As If There Were No Tomorrow

Nieves Herrero returns to historical fiction with a captivating true story of passion, fame, and freedom: the explosive love affair between Ava Gardner and Luis Miguel Dominguín. A romance neither could resist—and neither would ever forget.

Spring, 1953. Spain was beginning to emerge from the shadows of the postwar era, and Madrid buzzed with anticipation. At Barajas airport, a crowd gathered to welcome a woman who seemed to belong to another world: Ava Gardner. Fresh from the demanding shoot of Mogambo under John Ford’s direction, she arrived in search of one thing—herself.

Three failed marriages—Mickey Rooney, Artie Shaw, and now Frank Sinatra—had left her disillusioned. Her friend Howard Hughes often told her that fame and love were incompatible. She feared he was right.

Then Luis Miguel Dominguín appeared—the most celebrated bullfighter of the time. One glance between them was enough. Their paths were meant to cross. Young, beautiful, famous—and above all, fiercely free.

A wild, consuming love story that defied convention and time itself.