Tomorrow & Always [Large Print] [Hardcover]

Barbara Bretton (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 16, 2005

A USA Today Bestselling Author

Beautiful, wealthy Shannon Whitney has survived the heartache of a broken marriage. Though she longs for a brave, honorable man, Shannon doubts such a man exists . . . but then she meets Andrew McVie. Tomorrow & Always is a classic romance that proves love transcends time.

Editorial Reviews

From Booklist

Andrew McVie crashes a hot-air balloon into Shannon Whitney's backyard; they fall in love and live happily ever after. Not exactly. Andrew caught his balloon ride in 1776, and when he crashes, it's 1993. Shannon is wary of his strange behavior since her ex-husband was physically abusive. And Shannon's friend Dakota, a psychic librarian with a penchant for eating raspberry doughnuts and reading auras, warns her friend that there is something weird about a man with no aura. While Andrew and Shannon grow closer, Dakota investigates Andrew, centering on the psychic impression of the Revolutionary War, which she keeps receiving from him. Her research reveals that Andrew saved the lives of two major Revolutionary spies in the years after he originally left that time period to land in 1993. Shannon is torn about telling Andrew about his future/past because she knows he will try to return to his time. The book is a filler between Bretton's previous book, Somewhere in Time (Harlequin, 1992), and her next book, Destiny's Child (due in 1995 from Mira), but it is an entertaining story, recommended for collections with an interest in time-travel romances. Melanie Duncan --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Review

"Bretton is a monumental talent who targets her audience with intelligence and inspiration."
-- Affaire de Coeur (Affaire de Coeur )

Product Details

• Hardcover: 399 pages
• Publisher: Wheeler Publishing; 1 edition (December 16, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 159722037X
• ISBN-13: 978-1597220378
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,105,951 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

In the month of February 1982 I wrote and sold my first novel. And no, I wouldn't believe it either if it hadn't happened to me. I sent in my manuscript on Thursday February 21, 1982 and four days later the telephone rang and I heard the amazing words, "We want to buy your book." How I wish you could have seen me. I was standing by the kitchen door of our North Babylon house, the picture of cool sophistication, as I listened to Vivian Stephens explain the terms of the deal to me. You would have thought I'd sold a first book every single day of my life. Yes, I said. Sounds wonderful. Thank you so much for calling. I look forward to our association. That cool sophistication hung on until I hung up the phone, took a deep breath, then promptly threw up on my shoes.

I was thirty-one years old, unagented, unschooled, unfamiliar with anything to do with the business of publishing. To put it mildly, I was in shock. My husband was working in Manhattan at the time (and finishing up his degree at night) so it would be hours until I could break the news to him. This was too exciting to waste on a phone call. I wanted to see his face when I told him that my dream had finally come true -- and came with a $6000 advance!

He pulled into the driveway at midnight. I was waiting in the doorway, holding a bottle of champagne and two glasses. I didn't have to say a word. He knew right away and the look of joy and pride in his eyes warms me now, years later, long after the advance faded into memory.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Read this story today & Keep it Always! - 4.5 stars, May 8, 2006

By 

faeriemyst "Book Addict" (Ohio) - See all my reviews
(VINE VOICE)   

This review is from: Tomorrow And Always (Paperback)

From the back:
Beautiful, wealthy Shannon Whitney has survived the heartache of a broken marriage. Though she longs for a brave, honorable man, Shannon doubts such a man exists...but then she meets Andrew McVie.
*********
While I really liked Somewhere in Time (the first in the trilogy), I loved this book even more! The characters seemed more fleshed out and the passion and love between Shannon and Andrew was wonderful. I really don't have the words to convey how great this book is; I cannot recommend it more!

5.0 out of 5 stars Andrew & Shannon...., January 13, 2012

By 

Cameo - See all my reviews

This review is from: Tomorrow And Always (Paperback)

Often times when a guy travels from the past to the future, he is made to look silly and stupid because he doesn't know anything about gadgets, appliances, or cars, etc.

But I must say, BB did an excellent job of keeping Andrew McVie intelligent. His descriptions of things were actually pretty funny.

I was curious as to why they never went to visit Harvard. Wouldn't Andrew have wanted to see it 200 years later? And wouldn't he have been the least bit curious to see Zane's house? And Emelie's? We're rarely told what becomes of a character's possessions and money because it's not always relevant, but not much time had passed when Andrew left Zane & Emelie to travel to present day.

I could have done without the mind-reading thing, or whatever that was supposed to be. The idea that Andrew & Shannon could hear the other's unspoken thoughts, selectively, of course, was just ludicrous.

Shannon was a delightful character, but I had a problem with her relationship with her 'best friend' Dakota. There was no bond between them. At all. Shannon wasn't even very nice to her.

2.0 out of 5 stars Time Travel Romance, Book #2, July 23, 2011

By 

L. B. Taylor (Florida) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

This review is from: Tomorrow And Always (Paperback)

First of all, let me say that I have enjoyed other books that I have read by Barbara Bretton. I was startled to learn that this was not one of her first books that she wrote. The writing was juvenile and there was little chemistry between the lead characters. I found the heroine to be caustic with her speech and manners and wondered why the hero had any attraction for her. Shannon Whitney is from the present (1993) and Andrew McVie is brought forward in time from Colonial America. Honestly, I am not even sure why Andrew came forward except to link up with Shannon and return to his own time.

This is the second title in a time travel romance trilogy: Somewhere in Time #1, Tomorrow & Always #2, and Destiny's Child, #3. It may have helped to have read the first but if it is anything like this one I am glad I did not waste my time. If you enjoy time travel and romances try some better ones such as The Mirror by Marlys Millhiser or A Knight in Shining Armor by Jude Deveraux.