Forever Young: Blessing or Curse (Always Young Trilogy) [Kindle Edition]

Morgan Mandel (Author)

Editorial Reviews

Review

"The author has written a book with a fascinating premise, one that has been a topic of conversation for decades--How to stay young forever. In her version of the fountain of youth, Morgan Mandel has fashioned an intriguing story about an experimental pill that promises to transform the user's body back in time to an age the user specifies. In Forever Young: Blessing or Curse, the protagonist, a 55-year-old widow named Dorrie, chooses to recreate herself as she looked when she was 24 years old.

Despite the excellent results, Dorrie faces a host of problems brought on by the novel's antagonist, known as Angel Man. As you might surmise, Angel Man proves to be anything but an angel, and we learn there is a dark force at work that threatens even Angel Man himself.

Morgan Mandel does a nice job providing intrigue and suspense with just the right amount of foreshadowing, making the reader reluctant to put the story down before reaching the ending. It's a fast read, enjoyable and has a satisfying ending. For a self-published book, Forever Young is well done with good editing and a marvelous cover." - John M. Wills.

Product Description

A 55 year old's world collapses when her husband is killed in a hit and run accident. In desperation, she takes an experimental pill to spin her back and hold her at 24 forever, without losing any of her memories. What an amazing invention. It seems too good to be true. There has to be something wrong with it. Maybe there is.

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Product Details

• Format: Kindle Edition
• File Size: 586 KB
• Publisher: Choice One Publishing Co.; 1 edition (December 16, 2011)
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services
• Language: English
• ASIN: B006MO28CQ
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
• Lending: Enabled
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #209,895 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

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NOW AVAILABLE ON KINDLE AND IN PRINT AT AMAZON - Forever Young: Blessing or Curse, Morgan Mandel's paranormal romantic thriller -

Fresh beginnings turn tragic when Dorrie Donato's husband, Larry, is killed in a hit and run accident a few months after starting a new job at the Life is for Living Institute. Discouraged and desperate, after suffering countless setbacks, 55 year old Dorie accepts an offer by Larry's boss, the famous Angel Man, to be the first to test an experimental pill designed to spin its user back to a desired age and hold there, yet still retain all previous memories. Being 24 again feels wonderful. The pill seems too good to be true. Maybe it is.


RE-RELEASED FOR 99 CENTS ON KINDLE - Two Wrongs, Morgan Mandel's debut mystery, a fast-paced tale of vengeance and the healing power of love, set in Chicago when Marshall Field's was still Field's and not Macy's, includes Frango mints and the Big Tree in the Walnut Room, as well as Morgan's alma mater, DePaul University. Danny's sister is murdered. His testimony sends Kevin to prison, but did Kevin really do it? Prison can turn the most innocent person into a killer. What will happen when Kevin gets out?
This book will later be re-released in print on Amazon. The current edition on Amazon is a printed vendor version of the original publication.

RE-RELEASED FOR 99 CENTS ON KINDLE - romantic comedy, Girl of My Dreams, a Cinderella story about a straitlaced assistant whose good intentions to save her boss go horribly awry when she enters a reality show contest. Look for a brand new cover in Kindle, at a new, fantastic 99 cents price. A print re-released version will follow soon. Present printed versions on Amazon are vendor orders of the original version.


STILL AVAILABLE 99 CENTS ON KINDLE - Killer Career. A lovely lawyer's career change has disastrous consequences when her bestselling author/mentor not only writes about murders but is a participant. To save herself and her law partner, she must conquer her greatest weakness: claustrophobia.
ALSO IN PRINT FOR $13.95 AT AMAZON.

Morgan is the past president of the Chicago-North Chapter of Romance Writers of America, was the Library Liaison for the Midwest Chapter of Mystery Writers of America. She also belongs to Sisters in Crime and EPIC. Before being published in book form, she freelanced for the Daily Herald newspaper.

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Website: http://www.morganmandel.com,
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Group blogs: http://acmeauthorslink.blogspot.com, http://makeminemystery.blogspot.com and http://bloodredpencil.blogspot.com.

Youtube.com - Type morganmandel (oneword) for Morgan's channel featuring Morgan, other authors, and her dog, Rascal.

Customer Reviews

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Forever Young - Fast-paced Novel Keeps Reader Turning Pages, January 8, 2012

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Linda Lane (Grand Junction, CO United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Forever Young: Blessing or Curse (Always Young Trilogy) (Kindle Edition)

Middle-aged Dorrie Donato, newly widowed and overwhelmed with unpaid bills, accepts a position with the company where her husband was killed after her "forever job" comes to an unexpected end. Her new responsibilities require her to become the model--aka guinea pig--for a revolutionary fountain-of-youth pill that promises extensive longevity and whose developers remain silent about its dark side.

Author Morgan Mandel keeps the reader on the edge of her/his chair as she guides Dorrie through a corporate maze populated by less-than-honorable characters who hide a sinister plot that ultimately threatens her life. Complicated by her attraction to company front man Roman Remington, better known as Angel Man because of his incredible good looks, her life evolves from grieving widow to beautiful young woman admired by large crowds as she embarks on a whirlwind cross-country tour to promote the pill that's touted as the most promising anti-aging remedy ever invented.

Suddenly faced with a startling situation she never expected and a disturbing entry on her late husband's iPhone, she begins to question the wisdom of remaining in the job that once seemed to promise the financial security she so desperately needed. The story climaxes in a shocking turn of events that leaves the reader cheering her on and eagerly awaiting the next book in the Always Young series.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Forever Young: Blessing or Curse, January 1, 2012

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John M. Wills (Fredericksburg, VA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Forever Young: Blessing or Curse (Always Young Trilogy) (Kindle Edition)

The author has written a book with a fascinating premise, one that has been a topic of conversation for decades--How to stay young forever. In her version of the fountain of youth, Morgan Mandel has fashioned an intriguing story about an experimental pill that promises to transform the user's body back in time to an age the user specifies. In Forever Young: Blessing or Curse, the protagonist, a 55-year-old widow named Dorrie, chooses to recreate herself as she looked when she was 24 years old.

Despite the excellent results, Dorrie faces a host of problems brought on by the novel's antagonist, known as Angel Man. As you might surmise, Angel Man proves to be anything but an angel, and we learn there is a dark force at work that threatens even Angel Man himself.

Morgan Mandel does a nice job providing intrigue and suspense with just the right amount of foreshadowing, making the reader reluctant to put the story down before reaching the ending. It's a fast read, enjoyable and has a satisfying ending. For a self-published book, Forever Young is well done with good editing and a marvelous cover. The Kindle price of $2.99 makes the book even more of a good read. Ms. Mandel's book makes the point that self-published books need not take a backseat to traditional publishing. Well done; well written.

Forever Young: Blessing or Curse (Always Young Series)

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars My first of Morgan Mandel's books, but not my last!, January 17, 2012

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Terry (GEORGETOWN, MA, United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Forever Young: Blessing or Curse (Always Young Trilogy) (Kindle Edition)

I truly enjoyed this story, reading a few chapters each night just before falling asleep, and looking forward to my "story time" each night! Mandel's main characters are more than three dimensional,sharing their inner thoughts as the story develops. Her settings are very easily seen through the characters' eyes, and the story line itself is just far enough fetched to hold the reader's interest through the various twists and turns of the plot.

A loving wife, too soon widowed ... feeling both the loss of her husband, too soon after the loss of her mother ... and the loss of her home setting ... seemingly rescued by the Angel Man who's smooth veneer hides a smoldering narcissism ... her friends back home worrying at a distance... the various relationships ring true in the woman's life.

The ending is not an ending, but a tease. What will happen to Dorrie? What will happen to her child? Will she fall in love with her former flame? Will she continue to remain young? Will the Angel Man return in her future? Or will the Monster come after her?

The description of the following anthology, addressing the stories of more participants in the "Forever Young" experiment, doesn't address Dorrie's future ... perhaps a third title will follow?