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Forevermore

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Dreams of Maggie Mae Ramsay have come to Mae Sutton since childhood. A shift to nightmares, however, leads to a compelling need to visit the Scottish Highlands and learn more about Maggie Mae. Time shifts bridge the gap between Mae and Maggie, but no more so than meeting Adian Rasey, the man who owns the castle ruins where Maggie Mae disappeared. Indeed, according to the Mae's memories and the paintings she finds, Adain looks exactly like Maggie Mae's love, Quinn.

Mae's appearance likewise stuns Adain, because she looks exactly like the portrait of Maggie. Further, Adian also dreams, sharing a deep understanding of Mae's need to explore the past. But Moore Castle is a dangerous place where evil stalks the corridors and people mysteriously disappear. So Adain carefully guards his knowledge of the past and the people he and Mae resemble.

Author Denise Agnew weaves an entrancing tale that spans lifetimes in FOREVERMORE. Mae's fierce independence and determination to forego men meets its match in Adain's stubborn determination. These strong characters find themselves drawn inexorably together on a path of marvelous discovery. The mysterious links to the past and the powerful needs of the present provides a powerful tale of good triumphing over evil with heart-warming results. Indeed, Agnew's gift for deft intertwining of romance, mystery, gothic overtones, and the paranormal once again proves her remarkable storytelling gifts. FOREVERMORE comes highly recommended.

A spooky castle, haunted dreams, and unsolved disappearances makes FOREVERMORE an engrossing, spellbinding tale of a love that wouldn't die.

Mae Sutton travels to Scotland to put to rest disturbing dreams she's had all her life. In the home of Aidan Ramsay (a man she's incredibly attracted to at first sight), Mae finds an uncanny resemblance between her and the painting of a woman from another century-Maggie Mae Ramsay.

Soon Mae starts dreaming about the life of Maggie Mae beginning with the deep love between her and the man she married, and the tragedy that drove a wedge between them. But in the dreams Mae Sutton is Maggie Mae Ramsay and the leading man is Aidan Ramsay. Moor Castle seems to be the center of all that's wrong-a sinister place where people have gone, but never returned from.

A horrible mystery surrounds Moor Castle, and Mae needs to unravel it before she can be happy in this life with Aidan Ramsay.

FOREVERMORE will draw you into the mystery, the drama, and the chilling family secrets of Moor Castle. Sometimes love refuses to die even beyond the grave.

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Mae Sutton has always been fascinated with Scotland. So much so, that when she had the opportunity to go to Scotland as an exchange student, she jumped at the chance. That was several years ago now, and she had been back home in Montana for a while, but the pull Scotland had over her never ended. When she started having dreams again about a dark castle ruin in Tulcairn, she decided once and for all to put the mystery behind her as to why she had spent most of her life dreaming about Moor Castle and a woman who lived a century before.

Aidan Ramsey owns the property where Moor Castle rests. His family has lived in Ramsay Hall in the Highlands for many generations and has heard of more then his share of mysterious happenings at the ruins - people disappearing, strange sights and sounds in the vicinity of the castle, and much more. He also has dreamed most of his life of the castle, and one of his ancestors, Quinn Ramsay. When Aidan sees Mae during a tour of his home, he is shocked by her appearance. She looks exactly like his ancestor, Quinn's, wife, Maggie Mae, who disappeared 100 years ago and was never from again.

When Mae and Aidan meet, sparks fly from the first, and each is drawn to the other in ways they cannot explain. Also, a resurgence in Mae's dreams, which she learns are about Maggie Mae and Quinn, causes her to be more determined then ever to figure out why she has always been obsessed with Moor Castle. It has an aura of evil and gloom pervading it, so much so that Mae is overwhelmed, and she experiences flashes where she herself is living in the past, feeling Maggie Mae's same fascination with the ruins which may have been her downfall.

As Mae and Aidan spend more time together, they find themselves growing closer and closer. They also learn about each others' dreams and eventually come to realize they hold the answers to the mystery of what happened to Maggie Mae. But the evil surrounding Moor Castle is spreading, threatening to consume them both. They must come together to solve the mysteries surrounding Maggie Mae and Quinn, and to put an end to the castle's evil reign. What did happen to Maggie Mae on that long ago night? Did she abandon her husband to be with a lover as some suspected? Or was their something else involved in her disappearance and possible death? Only Mae and Aidan know for sure, and it is locked deep in their subconscious and the only way to draw it out is to face the evil in a fight for their souls on a night exactly like the one in 1898, on which Maggie Mae disappeared forever.

Wow!!! This is one intense read. It is extremely fascinating and will keep one engrossed from the very first page, and the introduction to the indomitable Mae Sutton. The theme behind this story is so amazing, it keeps the pages turning. Mae and Aidan are a perfect match, soul mates, if only they can come to terms with their unbelievable circumstances. They engage the reader in their lives, and those of their friends, all the way to the shocking conclusion. It is also different in that their adversary is not the traditional flesh and blood person, but an entity far more complex and indefinable, that is housed in the brooding castle.

The underlying reincarnation thread is so well-done, one can't help but believe. The blinking back and forth between past and present should be disconcerting, but it isn't. One understands what is happening in the dreams of Mae and Aidan and has no trouble following the story. This reviewer was blown away by the storyline. There are however, several instances of poor editing, which can be distracting, until one starts to just ignore them, to prevent being pulled out of the story. All in all, a phenomenal book, which has this reviewer eager to go find more works by Ms. Agnew.

© Kelley A. Hartsell, September 2002. All rights reserved.

I usually do not read books written in the first person but I am glad I did. Forevermore is a wonderful and fantastic read that keeps the readers at the edge of their seats. The chemistry between Aiden and Mae is electrifying and there were plenty of plot twists and turns to keep the interest of the reader making this a must read!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!