her over. I like that.
February 4, 2020
I chose this one for its cover picture and the summary,enjoyed the storylines. Since, like one of her reviewers on Amazon, YW is the only author I read in HLQ. I LIKEed the H + h for their bond formed at younger ages in school then later meeting again at workplace. He was more than attracted to her at their reunion on his first day. Soon,she became the one he was going to get married to. He followed her in his car to her house. She'd admired him in school for his handsomeness and physique as well as his pleasant greetings on their encounters, however overhearing of him speaking in indignation to his mother caused her a long time of crushed feelings for him. Though reluctant, She was still accepting his advances. The story advances quickly to now a much younger OM enters in this mix of four. I enjoyed the story more up until this point. I felt that the other two didn't stand a chance against their rivals and pretty soon were out of the story. I liked the H's mother changing her opinion N attitude toward Margot and was happy for their love for each other.
August 11, 2024
The story itself painted a very bleak picture of the heroine’s life. The most depressing bit was her narrow minded, prejudiced outlook. Still, had the Hero’s mother been even more vicious and villainous to sufficiently highlight the obstacles the heroine and the hero had to get through the story might have worked better, as it were even as readers who were privy to the talks the hero’s mother felt compelled to have with the heroine, we barely felt the heroine was justified in her dated outlook. Her hangups in socialising with her own colleagues for example, didn’t feel plausible rather ravings of a very disturbed, damaged person who completely lacked in self esteem. On the other hand since we spent most of the book knowing about exactly what the heroine had overheard when delivering the parcel to the Hero’s mother, we were left feeling as if he gaslighted her concerns, and since his behaviour was wishy washy at best, one couldn’t help but agree with the heroine that he just meant to have a fling with her.
All in all not a favourite in any department.
All in all not a favourite in any department.
February 5, 2017
8 years is just too long a period to hold a grudge and hold onto your prejudice... It messes up with your head. Margot is a proof of that.
Jordan was affectionate and caring from beginning. I was wondering how long would he put up and take Margots attitude and refusal. You take any man in todays world and it would be 'f*ck this sh!t' after fist attempt. And his mother is a really one nasty piece of work. Unfortunately, people like her still exist even in today's world.
Jordan was affectionate and caring from beginning. I was wondering how long would he put up and take Margots attitude and refusal. You take any man in todays world and it would be 'f*ck this sh!t' after fist attempt. And his mother is a really one nasty piece of work. Unfortunately, people like her still exist even in today's world.
December 6, 2016
WOW! Could anybody from South Africa tell us if that kind of social discrimination was real. It sounds ridiculous even for a time period of 30 years ego.
March 4, 2021
ΜΙΑ ΥΠΈΡΟΧΗ ΙΣΤΟΡΙΑ!!! ΜΟΥ ΑΡΕΣΕ ΠΟΛΥ!!!
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