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There is no tomorrow
His contemptuous eyes still haunted Alexa
Ever since that horrible night when Revil Bradstone had caught a disheveled Alexa fleeing from his brother-in-law's hotel room, he had despised her. Her plea of innocence had fallen on deaf ears.
Now, three years later, she encountered Revil again. He had not forgotten her, and appeared ready to take vengeance out on Alexa's employer, Mme. Veronique, by denying her modeling agency a much-needed business contract.
In desperation, Alexa went to him and promised she'd do anything if he'd only give Mme. Veronique the contract. Yet she couldn't help wondering if she would live to regret her words!
Ever since that horrible night when Revil Bradstone had caught a disheveled Alexa fleeing from his brother-in-law's hotel room, he had despised her. Her plea of innocence had fallen on deaf ears.
Now, three years later, she encountered Revil again. He had not forgotten her, and appeared ready to take vengeance out on Alexa's employer, Mme. Veronique, by denying her modeling agency a much-needed business contract.
In desperation, Alexa went to him and promised she'd do anything if he'd only give Mme. Veronique the contract. Yet she couldn't help wondering if she would live to regret her words!
187 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published April 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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July 26, 2021
Lots of good reviews for this one, so I'll just recap why I liked it.
19 year-old heroine was falsely accused of having an affair with the hero's brother-in-law. It was her own trusting nature that led her to his hotel room and a near rape. The hero's sister wanted a divorce and was happy to throw the heroine under the bus so she could get out of a bad relationship. The brother-in-law committed suicide, so the heroine never had her metaphorical day in court.
Now, three years later, the hero's company is about to award a contract to the modeling agency where the heroine works. The hero does award the contract, but the heroine will have to "pay a price."
So what I liked:
The heroine was honest about her feelings and expressed them - she showed her bitterness as well as her finer feelings.
The hero was just as tortured as the heroine.
The hero did come around on his own and gave a good grovel.
The heroine never backed down from bad news or uncomfortable situations. She had a lot of grit.
The author kept up the tension until the last minute, although the signs of the hero softening toward the heroine were there all along.
This is a good one if you are in the mood for an unjustly accused heroine who conducts herself with dignity.
19 year-old heroine was falsely accused of having an affair with the hero's brother-in-law. It was her own trusting nature that led her to his hotel room and a near rape. The hero's sister wanted a divorce and was happy to throw the heroine under the bus so she could get out of a bad relationship. The brother-in-law committed suicide, so the heroine never had her metaphorical day in court.
Now, three years later, the hero's company is about to award a contract to the modeling agency where the heroine works. The hero does award the contract, but the heroine will have to "pay a price."
So what I liked:
The heroine was honest about her feelings and expressed them - she showed her bitterness as well as her finer feelings.
The hero was just as tortured as the heroine.
The hero did come around on his own and gave a good grovel.
The heroine never backed down from bad news or uncomfortable situations. She had a lot of grit.
The author kept up the tension until the last minute, although the signs of the hero softening toward the heroine were there all along.
This is a good one if you are in the mood for an unjustly accused heroine who conducts herself with dignity.
November 1, 2016
RE There is No Tomorrow - YW is back with her Izilwane series, though we are only visiting as guests this time and not following the family.
The h in this one kinda sets her own self up for blackmail when she goes to the H and offers him anything that isn't immoral to not cut the h's modeling agent employer from his big advertising contract. The H, who probably did not have any intentions of using the employer against the h, decides this is too good an opportunity to miss and so the big h stalking and torment is on.
When the h and H last met three years earlier, the h was accused of seducing the h's brother in law by both the brother in law and the H's sister. The BIL later committed suicide and the sister sorta went to pieces, and the H is blaming the h for it all. (Oh, the familiar shores of HPLandia, where no conclusion is too wild for an H to jump to.) Naturally the very young 18 yr old h at the time was actually being attacked by the BIL, who had lured the h into his lair by feigning illness, but the sister was adamant and the H looked like the Revenge of the Red Death, so she just ran out and hoped she never met any of them again.
OOPS, wrong answer. Cause the H has her in his clutches now and there is going to be some punishing kissin' and some payin' back to do. Plus the h has to model clothes and things. For that we all go to Izilwane where the tension between the H and h rises, cause the h is wildly attracted in spite of herself.
We catch up with the H from Sunset at Izilwane and the future h from Bridge to Nowhere - we also have a near forced seduction by the H. The h's sad little cries and obvious terror save her at the last minute, when the H finally confesses he knows the h is telling the truth cause she is a pure as a newborn lamb and now the H hates himself. Photo shoot over, we leave Izilwane and go to the coast, cause the h is having a mopey moment heartbreak that the H just left her and she loves him and he probably isn't coming back even to torment her anymore.
Except the H does return, he tracked the h down via her boss to confess he always seekritly knew she was innocent, cause her purity and kindness couldn't help but shine through and he loves her and wants her with him all the time, he will even buy her a modeling agency of her very own. The h is absolutely ecstatic that he loves her and she loves him, but she still has some scruples so she forgoes the lurvin' moment of passion with the excuse that since the H is determined to confront his now obviously lying sister, she is just too nervous to feel good about anything. The H leaves her in peace and the next day it is off to see the sister we go.
The sister pales when she see's the h with the H and she readily admits that she lied. (It had been hinted by the H from Sunset, who knows both the H and his sister, that his sister is a bit afraid of him. The h totally gets that, cause the H has scared her more than once. )
The H was against the sister's marriage to the now dead hubby. She was determined and then found out that her husband was a violent and abusive bully. When he lured the h up to his suite to attack her, the sister let it go on because she knew she had evidence of adultery and could call the h into court and get a divorce that she desperately wanted. The dead hubby had supposedly fooled the H into thinking he wonderful, but the sister did not want to admit she had been wrong. The dead hubby, knowing he was going to lose everything, was threatening suicide with a gun to his head in an attempt to make the sister back off the divorce. Fortunately there was a providential bullet in the gun and he shot himself. Thus freeing the sister, who only hoped her whole charade would never be discovered.
The h excuses herself at that point and eventually the H comes back to her, but interestingly there is NO mention of forgiving or reconciling with the sister. Instead, the H avows his love again and asks the h to marry him. The h is shocked he actually wants to marry her and enthusiastically agrees and the lurving it up commences for the big HEA.
This one is pretty good, YW got the right balance between evil blackmailer and unwilling fascinated enthrallment by the H with the h, plus there was no actual forced seduction. (Which is an improvement on prior YW's.) The h is suitably kind and sweet and the sister doesn't get off scot free either - there is a definite impression that the H was NOT APPROVING of the sister's actions and that a family rift will be there for Christmas. Plus the H was suitably humble and apologetic (well, as much as an HP H ever is,) and that went pretty far in making a believable HEA as well.
Give this one a look up if you like angst without horrible cruelty and if you like YW, this is a solid hour of HPlandia entertainment with a happy feeling at the end.
The h in this one kinda sets her own self up for blackmail when she goes to the H and offers him anything that isn't immoral to not cut the h's modeling agent employer from his big advertising contract. The H, who probably did not have any intentions of using the employer against the h, decides this is too good an opportunity to miss and so the big h stalking and torment is on.
When the h and H last met three years earlier, the h was accused of seducing the h's brother in law by both the brother in law and the H's sister. The BIL later committed suicide and the sister sorta went to pieces, and the H is blaming the h for it all. (Oh, the familiar shores of HPLandia, where no conclusion is too wild for an H to jump to.) Naturally the very young 18 yr old h at the time was actually being attacked by the BIL, who had lured the h into his lair by feigning illness, but the sister was adamant and the H looked like the Revenge of the Red Death, so she just ran out and hoped she never met any of them again.
OOPS, wrong answer. Cause the H has her in his clutches now and there is going to be some punishing kissin' and some payin' back to do. Plus the h has to model clothes and things. For that we all go to Izilwane where the tension between the H and h rises, cause the h is wildly attracted in spite of herself.
We catch up with the H from Sunset at Izilwane and the future h from Bridge to Nowhere - we also have a near forced seduction by the H. The h's sad little cries and obvious terror save her at the last minute, when the H finally confesses he knows the h is telling the truth cause she is a pure as a newborn lamb and now the H hates himself. Photo shoot over, we leave Izilwane and go to the coast, cause the h is having a mopey moment heartbreak that the H just left her and she loves him and he probably isn't coming back even to torment her anymore.
Except the H does return, he tracked the h down via her boss to confess he always seekritly knew she was innocent, cause her purity and kindness couldn't help but shine through and he loves her and wants her with him all the time, he will even buy her a modeling agency of her very own. The h is absolutely ecstatic that he loves her and she loves him, but she still has some scruples so she forgoes the lurvin' moment of passion with the excuse that since the H is determined to confront his now obviously lying sister, she is just too nervous to feel good about anything. The H leaves her in peace and the next day it is off to see the sister we go.
The sister pales when she see's the h with the H and she readily admits that she lied. (It had been hinted by the H from Sunset, who knows both the H and his sister, that his sister is a bit afraid of him. The h totally gets that, cause the H has scared her more than once. )
The H was against the sister's marriage to the now dead hubby. She was determined and then found out that her husband was a violent and abusive bully. When he lured the h up to his suite to attack her, the sister let it go on because she knew she had evidence of adultery and could call the h into court and get a divorce that she desperately wanted. The dead hubby had supposedly fooled the H into thinking he wonderful, but the sister did not want to admit she had been wrong. The dead hubby, knowing he was going to lose everything, was threatening suicide with a gun to his head in an attempt to make the sister back off the divorce. Fortunately there was a providential bullet in the gun and he shot himself. Thus freeing the sister, who only hoped her whole charade would never be discovered.
The h excuses herself at that point and eventually the H comes back to her, but interestingly there is NO mention of forgiving or reconciling with the sister. Instead, the H avows his love again and asks the h to marry him. The h is shocked he actually wants to marry her and enthusiastically agrees and the lurving it up commences for the big HEA.
This one is pretty good, YW got the right balance between evil blackmailer and unwilling fascinated enthrallment by the H with the h, plus there was no actual forced seduction. (Which is an improvement on prior YW's.) The h is suitably kind and sweet and the sister doesn't get off scot free either - there is a definite impression that the H was NOT APPROVING of the sister's actions and that a family rift will be there for Christmas. Plus the H was suitably humble and apologetic (well, as much as an HP H ever is,) and that went pretty far in making a believable HEA as well.
Give this one a look up if you like angst without horrible cruelty and if you like YW, this is a solid hour of HPlandia entertainment with a happy feeling at the end.
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August 6, 2018
2.5 stars
It's a bad sign when I find the vague ins and outs of the '80s modeling world, at least according to the author, more exciting than the romance. (Alexa is a fashion model so we are given an insider's look at her practice sessions, complete with leotards and stretching!) For starters, Revil never carried out any real revenge unless one counts his unmeditated, sexually-tease-Alexa plan. Seduce her a bit, then pull back saying it's not the right time (because you want her even though you don't want to). Repeat until you've teased the poor virgin into a hormonal and emotional mess, and then retreat without a word for weeks at a time. It was quite tame by HPlandia standards—much like Revil himself whose animosity towards Alexa was clearly driven by love and loyalty for his sister.
This leads to my second issue. I read Revil and Alexa experienced emotions like love and conflict, but I didn't feel it alongside them. Alexa's realization that she was in love with Revil came almost out of nowhere for me. I think the problem lay with the author's heavier than normal reliance on telling vs. showing. The flat writing wasn't helped either by a few filler scenes that did little to move the relationship forward.
What saved the story from being completely forgettable was Alexa's character and the extended HEA scene. Considering how she'd been treated, I felt Alexa's compassion for her accusers displayed an admirable maturity and generosity.
I'm a fan of Yvonne Whittal's work but, for me, the author phoned it in this time.
It's a bad sign when I find the vague ins and outs of the '80s modeling world, at least according to the author, more exciting than the romance. (Alexa is a fashion model so we are given an insider's look at her practice sessions, complete with leotards and stretching!) For starters, Revil never carried out any real revenge unless one counts his unmeditated, sexually-tease-Alexa plan. Seduce her a bit, then pull back saying it's not the right time (because you want her even though you don't want to). Repeat until you've teased the poor virgin into a hormonal and emotional mess, and then retreat without a word for weeks at a time. It was quite tame by HPlandia standards—much like Revil himself whose animosity towards Alexa was clearly driven by love and loyalty for his sister.
This leads to my second issue. I read Revil and Alexa experienced emotions like love and conflict, but I didn't feel it alongside them. Alexa's realization that she was in love with Revil came almost out of nowhere for me. I think the problem lay with the author's heavier than normal reliance on telling vs. showing. The flat writing wasn't helped either by a few filler scenes that did little to move the relationship forward.
What saved the story from being completely forgettable was Alexa's character and the extended HEA scene. Considering how she'd been treated, I felt Alexa's compassion for her accusers displayed an admirable maturity and generosity.
I'm a fan of Yvonne Whittal's work but, for me, the author phoned it in this time.
July 25, 2014
Hero blames beautiful model heroine for ruining his sister's marriage. He wants revenge but Alexa's purity and sweet innocence disarm him and make him doubt his sister's allegations!
Loved the angst, the warm fragile heroine and the hero. Even though he was cruel u could tell he was vulnerable where our sweet heroine was concerned and his doubts tortured him cause he was totally smitten!
Loved the angst, the warm fragile heroine and the hero. Even though he was cruel u could tell he was vulnerable where our sweet heroine was concerned and his doubts tortured him cause he was totally smitten!
November 3, 2021
The hero saw the 19 years old heroine going out of his brother in law's bedroom, half naked.
His sister saw them together and was furious.
Three years later he meets her at a fashion show, she's a model, he thinks she's a slut and a family wrecker, and as our friend Rambo says, he makes promises, not threats, so she will pay dearly for what she did to his dear sis (the pig bil committed suicide after his wife asked for divorce)
The heroine accepts to be blackmailed, as in HP, instead of sending him where he deserved, and so it begins, the slut-shaming, the debasing, the punishing kissing, because the man is at the same time attracted to her virginal beauty and repulsed because he thinks he's betraying his sister.
Actually his bil, an aging playboy, tried to rape the heroine after pretending to be sick (the oldest trick in the world) and his wife used the heroine as an excuse to ask for divorce, because he was also an abusive husband.
Why she didn't ask for help to her beloved brother we will never know.
Whatever.
The hero eventually understand she's not the man-eater he thought she was, and he falls madly in love with her.
He apologizes and asks her to marry.
Nothing particularly new in this book, only some exotic location (South Africa).
The hero treats the heroine badly in the beginning but he's not so dumb and he understand that she was set up by his sister.
Low angst in my opinion.
His sister saw them together and was furious.
Three years later he meets her at a fashion show, she's a model, he thinks she's a slut and a family wrecker, and as our friend Rambo says, he makes promises, not threats, so she will pay dearly for what she did to his dear sis (the pig bil committed suicide after his wife asked for divorce)
The heroine accepts to be blackmailed, as in HP, instead of sending him where he deserved, and so it begins, the slut-shaming, the debasing, the punishing kissing, because the man is at the same time attracted to her virginal beauty and repulsed because he thinks he's betraying his sister.
Actually his bil, an aging playboy, tried to rape the heroine after pretending to be sick (the oldest trick in the world) and his wife used the heroine as an excuse to ask for divorce, because he was also an abusive husband.
Why she didn't ask for help to her beloved brother we will never know.
Whatever.
The hero eventually understand she's not the man-eater he thought she was, and he falls madly in love with her.
He apologizes and asks her to marry.
Nothing particularly new in this book, only some exotic location (South Africa).
The hero treats the heroine badly in the beginning but he's not so dumb and he understand that she was set up by his sister.
Low angst in my opinion.
May 21, 2014
This was so boring!
December 6, 2023
Both MCs were idiots but loved the groundless cruelty of H and compassionate hysteria of h! 🙈
July 20, 2020
I like my Whittal heroes a little meaner, to be honest, but Revil does his best. It's just that the heroine is so disarming and honest that even our wannabe-punishing alpha is forced to tone down the accusations and slut-shaming and deal with his uncertainty that she's the homewreckin' ho he thinks she is. I liked these characters a lot--the sweet heroine whose innocence (both in terms of the accusations he lays against her and her own virginal state) shone through so clearly that even the hero couldn't hang onto his misconceptions; the hero who kept backing off on his seduction plans because of his doubts about his own preconceptions. And we get to meet the hero from Sunset at Izilwane as a bonus, when the hero (a friend of the SiI hero) and the heroine visit the game park!
The hero is kept in agony by his own doubts about his accusations and dislike of the heroine (fairly early on, he tells her: "you have the ability to make me feel like a swine and find myself toying with the idea that my loyalty is misplaced). It's sweet when the hero keeps carting around/hanging up the drawing that the heroine from Whittal's Bridge to Nowhere draws of this book's heroine, showing her inner good self. (I haven't read those other Izilwane books yet, by the way, but I know Izilwane is a series, thanks to Boogenhausen's and StMargarets' reviews of books in this series, and I do like when authors build a little community of heroines and heroes, like Whittal and Robyn Donald and Betty Neels like to do). Pretty good angst in this one, and I thought the HEA was believable, because they both were so smitten from the get-go.
The hero is kept in agony by his own doubts about his accusations and dislike of the heroine (fairly early on, he tells her: "you have the ability to make me feel like a swine and find myself toying with the idea that my loyalty is misplaced). It's sweet when the hero keeps carting around/hanging up the drawing that the heroine from Whittal's Bridge to Nowhere draws of this book's heroine, showing her inner good self. (I haven't read those other Izilwane books yet, by the way, but I know Izilwane is a series, thanks to Boogenhausen's and StMargarets' reviews of books in this series, and I do like when authors build a little community of heroines and heroes, like Whittal and Robyn Donald and Betty Neels like to do). Pretty good angst in this one, and I thought the HEA was believable, because they both were so smitten from the get-go.
October 11, 2020
As I said in ( the lion of la Roche) review I read this author when I was a teen ! LONG TIME AGO! and forget about her ,a week ago I suddenly remembered the book ( only the plot and the names of the MC's) and I was dying to to know the authors name and the books title , So I asked a couple of people and got my answer 🤗 Thanks to my dear friend (Carmen) aka: Ivy H ❤
I am literally obsessed love her writing style, the alpha and jerk Heroes, the sweet and Innocent heroines and the super angst ❤
Loved it 👍
I am literally obsessed love her writing style, the alpha and jerk Heroes, the sweet and Innocent heroines and the super angst ❤
Loved it 👍
January 23, 2016
This book is one of the authors better book in my opinion. The heroine was misjudged and mistreated by the hero. She is a beautiful model who had a run in with the Heroes brother in law from hell. He tries to rape her and he finds her and call her out as being a home wrecker. He does finally get a clue but only after she has suffered some and he tries to sleep with her. Poor girl she is just so sweet and he tries to fix it all in the end and it just goes all pear shape on him. I enjoyed it a lot and have read it at least 20 Times.
August 12, 2012
Okay Read,a big misunderstanding based on which the H behaves cruelly towards h but then realizes that the sister lied and he ask for forgiveness,declaration of love and HEA.The declaration of love was out of the blue also had difficulty accepting it.
January 9, 2021
Sweet vintage feels. The H is a bullying jerk and the h doesn’t have a backbone I didn’t like the meddling madam. But gah. This is vintage at its best.. I don’t wanna be petty.
December 3, 2020
Great revenge plot and lots of old school forced kisses with a dash of OW jealousy thrown in. Loved it! How have I waited so long to read this author? It's like finding a goldmine in my backyard. Okay, maybe not that good, but for Harlequin romance novels, YW is a treasure!
November 13, 2023
This one is very much for the virginity fetishists and I don't mean that in a snarky way, I don't mind the occasional heroic hymen hostage myself, for old times' sake. However, the victim blaming martyrdom of the h in this was off the scale even by YW standards. The H, Revil (I know), has his shirt off almost as often as Sting (this is not a complaint) and is struggling really, REALLY hard to keep believing incandescently innocent model Alexa (a name that has been forever ruined by azamon, I feel v sorry for all the human Alexas. It was quite a pretty name too) is an adultery-creating whore and entrapper of his sister's late (skeevy ofc) husband. All of the cliches of the virgin-not-tramp (🙄)trope are here and the thinness of the story makes for a bit of a 'long, dragged out' feel. Still, this allows more time to 'enjoy' a denim waistcoat (worn with jeans. No H can pull off double denim of this nature, I'm sorry) and, even worse, an awful lot of 'slacks' (another shudder, for the word as much as what it conjures. I'm thinking crimplene.) We can also gratefully breathe a sigh of clean, fresh-aired relief, itself something of a rarity in a YW, that Revil wasn't the usual chainsmoker (was she sponsored by Philip Morris?)
I am trying - and failing- not to be offended by YWs description of someone as "tall and elegant and still remarkably slender for a woman in her early forties" Some of us have managed it a whole lot longer than that! Jeez. The ageism in these is beyond laughable. Nevertheless, we persist 😂
I am trying - and failing- not to be offended by YWs description of someone as "tall and elegant and still remarkably slender for a woman in her early forties" Some of us have managed it a whole lot longer than that! Jeez. The ageism in these is beyond laughable. Nevertheless, we persist 😂
February 5, 2017
Yarın Olmayacak arkadaşımın hediyesi ile elime geçen bir kitaptı. İlk Beyaz Dizim ayrıca. Ama bundan sonra sık sık okuyacağım kesinleşti.
Alexa, başarılı bir manken. Güzel, genç ve yetenekli. Profesyonel duruşu ve kibarlığı ile harika bir genç kadın. 22 yaşında, hayatının baharında olan bu güzel kadını kim üzebilir ve berbat hissettirebilir sorusunun cevabı da elbette bir erkek. Hem de en hödüğünden! Alexa üç yıl önce suçunun olmadığı bir tacizden kurtulmak için odadan kaçarken, hayatını tümden değiştirecek bir iftiraya maruz kalır. Revil'in - kendisi baş karakterimiz olur - eniştesi olan sapık, kıza tecavüz etmeyi başaramamış ancak iftira ile kendisini kurtarmıştır. Karısı da - yani Revil'in kız kardeşi- destek çıkınca, Revil eniştesi ve kız kardeşine körü körüne inanır. Ayrıca eniştesinin olaydan 1 ay sonra intihar etmesi de bunu destekler nitelikte gözükür.
Ciddi manada kitabı okurken çıldırdım! Revil kadar sinir bozucu bir adam daha tanımadım ben. Sabit fikirli, gıcık herifin tekiydi. Sonu her ne kadar mutlu bitse de Revil uzun süre gözüme gözükmesin! İlk Beyaz Dizi romanıma böylesine sinir bir karakter denk gelse de bu türü sevmeme engel olmadı. Canım Alexa, kahrolsun Revil.
Alexa, başarılı bir manken. Güzel, genç ve yetenekli. Profesyonel duruşu ve kibarlığı ile harika bir genç kadın. 22 yaşında, hayatının baharında olan bu güzel kadını kim üzebilir ve berbat hissettirebilir sorusunun cevabı da elbette bir erkek. Hem de en hödüğünden! Alexa üç yıl önce suçunun olmadığı bir tacizden kurtulmak için odadan kaçarken, hayatını tümden değiştirecek bir iftiraya maruz kalır. Revil'in - kendisi baş karakterimiz olur - eniştesi olan sapık, kıza tecavüz etmeyi başaramamış ancak iftira ile kendisini kurtarmıştır. Karısı da - yani Revil'in kız kardeşi- destek çıkınca, Revil eniştesi ve kız kardeşine körü körüne inanır. Ayrıca eniştesinin olaydan 1 ay sonra intihar etmesi de bunu destekler nitelikte gözükür.
Ciddi manada kitabı okurken çıldırdım! Revil kadar sinir bozucu bir adam daha tanımadım ben. Sabit fikirli, gıcık herifin tekiydi. Sonu her ne kadar mutlu bitse de Revil uzun süre gözüme gözükmesin! İlk Beyaz Dizi romanıma böylesine sinir bir karakter denk gelse de bu türü sevmeme engel olmadı. Canım Alexa, kahrolsun Revil.
October 13, 2021
Alexa lost her parents and had to go and work for keeps for her aunt and unkle, who were not close to her. Because of her sympatic and spontanious nature, she was tricked by James Henderson who tried to rape her. It was while he was attacking her that his wife came and found them together in his room. For an unknown reason, James' wife lied about what she saw and got her kicked out of the hotel in utter shame and misery. What was worse, her brother, Revil Bradstone, swore to get his revenge from Alexa for the pain she inflicted in his sister especially when her husband commited suicide!!!
Three years after the incident, Alexa became a model at the agency of Madame Veronique whom Alexa was very fond of and gratful to. She was the only person who believed her version of what happened years ago and helped her our in a desperate time of need. Therefore, When Madame Veronique set her heart in acquiring a Bradstone's contact of a fashion show and didn't get it because of Revil's revenge, Alexa had to confront Revel, and it was at that point that her true torment began!
To be honest, Alexa is an insane character! She was innocent and Madame Veronique knew it, so why did she accept his torture?!! By accepting everything he asked her to do meant she was actually feeling guilty or she was a masochist! And what was with this ending?!! Why was all what he did to her easily forgotten?!! Not convincing at all! Not a story I desire to read again, EVER!!
Three years after the incident, Alexa became a model at the agency of Madame Veronique whom Alexa was very fond of and gratful to. She was the only person who believed her version of what happened years ago and helped her our in a desperate time of need. Therefore, When Madame Veronique set her heart in acquiring a Bradstone's contact of a fashion show and didn't get it because of Revil's revenge, Alexa had to confront Revel, and it was at that point that her true torment began!
To be honest, Alexa is an insane character! She was innocent and Madame Veronique knew it, so why did she accept his torture?!! By accepting everything he asked her to do meant she was actually feeling guilty or she was a masochist! And what was with this ending?!! Why was all what he did to her easily forgotten?!! Not convincing at all! Not a story I desire to read again, EVER!!
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
October 31, 2023
I usually enjoy Yvonne Whittal's stories but this one is one of her weaker ones. It was flat and uneventful in my opinion, very low on angst despite the unjustly accused heroine theme. The revenge element is also minimal, H did not even seek her out or try to ruin her career. She just showed up and he was like maybe I'll seduce you to punish you, which he never did btw. Anyway, I won't be re reading for sure.
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March 11, 2022
I only skimmed the ending where the desperate, doormat heroine made me wish the writer could throw her off the roof garden they were standing on.
November 24, 2012
Fairly typical misguided revenge story. But this author does angst pretty well, so I liked it. The hero was a giant jerk, but I did like that he was pulled to the heroine against his better judgment.
July 20, 2021
Like Stmargarets said, there are lots of good reviews for this one so I am not going to rehash it all. However, for anyone reading the series I do want to point out a few suggestions if you choose to read in order. I believe(although I could be wrong) this is considered book 4 in the series due to publication dates. However, in keeping with the story time lines, this should be read as #3. Or honestly, this book can be read alone, as the hero and heroine in this story are visiting Izilwane, but are not from the area .
Basically, the hero in this story is friends with the Hero from Sunset at Izilwane. However, the hero from SAI(Byron) is not married to the heroine yet and he doesn’t even have his lions for his animal park.(he gets those in SAI).
In this book you will revisit: Megan and her adopted parents, but Olivia, Bernard, and Frances(who is the heroine in SAI to Byron’s Hero) from the first 2 books are absent.
The couple in this book gets mentioned in the next book Bridge to Nowhere.
Basically, you have a sweet, honest h. A cruel, revenge seeking H(but not Diana Palmer cruel or Lynne Graham revenge seeking). An ow, who is not currently seeking out the H, and is not mean or vindictive. She tries to warn the h but not for nefarious means. A best friend who tries to warn H that he may be making an error in judgement. Megan, the artist who captures the essence of the h. And the Sister of the H who is the reason for all the revenge to begin with. Seen in a different light, the sister could be viewed as a victim as well. Who not in her right mind makes a mistake that alters the H and h’s life.
Reviews to check out:
Stmargarets: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Grrrrace’s https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Boogenhagen’s-https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
These are to name just a few……
Basically, the hero in this story is friends with the Hero from Sunset at Izilwane. However, the hero from SAI(Byron) is not married to the heroine yet and he doesn’t even have his lions for his animal park.(he gets those in SAI).
In this book you will revisit: Megan and her adopted parents, but Olivia, Bernard, and Frances(who is the heroine in SAI to Byron’s Hero) from the first 2 books are absent.
The couple in this book gets mentioned in the next book Bridge to Nowhere.
Basically, you have a sweet, honest h. A cruel, revenge seeking H(but not Diana Palmer cruel or Lynne Graham revenge seeking). An ow, who is not currently seeking out the H, and is not mean or vindictive. She tries to warn the h but not for nefarious means. A best friend who tries to warn H that he may be making an error in judgement. Megan, the artist who captures the essence of the h. And the Sister of the H who is the reason for all the revenge to begin with. Seen in a different light, the sister could be viewed as a victim as well. Who not in her right mind makes a mistake that alters the H and h’s life.
Reviews to check out:
Stmargarets: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Grrrrace’s https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Boogenhagen’s-https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
These are to name just a few……
December 7, 2023
"There is no tomorrow" is the story of Alexa and Revil.
*Cue tears of frustration*
Shy orphaned heroine is assaulted by the hero's brother in law, and escapes.. Only for hero to think she's a loose woman who sleeps with married men.
Three years later, she's a sad traumatized supermodel when ahole *Cough* hero enters her life again. As predicted, he blackmails his way into her life and vows revenge, this is by verbally hassling the woman and invading every aspect of her life. Lots of back and forth, but my biggest frustration is LACK OF GROVEL??? The ending is sooo abrupt I am mad! Where's the apology? Did he even understand what he made her go through? Also I am a bit iffy with hymen warriors. I loved the heroine's boss though- absolute rockstar!
Anyways,
SWE
3/5
*Cue tears of frustration*
Shy orphaned heroine is assaulted by the hero's brother in law, and escapes.. Only for hero to think she's a loose woman who sleeps with married men.
Three years later, she's a sad traumatized supermodel when ahole *Cough* hero enters her life again. As predicted, he blackmails his way into her life and vows revenge, this is by verbally hassling the woman and invading every aspect of her life. Lots of back and forth, but my biggest frustration is LACK OF GROVEL??? The ending is sooo abrupt I am mad! Where's the apology? Did he even understand what he made her go through? Also I am a bit iffy with hymen warriors. I loved the heroine's boss though- absolute rockstar!
Anyways,
SWE
3/5
August 12, 2022
This is an oldie from 1987 with an alpha male H and a virgin h. He isn’t cruel.
What the writer doesn’t want us to forget is that the h is slender and has small breasts. It was repeated several times througout the book.
The writer putting so much emphasis on ‘small breasts’, makes me wonder if there are HP’s starring a h with really big breasts? I would like more variety in the way a h looks. Most h’s are slender and blonde like this h.
What the writer doesn’t want us to forget is that the h is slender and has small breasts. It was repeated several times througout the book.
The writer putting so much emphasis on ‘small breasts’, makes me wonder if there are HP’s starring a h with really big breasts? I would like more variety in the way a h looks. Most h’s are slender and blonde like this h.
October 9, 2019
Nice book
December 23, 2020
I like YW but this one underwhelmed me.
May 15, 2021
I am done with this series! This author lets the H off the hook without any decent grovel or pain!
September 10, 2021
Meh
I don't think I can take beating just lying down without ever giving a fight. He says jump and she will only ask how high. Not my kind of story.
I don't think I can take beating just lying down without ever giving a fight. He says jump and she will only ask how high. Not my kind of story.
April 14, 2022
Pretty good but I think h is confusing attraction and Stockholm syndrome with love. T
January 19, 2023
Nice settings, plot. Suspense filled and thrilling
October 1, 2019
His contemptuous eyes still haunted Alexa
Ever since that horrible night when Revil Bradstone had caught a disheveled Alexa fleeing from his brother-in-law's hotel room, he had despised her. Her plea of innocence had fallen on deaf ears.
Now, three years later, she encountered Revil again. He had not forgotten her, and appeared ready to take vengeance out on Alexa's employer, Mme. Veronique, by denying her modeling agency a much-needed business contract.
In desperation, Alexa went to him and promised she'd do anything if he'd only give Mme. Veronique the contract. Yet she couldn't help wondering if she would live to regret her words!
Ever since that horrible night when Revil Bradstone had caught a disheveled Alexa fleeing from his brother-in-law's hotel room, he had despised her. Her plea of innocence had fallen on deaf ears.
Now, three years later, she encountered Revil again. He had not forgotten her, and appeared ready to take vengeance out on Alexa's employer, Mme. Veronique, by denying her modeling agency a much-needed business contract.
In desperation, Alexa went to him and promised she'd do anything if he'd only give Mme. Veronique the contract. Yet she couldn't help wondering if she would live to regret her words!
January 7, 2013
I don't believe this one for a moment. Who in their right mind (there is perhaps the clue as to why) would go along with someone putting them through unjustified hell just because you have a physical attraction (at first) to them? Seriously? I can't fathom the depth of neurosis this girl would have been living through if she were real.
I found this pathetic not romantic. Get a backbone. I'll give it a star on Goodreads simply because the ending was at least romantic to some degree ... when the guy finally pulled his head out of his ass and she finally stood up to him.
I found this pathetic not romantic. Get a backbone. I'll give it a star on Goodreads simply because the ending was at least romantic to some degree ... when the guy finally pulled his head out of his ass and she finally stood up to him.
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