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Eldorado
‘It isn’t a crime for a woman to want a man, and especially when that man happens to be her husband,’ Jarvis Cain told Gina.
But theirs was anything but a normal marriage. Jarvis had freely admitted that he had only proposed in order to gain what he considered to be his rightful inheritance. What hope was there for Gina? And could Jarvis ever grow to love her when he made it plain that another woman played an important part in his life?
But theirs was anything but a normal marriage. Jarvis had freely admitted that he had only proposed in order to gain what he considered to be his rightful inheritance. What hope was there for Gina? And could Jarvis ever grow to love her when he made it plain that another woman played an important part in his life?
189 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1987
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Yvonne Whittal
56 books81 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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October 28, 2025
In order to inherit his family home, Eldorado, Hero must marry his mother's goddaughter. The heroine, who has always had a crush on Jarvis, is wary, but he wins her over. On the day of their wedding she overhears Jarvis talking about the will and that's where all the problems start. There's an OW and lots of sex without words of love.
This story is a vintage Yvonne Whittal. The South African setting, the forceful alpha, the catty OW, the confused, yet spirited heroine. If you like those elements, you'll like this book.
This story is a vintage Yvonne Whittal. The South African setting, the forceful alpha, the catty OW, the confused, yet spirited heroine. If you like those elements, you'll like this book.
August 14, 2016
Re Eldorado - YW brings us another angst fest galore in this one, for the wrecki-drama and HP OW craziness this one scores high - I leave it to the individual reader to decide if YW reallly makes it work in the end tho.
The h in this one is 21 and visiting her godmother when the story opens, the h views the godmother as a substitute for her own mother who died when she was 10. The godmother lives in a magnificent house called Eldorado and during the visit it comes out that the mother got it from her estranged husband, who died fifteen years earlier. The godmother was married, they had a son and when they couldn't make the marriage work, the godmother demanded the husband's family home to live in. She did it to be vindictive and in the process wound up estranging her only child too.
Both the godmother's husband and her son love the house immensely and feel it is part of their heritage. The h discovers that her godmother is very ill, her heart is failing and the h is very sad when she realizes that the godmother doesn't have long to live.
The godmother also does some probing about the h's current relationship status. The h is a computer analyst and very good at her job, she enjoys it a lot and is also seeing a guy pretty casually and has been for two years. Both the godmother and the h's sister in law seem to feel that the h should be married and give her a bit of grief cause she hasn't gone out and fallen in love with the first man who looks at her.
The h is pretty happy doing her thing, she had a crush on the godmother's son at one point when she was 16 and fell out of a tree and onto him. However the godmother's son is a big time womanizer and the h very sensibly decides that she can do better than a frequent patron of the lovely lady buffet. He also has a very high profile girlfriend at the moment who is a bit notorious. So the h dates her guy friend, has a lot of other friends and a flat, visit's her dad's farm on the weekends and rides her horse. Life doesn't get much better in her view.
The h tries to deflect her godmother's questions about her love life by asking if she intends denying her son his family home. The godmother says she doesn't but she is obviously irate that her son hasn't married yet. The godmother does acknowledge that her and her dead husband's mistakes have probably put the son off marriage for life, but she has a very calculating gleam about her that causes the h some wariness as she takes her godmother's leave.
Then the godmother dies and leaves the h a large amount of money. The h doesn't feel she did anything to deserve it and is a bit hesitant about accepting it. The godmother's funeral also brings the son back into the h's proximity. It soon becomes apparent that the son is very determined to woo the h even tho she is clearly unwilling and also informs him that she doesn't like men who date women behind their girlfriend's backs.
The H is persisting tho, he shows up at her father's farm during the h's weekend visit. He keeps calling her at work, with the h's assistant (who also seemed to think the h should be falling over to throw herself at a man,) refusing to let the h evade his calls. (Another employee who should be removed from her position in my pov.) He shows up at the h's flat with dinner at 10:00 at night when she has to work late and when she refuses his dinner invitation later that week, he shows up and literally dresses her and drags her out.
Eventually he succeeds in bullying the h into marrying him, the h believes they are in love. There is also a visit or two from the H's current girlfriend. The OW is the typical 2 time married predatory man eater who is very rich from inherited former hubby wealth, and she warns the h that the H is not interested in her but using her for some dubious purpose of his own. The h figures that the H dumped the OW and that the OW is trying to make trouble, so she doesn't believe her. The h and H marry and on the wedding day during the reception, the h finds out that the godmother made it a condition of inheritance that the H marry the h for a year and live in Eldorado - otherwise the house contents get sold and the house becomes a children's home.
The h is understandably furious and hurt and the honeymoon kinda fizzles except for the H's repeated forced seductions. He figures they are married and he may as well enjoy it while he is stuck with it. The h is upset and the H doesn't seem to get that sure, she is attracted to him but she wanted to be married for love and he lied about pretty much everything. She is also irked that the godmother is messing with her life this way and yet she doesn't want the H to lose his home, the whole family seems to be pretty ruthless manipulative users and the h is heartbroken and stuck, tho she gets some good verbal smackdowns in.
Things go from bad to worse after the honeymoon, with tons of forced seductions and the h resenting it and the H going on about his merry way while telling the h it isn't any big deal. The H states that he has to have some compensation for being forced to marry her, so the lurve clubbing will continue, despite the fact that the two of them can't say anything nice to each other. The H and h do manage to establish a truce of sorts, but the h isn't too happy about the whole situation. The H used her love to manipulate her, and she just can't condone that.
The OW keeps making regular appearances as well, she shows up at a restaurant where the H and h are having dinner. The H is pretty cold to the OW when she tries to invite herself to their table and there is a nasty OW/h encounter in the restroom where the OW tries to figure out how the h got the H to marry her. The h doesn't enlighten her and the H tells her she has nothing to worry about with the OW, but the h is still uneasy.
Then the h has a miscarriage. She was having a dinner party for the H's birthday when she fell down the stairs. She winds up in hospital and then is told about the baby. The h is grief stricken, cause she did not even know she was preggers. The H is pretty standoffish too, and doesn't deny it when the h claims he probably wished she had died, then he could have the house and his freedom. The h goes home to her father's farm to recover, the H has nothing to say and on the h's return the H has moved into another bedroom and is studiously avoiding the h.
Then the OW comes to Eldorado to return the H's tie one day cause he left it at her house, and the h is just runs out of patience. She returns the tie to the H the next morning, along with a pithy little smackdown about how he and the OW deserve each other but they will have to wait to shack up cause she won't be the cause of him losing his home. The H feels his integrity is being impugned and tells the h that trust is a valuable commodity and she should try it. The h thinks that is rather rich, coming from a man who has lied repeatedly, but she also loves the H and thinks maybe she should give him yet another chance. She calls the H's office to invite him to lunch but is informed that he is out with the OW.
The H questions her call when he gets home that night and the h pretty much blows him off since he was out with the OW. The H forces a discussion and the h tells him she wants to get her job back. The H won't let her and he claims that he is lonely too. The h thinks that is hilarious, how is he managing to be lonely when he is out all the time working or shacking up with the OW? The H asks how can she believe he has so little decency as to be having an affair and also asks what kind of man she thinks he is.
The h points out that he had no problems lying to her to get the house and using her feelings for him against her, so why should he be any different about cheating? The H still refuses to let her get a job and she asks him why not, is it amusing to him to have the OW on tap and the h as backup? This leads to another forced seduction which the H justifies by saying she wanted him too. He leaves her a note the next morning, he refuses to apologize for his actions but says that they need to have a big discussion about their future.
The h decides that sooner is better than later and she goes to court to see him defend his client and thinks that maybe she will invite him to lunch after the case recesses. The H wins his case, but the h is hindered in her lunch invitation when the H goes off with the OW. This is the last straw for the h, she goes to the family lawyer and finds out that she and the H have to be married and both have to live at Eldorado for year for him to inherit but that doesn't preclude the h having a period away for a vacation if she wants it.
She decides to go back to her dad's farm for a holiday, she leaves a note for the H and tells him she is going to think about her life. The h stays at the farm for several weeks while her sister in law keeps telling the h to seduce her husband and just put up with the rest. (I really wasn't too fond of the woman, there was this underlying message from all the secondary female characters that marriage was the end all be all and no matter how much your spouse lies, cheats or disrespects you, a woman should just be happy to be married and accept all the fertilizer people feed her.) Then the h gets a call from the H's lawyer that the H wants to file for divorce.
The h goes back to Eldorado and the big reconciliation begins with the H saying he will file for divorce and the h saying they can just wait out the year as the house is big enough for them to have separate lives, the H starts to say that someone is more important than the house and the h badgers him until he admits he has fallen in love with her but as he has treated her so badly, he figures divorce and him losing Eldorado is the only way he can prove it.
He explains that he hadn't slept with the OW since he married the h and the day the h left because he and the OW met up after court was the day that he told the OW to find a new lawyer. He says he wanted the OW out of his and the h's life, he said his conscience was kicking in and that is why he avoided the h after the miscarriage. The h seduces him and tells him she loves him, so the divorce is shelved and they are lurvin' it up for the big HEA.
This one has all the wrecki-angst drama and the H's big confession at the end is okay. I had some doubts about his sincerity but the h was happy and so I went with the be happy cause the h is happy trope for this one. An epilogue a few years later would have been a big bonus and done a lot for reader reassurance, but since there was good chance the H was manipulating the h to keep his house and have his cake with his bit on the side, I guess I shouldn't be surprised that YW did not go there.
Still this one is worth the read for the drama all on it's own. YW does the angst very well and if you can avoid the investment in wanting a believable HEA, this one is a pretty good read and angst junkies should grab this when they see it.
The h in this one is 21 and visiting her godmother when the story opens, the h views the godmother as a substitute for her own mother who died when she was 10. The godmother lives in a magnificent house called Eldorado and during the visit it comes out that the mother got it from her estranged husband, who died fifteen years earlier. The godmother was married, they had a son and when they couldn't make the marriage work, the godmother demanded the husband's family home to live in. She did it to be vindictive and in the process wound up estranging her only child too.
Both the godmother's husband and her son love the house immensely and feel it is part of their heritage. The h discovers that her godmother is very ill, her heart is failing and the h is very sad when she realizes that the godmother doesn't have long to live.
The godmother also does some probing about the h's current relationship status. The h is a computer analyst and very good at her job, she enjoys it a lot and is also seeing a guy pretty casually and has been for two years. Both the godmother and the h's sister in law seem to feel that the h should be married and give her a bit of grief cause she hasn't gone out and fallen in love with the first man who looks at her.
The h is pretty happy doing her thing, she had a crush on the godmother's son at one point when she was 16 and fell out of a tree and onto him. However the godmother's son is a big time womanizer and the h very sensibly decides that she can do better than a frequent patron of the lovely lady buffet. He also has a very high profile girlfriend at the moment who is a bit notorious. So the h dates her guy friend, has a lot of other friends and a flat, visit's her dad's farm on the weekends and rides her horse. Life doesn't get much better in her view.
The h tries to deflect her godmother's questions about her love life by asking if she intends denying her son his family home. The godmother says she doesn't but she is obviously irate that her son hasn't married yet. The godmother does acknowledge that her and her dead husband's mistakes have probably put the son off marriage for life, but she has a very calculating gleam about her that causes the h some wariness as she takes her godmother's leave.
Then the godmother dies and leaves the h a large amount of money. The h doesn't feel she did anything to deserve it and is a bit hesitant about accepting it. The godmother's funeral also brings the son back into the h's proximity. It soon becomes apparent that the son is very determined to woo the h even tho she is clearly unwilling and also informs him that she doesn't like men who date women behind their girlfriend's backs.
The H is persisting tho, he shows up at her father's farm during the h's weekend visit. He keeps calling her at work, with the h's assistant (who also seemed to think the h should be falling over to throw herself at a man,) refusing to let the h evade his calls. (Another employee who should be removed from her position in my pov.) He shows up at the h's flat with dinner at 10:00 at night when she has to work late and when she refuses his dinner invitation later that week, he shows up and literally dresses her and drags her out.
Eventually he succeeds in bullying the h into marrying him, the h believes they are in love. There is also a visit or two from the H's current girlfriend. The OW is the typical 2 time married predatory man eater who is very rich from inherited former hubby wealth, and she warns the h that the H is not interested in her but using her for some dubious purpose of his own. The h figures that the H dumped the OW and that the OW is trying to make trouble, so she doesn't believe her. The h and H marry and on the wedding day during the reception, the h finds out that the godmother made it a condition of inheritance that the H marry the h for a year and live in Eldorado - otherwise the house contents get sold and the house becomes a children's home.
The h is understandably furious and hurt and the honeymoon kinda fizzles except for the H's repeated forced seductions. He figures they are married and he may as well enjoy it while he is stuck with it. The h is upset and the H doesn't seem to get that sure, she is attracted to him but she wanted to be married for love and he lied about pretty much everything. She is also irked that the godmother is messing with her life this way and yet she doesn't want the H to lose his home, the whole family seems to be pretty ruthless manipulative users and the h is heartbroken and stuck, tho she gets some good verbal smackdowns in.
Things go from bad to worse after the honeymoon, with tons of forced seductions and the h resenting it and the H going on about his merry way while telling the h it isn't any big deal. The H states that he has to have some compensation for being forced to marry her, so the lurve clubbing will continue, despite the fact that the two of them can't say anything nice to each other. The H and h do manage to establish a truce of sorts, but the h isn't too happy about the whole situation. The H used her love to manipulate her, and she just can't condone that.
The OW keeps making regular appearances as well, she shows up at a restaurant where the H and h are having dinner. The H is pretty cold to the OW when she tries to invite herself to their table and there is a nasty OW/h encounter in the restroom where the OW tries to figure out how the h got the H to marry her. The h doesn't enlighten her and the H tells her she has nothing to worry about with the OW, but the h is still uneasy.
Then the h has a miscarriage. She was having a dinner party for the H's birthday when she fell down the stairs. She winds up in hospital and then is told about the baby. The h is grief stricken, cause she did not even know she was preggers. The H is pretty standoffish too, and doesn't deny it when the h claims he probably wished she had died, then he could have the house and his freedom. The h goes home to her father's farm to recover, the H has nothing to say and on the h's return the H has moved into another bedroom and is studiously avoiding the h.
Then the OW comes to Eldorado to return the H's tie one day cause he left it at her house, and the h is just runs out of patience. She returns the tie to the H the next morning, along with a pithy little smackdown about how he and the OW deserve each other but they will have to wait to shack up cause she won't be the cause of him losing his home. The H feels his integrity is being impugned and tells the h that trust is a valuable commodity and she should try it. The h thinks that is rather rich, coming from a man who has lied repeatedly, but she also loves the H and thinks maybe she should give him yet another chance. She calls the H's office to invite him to lunch but is informed that he is out with the OW.
The H questions her call when he gets home that night and the h pretty much blows him off since he was out with the OW. The H forces a discussion and the h tells him she wants to get her job back. The H won't let her and he claims that he is lonely too. The h thinks that is hilarious, how is he managing to be lonely when he is out all the time working or shacking up with the OW? The H asks how can she believe he has so little decency as to be having an affair and also asks what kind of man she thinks he is.
The h points out that he had no problems lying to her to get the house and using her feelings for him against her, so why should he be any different about cheating? The H still refuses to let her get a job and she asks him why not, is it amusing to him to have the OW on tap and the h as backup? This leads to another forced seduction which the H justifies by saying she wanted him too. He leaves her a note the next morning, he refuses to apologize for his actions but says that they need to have a big discussion about their future.
The h decides that sooner is better than later and she goes to court to see him defend his client and thinks that maybe she will invite him to lunch after the case recesses. The H wins his case, but the h is hindered in her lunch invitation when the H goes off with the OW. This is the last straw for the h, she goes to the family lawyer and finds out that she and the H have to be married and both have to live at Eldorado for year for him to inherit but that doesn't preclude the h having a period away for a vacation if she wants it.
She decides to go back to her dad's farm for a holiday, she leaves a note for the H and tells him she is going to think about her life. The h stays at the farm for several weeks while her sister in law keeps telling the h to seduce her husband and just put up with the rest. (I really wasn't too fond of the woman, there was this underlying message from all the secondary female characters that marriage was the end all be all and no matter how much your spouse lies, cheats or disrespects you, a woman should just be happy to be married and accept all the fertilizer people feed her.) Then the h gets a call from the H's lawyer that the H wants to file for divorce.
The h goes back to Eldorado and the big reconciliation begins with the H saying he will file for divorce and the h saying they can just wait out the year as the house is big enough for them to have separate lives, the H starts to say that someone is more important than the house and the h badgers him until he admits he has fallen in love with her but as he has treated her so badly, he figures divorce and him losing Eldorado is the only way he can prove it.
He explains that he hadn't slept with the OW since he married the h and the day the h left because he and the OW met up after court was the day that he told the OW to find a new lawyer. He says he wanted the OW out of his and the h's life, he said his conscience was kicking in and that is why he avoided the h after the miscarriage. The h seduces him and tells him she loves him, so the divorce is shelved and they are lurvin' it up for the big HEA.
This one has all the wrecki-angst drama and the H's big confession at the end is okay. I had some doubts about his sincerity but the h was happy and so I went with the be happy cause the h is happy trope for this one. An epilogue a few years later would have been a big bonus and done a lot for reader reassurance, but since there was good chance the H was manipulating the h to keep his house and have his cake with his bit on the side, I guess I shouldn't be surprised that YW did not go there.
Still this one is worth the read for the drama all on it's own. YW does the angst very well and if you can avoid the investment in wanting a believable HEA, this one is a pretty good read and angst junkies should grab this when they see it.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
November 6, 2021
3.5 stars
I first read this as a teenager years ago and became an instant Yvonne Whittal fan. Her writing reminds me of Penny Jordan's, which is a compliment in my eyes. Strong passion, emotion and tension are all present in this Presents—if that's what one likes which I do!
One unique feature that makes Whittal's books stand out, in addition to the fine writing, is the setting of South Africa. I have yet to read other Harlequin romances with that locale. And even though Apartheid was still active during the time period in many of her books, I haven't felt any prejudiced undertones emanating from the author's work.
I first read this as a teenager years ago and became an instant Yvonne Whittal fan. Her writing reminds me of Penny Jordan's, which is a compliment in my eyes. Strong passion, emotion and tension are all present in this Presents—if that's what one likes which I do!
One unique feature that makes Whittal's books stand out, in addition to the fine writing, is the setting of South Africa. I have yet to read other Harlequin romances with that locale. And even though Apartheid was still active during the time period in many of her books, I haven't felt any prejudiced undertones emanating from the author's work.
October 10, 2020
This was intense!
Older man younger woman
Teen age crush
A Proposal
An OM
And a miscarriage
Love this author ❤
Older man younger woman
Teen age crush
A Proposal
An OM
And a miscarriage
Love this author ❤
January 7, 2021
"Eldorado" is the story of Gina and Jarvis.
Heroine is an independent and hardworking woman with a effluent godmother. When the latter dies, she leaves behind a significant sum of money to the heroine- which upsets her. Suddenly, the godmother's son, and her ex crush starts courting her, making her fall for him. As he proposes marriage, the heroine accepts, only to realize his real intentions. Will she ever forgive him? What about the interfering OW?
Fairly predictable plot and insane chemistry between the hero and heroine. There is loads of miscommunications, drama and banter in this one. Ofcourse, it is the heroine that ultimately decides to take the final step in reconciliation, but the hero was actually sorry.
Enjoyed it!
SWE
3/5
Heroine is an independent and hardworking woman with a effluent godmother. When the latter dies, she leaves behind a significant sum of money to the heroine- which upsets her. Suddenly, the godmother's son, and her ex crush starts courting her, making her fall for him. As he proposes marriage, the heroine accepts, only to realize his real intentions. Will she ever forgive him? What about the interfering OW?
Fairly predictable plot and insane chemistry between the hero and heroine. There is loads of miscommunications, drama and banter in this one. Ofcourse, it is the heroine that ultimately decides to take the final step in reconciliation, but the hero was actually sorry.
Enjoyed it!
SWE
3/5
January 10, 2026
The titular Eldorado of Yvonne Whittal’s vintage Harlequin romance does not refer to the famed Inca City but to a mansion that the hero can inherit only if he marries the woman his mother has posthumously chosen for him.
The big fat jerk, who is decades older than the heroine, proceeds to aggressively court her and hoodwink her into marriage, without telling her of the clause in his mother's will. When the fresh young bride discovers the trick her unscrupulous groom has played on her, she is heartbroken. Nevertheless, she agrees to have a marriage in name only so the hero can inherit the house, free of conditions, then they can go on their separate ways once the one-year time limit for their marriage runs out.
Does the big fat jerk apologize, grovel, vow his love and start taking actions to win his bride back?
Well, would he be a big fat jerk if he chose any of those options?
Instead, he forcibly seduces her then taunts her about her traitorous body's reaction *face palm*
The heroine started out full of life, riding her beloved stallion Jupiter round the countryside. She turns into a melting mush of goo when confronted by her husband and his inevitable mistress. The evil OW keeps popping up like a bleached blonde Jack-In-The-Box every time the heroine thinks she has made a little progress in her relationship with her husband.
The hero's ultimate gesture of self-sacrificing love in order to win back the heroine is to...file for divorce. His logic: he wants to show her he doesn't care about losing the Eldorado mansion anymore.
Any comeuppance or setting down of the OW occurs off the page and it is VERY questionable at that whether the hero really put her off harshly since he wouldn't want to burn bridges with a wealthy, influential “client.”
My guess is that future OWs will always torture the heroine while the guy is off paying court to his true love: his career. I guess I should be happy that the heroine is happy with her lot: living in an old, dusty mansion and spending her lonely days galloping on her stallion. C'est la vie.
The big fat jerk, who is decades older than the heroine, proceeds to aggressively court her and hoodwink her into marriage, without telling her of the clause in his mother's will. When the fresh young bride discovers the trick her unscrupulous groom has played on her, she is heartbroken. Nevertheless, she agrees to have a marriage in name only so the hero can inherit the house, free of conditions, then they can go on their separate ways once the one-year time limit for their marriage runs out.
Does the big fat jerk apologize, grovel, vow his love and start taking actions to win his bride back?
Well, would he be a big fat jerk if he chose any of those options?
Instead, he forcibly seduces her then taunts her about her traitorous body's reaction *face palm*
The heroine started out full of life, riding her beloved stallion Jupiter round the countryside. She turns into a melting mush of goo when confronted by her husband and his inevitable mistress. The evil OW keeps popping up like a bleached blonde Jack-In-The-Box every time the heroine thinks she has made a little progress in her relationship with her husband.
The hero's ultimate gesture of self-sacrificing love in order to win back the heroine is to...file for divorce. His logic: he wants to show her he doesn't care about losing the Eldorado mansion anymore.
Any comeuppance or setting down of the OW occurs off the page and it is VERY questionable at that whether the hero really put her off harshly since he wouldn't want to burn bridges with a wealthy, influential “client.”
My guess is that future OWs will always torture the heroine while the guy is off paying court to his true love: his career. I guess I should be happy that the heroine is happy with her lot: living in an old, dusty mansion and spending her lonely days galloping on her stallion. C'est la vie.
April 19, 2017
I didn't particularly like this one.somehow the fact that the hero set out to manipulate the heroine by making her fall in love with him didn't sit well with me..he set out to use heroines crush on him for a stupid house !!he didn't even redeem himself as it was the heroine who came crawling back to him.he didn't even make any effort in their marriage other than brooding or disappearing with the OW.I felt bad for the poor heroine .his love declaration at the end was too lame I didn't believe that he really loved the heroine as it took the heroine having a miscarriage and nearly dying for him to realise he cared for her!!what a swine !this author doesn't work for me always ..I hated this hero!!he was too cold and arrogant and the hero had to practically beg him to declare his love..not my idea of romance!
January 23, 2016
This book is full of misunderstanding and the hero just wanted to use her which I really hated. She was a great heroine expect for she did not clear up his misconceptions sooner also I could not see myself doing this marrying for those reasons are just stupid and I would have him tested before sleeping with him. Seriously I did not like his attitude towards their physical relationship.
July 22, 2014
Gina adores Jarvis and she quickly accepts his marriage proposal. But when she finds out his reasons for wanting this marriage she is heartbroken. Does she love him enough to keep up the charade while knowing that he married her only to get his hands on Eldorado? Can she go through with this marriage?
Super angsty story filled with passion, misunderstandings and intense emotion. Heroine is warm, sweet and loving and hero is alpha but he is also a very decent, gentle and considerate man! I liked how he treated the evil OW and it was obvious to me he was in love with Gina from day one. I would have given it 5 stars but heroine's miscarriage kind of ruined the perfection of this book for me!
Super angsty story filled with passion, misunderstandings and intense emotion. Heroine is warm, sweet and loving and hero is alpha but he is also a very decent, gentle and considerate man! I liked how he treated the evil OW and it was obvious to me he was in love with Gina from day one. I would have given it 5 stars but heroine's miscarriage kind of ruined the perfection of this book for me!
October 15, 2015
This woman had no pride!
August 14, 2014
She was too much self-sacrificing for my taste. Overall an enjoyable read. The plot is good, characters are well developed, the OW is nasty enough to add a good amount of angst.
October 29, 2021
Rating: **2.8 stars**
A book which would have been over in 30 pages if the leads just sat and spoke.
A book which would have been over in 30 pages if the leads just sat and spoke.
November 1, 2025
She was so desperate for him and his body it was embarrassing. In the end she came back crawling for him. He never had to make an effort for her.
June 9, 2016
Actually nothing special. Jarvis Cain was very annoying. I am tired of all of these heroes who go to events, lunches, dinners, or to the houses of the PA/ex-girlfriend/client/whatever and then when the heroine gets insecure and questions them like Gina did to Jarvis, they get all upset and say "Oh you should learn to trust because I hate spiteful/jealous/suspicious women". **** off!
She was completely justified in her feelings. He married her to get Eldorado, a house. He fooled her and used her feelings. He was dating Lilian Ulrich (the OW) before the marriage. He never clarified for the better his relationship nor did he ever confirm they were done. I am happy however that he took some measures to curb the OW's influence and also the way he openly ignored her. But being caught with her 50 times out of 51 does make the h feel insecure and that is something to be addressed, not put off.
She was completely justified in her feelings. He married her to get Eldorado, a house. He fooled her and used her feelings. He was dating Lilian Ulrich (the OW) before the marriage. He never clarified for the better his relationship nor did he ever confirm they were done. I am happy however that he took some measures to curb the OW's influence and also the way he openly ignored her. But being caught with her 50 times out of 51 does make the h feel insecure and that is something to be addressed, not put off.
January 15, 2025
This was good, though I don't see why the h had to fall down the stairs and miscarry before she even realized she was pregnant, that just seemed cruel! Also, despite the H's mother (who was the h's godmother) having good intentions, she had no right being so manipulative when it came to her will, believing was setting them up for a HEA, when it could have become a real disaster! I wouldn't bother putting stinkweed on her grave, let alone flowers!
I liked that "Gift of the Magi" vibe toward the end, when it came to the beloved old mansion, with the H willing to give it up and give the h her freedom (thinking that's what she wanted), while the h was going to insist on keeping to the terms of the will so the H wouldn't lose the home he loved so much (even if she later lost him). I liked how they were both thinking of the other's happiness rather than of themselves, which is something too many people (sad to say) lose sight of in the modern "ME FIRST" world.
Worth reading!
I liked that "Gift of the Magi" vibe toward the end, when it came to the beloved old mansion, with the H willing to give it up and give the h her freedom (thinking that's what she wanted), while the h was going to insist on keeping to the terms of the will so the H wouldn't lose the home he loved so much (even if she later lost him). I liked how they were both thinking of the other's happiness rather than of themselves, which is something too many people (sad to say) lose sight of in the modern "ME FIRST" world.
Worth reading!
October 17, 2022
3.5 stars
January 27, 2023
A sadistic hero manipulates the young gullible girl his late mother has chosen for him into marriage to fulfil the will's clauses to inherit the estate
February 12, 2024
It was interesting in the beginning, but later it got way too repetitive. Finally, the ending was boring and I was not satisfied with way things came out.
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March 2, 2024Old books
March 12, 2020
Think there was a good story in here but it was very repetitive, and odd because the heroine was so suspicious and weary of the hero in the beginning then poof 'yes I'll marry you'...but honey you just were very unsure of his motives. The story and romance really should have got going when she found out about the reason for the marriage, and that's when she should have always been hesitant to trust him, but she didn't from the beginning so not much changed after she knew. And then they just have sex all the time like 'eh still hate you but sure, lets do this'. Our hero seemed very selfish and because it's only from the heroine's perspective we aren't sure of anything we says or does, that's why the other woman seems credible since he got not clue what is going on in his head. Eh not terrible but not very memorable either.
August 4, 2016
One of those awesome over the top filled with violent emotions HPs.
Is one of the first HPs I ever read, although I didn't particularly liked it back then. But I took it with me on girl-scout camp, and everyone ended up reading it, and we all read the more choicier parts aloud and laughed at all the over the top craziness. 15 years later I've still got the book, and we're all still friends :) And they still laugh when they see my category collection :)
So I grew to appreciate the craziness.
Gina has been in love with Jarvis since she was a girl, so she's thrilled when he proposes. On her wedding-day she overhears something horrid, so she goes ballistic on the inside and swears revenge to nurture her broken heart. Cue 'Ha! I'll pretend I'm frigid and ignore him for the rest of our life together' plan. Cue the forced seduction response of the hero - For their entire honeymoon - Cue a whole lot of vitriol. Suddenly the Big Misunderstanding is cleared... Et voila, the happy ever after :)
Still, fond memories :)
Is one of the first HPs I ever read, although I didn't particularly liked it back then. But I took it with me on girl-scout camp, and everyone ended up reading it, and we all read the more choicier parts aloud and laughed at all the over the top craziness. 15 years later I've still got the book, and we're all still friends :) And they still laugh when they see my category collection :)
So I grew to appreciate the craziness.
Gina has been in love with Jarvis since she was a girl, so she's thrilled when he proposes. On her wedding-day she overhears something horrid, so she goes ballistic on the inside and swears revenge to nurture her broken heart. Cue 'Ha! I'll pretend I'm frigid and ignore him for the rest of our life together' plan. Cue the forced seduction response of the hero - For their entire honeymoon - Cue a whole lot of vitriol. Suddenly the Big Misunderstanding is cleared... Et voila, the happy ever after :)
Still, fond memories :)
September 18, 2024
Georgina - aka Gina - adored her old godmother and was once secretly in love with her son Jarvis. But, two years ago, she decided that her love was a mere teenage crush and ever since then she moved forward in her life. Yet, when her godmother died and Jarvis started mercilessly pursuing her, she didn't want to fall in love again with him. However, she did and what was more she accepted his proposal of marriage under the conviction that he loved her too! It wasn't before theire wedding day that she learnt he married her to gain Eldorado, the house her godmother left him if - and only if - he married and stayed married to Gina for a whole year. It was then that all happiness crumbled.
This book combines so many engrossing elements. Strength, devotion, agony and a lot of angsty that it is a worthy kind of book to waste enjoyable time on. Every event falls nicely and logically into place that it is impossible for the reader to leave the book till the end. Very satisfying.
This book combines so many engrossing elements. Strength, devotion, agony and a lot of angsty that it is a worthy kind of book to waste enjoyable time on. Every event falls nicely and logically into place that it is impossible for the reader to leave the book till the end. Very satisfying.
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June 30, 2023
Somehow Gina felt threatened
Her rational mind told her she had no reason to fear Jarvis, yet something deep inside warned her of his power.
Gina had had a schoolgirl crush on Jarvis. Now she was woman enough to know that she was being manipulated. Her heart was torn between her caring godmother and her godmother's careless, arrogant son.
Though disturbed and angered, Gina had to acknowledge the strong feelings he aroused in her. But did Jarvis just want to acquire the Johannesburg property through her--or did he really want her for herself?
Her rational mind told her she had no reason to fear Jarvis, yet something deep inside warned her of his power.
Gina had had a schoolgirl crush on Jarvis. Now she was woman enough to know that she was being manipulated. Her heart was torn between her caring godmother and her godmother's careless, arrogant son.
Though disturbed and angered, Gina had to acknowledge the strong feelings he aroused in her. But did Jarvis just want to acquire the Johannesburg property through her--or did he really want her for herself?
February 15, 2024
Not one of her best.
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July 4, 2018Somehow Gina felt threatened
Her rational mind told her she had no reason to fear Jarvis, yet something deep inside warned her of his power.
Gina had had a schoolgirl crush on Jarvis. Now she was woman enough to know that she was being manipulated. Her heart was torn between her caring godmother and her godmother's careless, arrogant son.
Though disturbed and angered, Gina had to acknowledge the strong feelings he aroused in her. But did Jarvis just want to acquire the Johannesburg property through her--or did he really want her for herself?
Her rational mind told her she had no reason to fear Jarvis, yet something deep inside warned her of his power.
Gina had had a schoolgirl crush on Jarvis. Now she was woman enough to know that she was being manipulated. Her heart was torn between her caring godmother and her godmother's careless, arrogant son.
Though disturbed and angered, Gina had to acknowledge the strong feelings he aroused in her. But did Jarvis just want to acquire the Johannesburg property through her--or did he really want her for herself?
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