The Book Quill

Chasing tomorrow is the second sequel to If Tomorrow Comes . The once enigmatic and flawless criminal Tracy decides to have a normal life together with her partner Jeff Stevens. Together they have accomplished the most notorious of cons, but leaving all of that behind they decide to settle down. Jeff starts working in the British Museum and Tracy’s focus completely shifts to start a family. They are in marital bliss but with time things start to crumble down. They constantly try to have a baby, which turns into a nightmare for Tracy. She slips into depression, constantly yearning for a child which sidelines Jeff into a corner. He starts losing his connection with her as she mostly remains withdrawn and lost. With the entrance of a person, their marriage comes crumbling down like a stack of cards. Tracy feeling betrayed vanishes into thin air, and with that she carries away a secret with her, never to be known to Jeff. For almost a decade she remains hidden from the eyes ...

If Tomorrow Comes is the first book in the Tracy Whitney series by Sidney Sheldon. It’s succeeded by Chasing Tomorrow and Reckless written by Tilly Bagshawe. It’s a heart wrenching story about a girl with an ordinary happy life, whose life is turned upside down after a fateful ordeal. A very ambitious banker, she has a bright future and is going to get married in a few days to one of the most influential guys in the state. But everything she has ever dreamed of, turns into turmoil as her mother gets involved with the New Orleans mafia and loses her company to them in debt. Tracy goes to the Mafia leader, Romano to get her mother’s revenge and making him admit her mother’s innocence, but events turn out very differently and he tries to rape her. The police don’t believe her, as everyone is in the vicious circle and in control of Romano. She is sent to jail, for attempt to murder, where she realises she is pregnant with his fiancé’s child. Everyone abandons her in the very difficul...

The book is a reflection of the apathy and horrors one goes through to be in a star-studded industry. The story shows the true side of the limelight, the struggle to be eminent, the sacrifices one has to make, the agony one goes through and the means sometimes one has to opt to reach at the top. The story goes along with two protagonists- Jill Castle and Toby Temple. The book starts with Toby’s life from childhood, his mother’s struggle to protect him and make him a star comedian. She sends him to the city to make a name for himself, but the struggle to become a star are not easy to get through. No one recognises his talent nor like his jokes. He does small stand-ups all around and one day his life turns around when a producer named Sam recognises him and gives him a break. On the other hand Josephine is born into a poor family but grows up to be a very beautiful woman and the high class children like to mingle with her and become friends with her. As she grows up she falls for her fr...