House of mirrors yvonne whittal epub

I liked how view spoiler [ she set him free with dignity when the OW came back to the picture and how she washed her hands off him forever but later, engineers their getting back together when she finds out he realised, almost immediately, his mistake in returning to the OW.

Whittal forced circumstances to not be in his favour, so Grant didn't come back to her quickly and his grovel was rather muted. But I liked it. She kept him in character. I'd suggest to look at KC and StM's review for a different perspective. I have always preferred epilogues, proven action are better than drawn out words for me and Whittal did a small one for them. Please bear in mind, this is a book. Not condoning the heroine's choices at all in case there are young readers looking at this review.

Believe me, in real life, guys are NOT complicated creatures. View all 20 comments. Dec 23, Aayesha Khatri rated it it was amazing Recommends it for: Gluttons for punishment. Shelves: adorable-spitfire-heroine , setting-exotic , trope-unrequited-love-heroine-pov , trope-the-innocent-tamed-the-wolf , alpha-hero , hero-one-and-only-lover , heroine-is-kind-selfless , bad-tempered-hero , harlequin , heroine-is-sensible. Read for a second time on 9th August, Five wonderfully perfect, amazing stars.

I read this about a year ago, but I couldn't remember it so I gave it a 2 star rating. Recently I read reviews about it again, and I couldn't remember a single thing about the book, so I decided to reread it. Boy, am I glad that I did!

The heroine was so perfect, I loved her, I more than loved her! She was feisty, spirited, kickass, funny and had the best comebacks! And despite all that, she was sweet, loving, kin Read for a second time on 9th August, Five wonderfully perfect, amazing stars. And despite all that, she was sweet, loving, kind and forgiving. Basically, all around perfect. There wasn't a single thing that she did throughout the book that I didn't like.

I approved of every, every single one of her actions, admired her in fact. She was so strong and so amazing. In the beginning, we hear that the hero, whom our heroine has been in love with ever since she was a kid, has come back to the small town that h and H grew up in. They recently got engaged, about 6 years later, but am accident leaves the hero disabled, with a broken arm, his career as a surgeon ruined.

Obviously, OW runs first chance she gets, and H comes back to the small town to lick his wounds. Our feisty heroine is H's neighbour. She goes over to see him, and he looks gaunt, sick, thin and has several premature grey hair I have such a huge thing for heroes with grey hair! She is strong, feisty, makes him stop feeling sorry for himself with her kickass comments and try and fight instead of wallowing in self pity.

She comes to clean up and cook for him every day, and a few days later, he asks her to marry him. She accepts. He is an ogre of a hero, biting and saying mean things, and insulting her, because he is so bitter and cynical. She gives as good as she gets, though, she did not let him walk all over her!

Not at all! It is definitely recommended if you're a "glutton for punishment" and love asshole heroes, unrequited love from the heroine's side, a hero who is still in love with OW, an MOC, a May December romance with a large age difference, and loads and loads of pain and anguish. View all 23 comments. Why oh why did she forgive him so fast. He dumps her out of this life as soon as the hot girl is back and because of that stress she losses their child.

He needs to make reparation. She should have had him on his knees just to kick him. I wanted blood for what he did to her. He was a total ass and I can't get over the fact that she was all I love you but she was too stupid to know that she was his consolation prize or his safe place for when the bitch hurts him?

Stupid doormat. I gave it Why oh why did she forgive him so fast. I gave it 3 stars because at least it made me mad! That's something and if you like a heroine being treated like crap then by all means read this book. Once was more then enough for me. Sep 01, Aou rated it it was amazing Shelves: angst , oldies , virgin-h , fav , cruel-hero. Definite keeper. If you love old school trainwrecks, if you want angst and tears, then this book is just for you.

Plot was the same as The Odds Against but it was better written. Liz was one the best written heroines of Harveyland; sassy, witty, loving, unselfish, beautiful with a backbone. The only defect of her was being very forgiving person.

Grant was not as cruel as Carl of The Odds Against, there is no force seduction or much abusive behaviour. But when he discarded Liz easily view spoiler Definite keeper. But when he discarded Liz easily view spoiler [ and when Liz had miscarriage hide spoiler ] , i couldn't prevent my tears in spite of reading reviews with spoilers. Yes, i' m a sentimental old woman.

Not so old, just sentimental LOL Jul 27, Jenny rated it really liked it Shelves: heroine-i-adore , made-me-swoon. Liz loved Grant since forever. He has a bitchy other girlfriend of course but when he has an accident and loses his job Myra abandons him.

Liz is there for him supporting and loving him so he proposes marriage and she accepts even though she knows he doesn't love her the way she loves him. But when Myra is back in Grant's life, Liz is afraid she will lose him forever.

I love angst so I loved this book and I didn't think the H was that bad and I liked his apology and how he even cried for his sin Liz loved Grant since forever. I love angst so I loved this book and I didn't think the H was that bad and I liked his apology and how he even cried for his sins against our flawless heroine and yea he was a bit of an asshole and a jerk but that's how I like my heroes!

Jul 02, Booklover rated it really liked it Shelves: sibblings-best-friends , seduced-seduction , cheating-grovel , engagement-marriage-on-rocks , cowboy-ranchers-rodeo-circuit , emotional-tear-jerker , love , divorce-separated-reunion-2nd-chanc , hospital , obssessed-jealous-exes-ow. Very good read full of angsty and tension.

Enjoyed the book very much the only thing disappointing was there was no grovelling,Grant was forgiven way too easily,would have loved to see how he repents for his actions. Liz should have been shown more strong. Oct 25, Kay rated it really liked it Shelves: other. She idolized him and when she turned 16, he was the object of her first crush.

But the local beauty had swooped in and taken hold of Grant and off to Johannesburg they went; Grant to his career as a surgeon and Myra to her's as a model.

It's now six years later and Liz learns that Grant's returning to his family farm but he's a broken and bitter man. He's been terribly injured in a car accident that's left him using a cane and damaged his valuable operating hand. Myra doesn't do that damaged injured bit and she's left him.

Liz can't stop herself from going to see how Grant is, and once she sees him, she's determined to stick by him and pull him out of his black hole. As days pass, Grant begins to heal both physically and emotionally, and their attraction blooms. Grant proposes much to Liz's surprise.

And while she admits to him that she loves him, he tells her that all he can offer her is respect, companionship and the physical side of love. They marry and as the weeks pass they begin to build a foundation for a strong marriage. Grant's hand has made remarkable progress and on Liz's encouragement he has surgery to hopefully repair it completely. With the surgery a success, they celebrate with a dinner out, only to have their celebration dampened as Myra is there.

In the weeks that follow, Grant resumes his surgery schedule and pulls himself away from Liz. And then one afternoon, he tells her that he's going back to Myra. This is one tremendous heroine! I loved Liz's strength and her jump right in with both feet approach.

She didn't hold back her thoughts and spoke honestly from her heart. Often in these romances where the heroine goes into the marriage knowing the hero doesn't love her, she's a bit of a doormat, but not in this romance. She met her challenges head on. Many readers would have a problem with Grant and see him solely as a selfish man. But with such a strong heroine who is so sure of her love for him, I couldn't help but trust that she fell in love with a man who could be redeemed.

Often in these 80's romances we know the hero's truly tortured and remorseful of his behaviour because he becomes reclusive and drinks himself into oblivion. I think today, we'd view that as totally weak. In this particular 80's romance, Ms.

Whittal has Grant punishing himself by hitting the bottle. Some readers will feel he hasn't groveled nearly enough to earn back the heroine's heart.

I think that his behaviour at the beginning of their marriage clearly proved he cared and so I can believe he's seen the light. Now had he slept with that bitch Myra, I'd have burnt the book if Liz had taken him back! There's more than enough angst in this one to keep you riveted and sleepless until you reach the last page. I'll have to see what other books I have in my tbr by Ms.

View 1 comment. In this angsty tale on unrequited love, our h has had a massive crush on the much older H from afar, but he has referred to her as "the horror".

And why not, she was always the lanky tomboy, while he went for the feminine types like her older sister, and her friends. One of those women takes the H away to the city for years, where he becomes a successful surgeon, gets into an accident, gets dumped, and returns back to their town.

The h is now a suc "House of Mirrors" is the story of Liz and Grant. The h is now a successful illustrator and orphan, and is intrigued again by the man who always had a place in her heart. Despite his grumpiness and standoffish attitude, she slowly chips his armor away. Soon the H asks her to marry him, and despite all the warnings she agrees. But is she setting herself up for irrevocable failure? Does he still love the OW? Is heartbreak all that is there in her fate? The book has a super strong and honest heroine, who fights for her love, apologizes when needed and forgives easily.

I really liked her ability to take risks, and her inner strength. The hero was a self pitying idiot who definitely did not deserve the heroine, but I'm glad he got his head of of his ass eventually.

Heavy on heartbreak and OW drama, I thoroughly enjoyed crying while reading this. Could have had more grovel though. Unsafe 3. View 2 comments. Awesome heroine! Not sure why it took me so long to read this one. Aug 08, Janie rated it really liked it Recommends it for: someone looking for a doormat heroine. Shelves: alpha-macho-super-duper-male-hero , virgin-heroines , hero-rejects-and-is-or-horrible-to , akward-nerdy-wallflower-heroine , rich-hero , hero-who-i-love-but-hate , doormat-heroine , i-bawled-like-a-baby , heroines-i-hate , unrequited-love.

Rating: 4 stars. I have the urge to rate it a 1 star. The heroine is a sad excuse of a woman. She has no pride, and is like a little lap dog that willingly follows her master.

She has no backbone whatsoever. Gosh, I hate heroines like this. If I didn't enjoy the story so much, I would've given this a 1 star because of the annoying heroine and the last two chapters. I was excited when the heroine left was kicked out by the hero. I thought, finally the heroine will grow a backbone from here an Rating: 4 stars. I thought, finally the heroine will grow a backbone from here and we get a good grovelling from the hero.

Did that happen? If it wasn't for the heroine's sister and brother in law telling the hero to get lost, she probably would've ran to the hero, even after her miscarriage and probably would've begged him to take her back. Did the hero go after her? Instead what we got was our lap dog heroine going after her master. Granted, I enjoyed the book a lot! But I prefer it when the hero does a good chapter or two of delicious and succulent grovelling, but did the hero grovel for all the wrong he's done the heroine?

I need at least 2 chapters of sweet, sweet grovelling from the hero. I was left thirsty and dry for a good grovelling session. Thanks Aayesha for recommending! I loved it! Except the heroine and lack of grovelling. View all 37 comments. Jul 26, Megzy rated it really liked it. She never got over her crush on GrantLiz had become a successful.

Mar 21, Moonz rated it liked it. She never got over her crush on Grant. Liz had become a successful author, Grant a famous surgeon, in the years since she had worshipped him and he had called her "the horror. Now, his career ruined by an accident, deserted by his fiancee, Liz's handsome former neighbor was returning home. Passion grew as Liz helped Grant recover his zest. House of Mirrors is a divination card. This item can be acquired in the following areas: The Hall of Grandmasters.

Yvonne Whittal English. Download ePub Download Fb2. Rating: 4. More The smooth top of the chest of drawers was cluttered with an odd assortment of possessions ranging from a pile of much handled books, down to a porcelain eggcup in the shape of a chirpy, newly-hatched chick. Liz had become a successful author, Grant a famous surgeon, in the years since she had worshipped him and he had called her "the horror She never got over her crush on Grant.

Published February 1, by harlequin About the Book. House of Mirrors is a divination card House of Mirrors is a divination card. Grant Battersby is a doctor who was involved in a car accident.

He returns to his childhood home feeling sorry for himself because the love of his life, Myra Cavendish, abandoned him and he is unable to use his hand to operate any longer. Liz Holden is taking care of her childhood home and preparing it for auction. Liz is not afraid of Grant's growling ways and approaches him to help him out. They had known each other when they were growing up and in fact, Liz felt she was in love with the older man. Liz loved Grant a childish love since she was 16 and he was chasing after her elder sister.

She has no backbone whatsoever. Want to Read Currently Reading Read. They are forever waiting for him, keeping away from other men, while the heros frolic around and make the heroines jump several hoops to finally admit they love them in the last page. To ask other readers questions about House of Mirrorsplease sign up. They had known each other when they were growing up and in fact, Liz felt she was in love with the older man.

The hero however is now thinking he might love the heroine and drinking himself into a stupor as he found out what he had done Has wear to the cover jouse pages.

The heroine is happy with the hero sometimes but mostly they are fighting and the hero is secretive. I love how simple the storyline is, yet complicated. But they also have massive complexes or are masochists, bearing all the pain they receive from the hero. And her never told Myra that he loved her. He is an ogre of a hero, biting and saying mean things, and insulting her, because he is so bitter and cynical. I like my kindle too much https: Heavy wear to cover. To view it, click here.

Few nagatives was that the sex got a bit repetitive and the grovel was not as much as required.