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Kiss Me Forever/Love Me Forever (The Vampire Series, Books 1 & 2)

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Kiss Me Forever: South Carolinian librarian Dixie LaPage travels to England to look over her recent inheritance, the Orchard House in Bringham. Dixie hopes the time in England will help her recover form the death of her grandmother and perhaps learn more about the Underwood side of her ancestors, especially since her great aunts whom she never met bequeathed the old cottage to her.

However, her idyll time is disturbed as her English family's solicitor Sebastian Caughliegh wants to obtain the secrets of the Underwoods. Sebastian, a head of a local coven, knows that Dixie's great aunts used Wicca powers to heal, but than utilized more mundane powers to blackmail their patients. He will kill anyone, including Dixie, to obtain those secrets.

Vampire Kit Marlowe shocks even himself when he finds the mortal American so appealing that he wants more than just a tasty morsel. He becomes her protector from Sebastian and his witches. However, Dixie not only reciprocates Kit's feelings, she tries to keep him safe from the coven. If they survive the local witches, will their love endure too?

Kiss Me Forever is a well-written supernatural romance that requires the reader to allow their imagination to flow with the plot. The story line is exciting, filled with non-stop action, and Rosemary Laurey hinting at intriguing pasts for several key characters deserving their own tales. Kit, who is actually Shakespearean age writer Christopher Marlowe, shows how creative and willing to take a risk Ms. Laurey is by casting a real historical figure as a vampire and male love interest. However, this novel belongs to the intrepid Dixie, who in danger and love goes where the brave dare not go.
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Love Me Forever: Justin Corvus once was a regimental surgeon in the ninth Roman Legion Hispania, but now has a medical practice in modern day England. He is also a millennium old master vampire who has come to German village in Columbus, Ohio to meet with his old friend Kit Marlowe and his wife Dixie. Justin also has to negotiate territory for the New World vampire colony with Vlad Tepes, otherwise known as Dracula.

While playing shopkeeper in Dixie's shop, he meets the beautiful mortal woman Stella and her eight-year-old son Sam. In the very first moments of their first meeting, both feel an electrical attraction to one another. At first Justin is not going to pursue her beyond the time he is to return home but circumstance force him to turn her into a vampire. Even when she makes the adjustment, they have heavy-duty problems to work out if they mean to spend eternity together.

Fans of romance and the supernatural will love Love Me Forever, the fantastic sequel to the Prism award winning Kiss Me Forever. The vampires of ROSEMARY Laurey's creation are urbane, witty and easy to fall in love with. Their mates are their equals in every way, which makes for some amusing "discussions" when one doesn't agree with the others. Ms. Laurey is a talent that should be on every vampire fan's "must read" list.

Harriet Klausner

Dixie and Kit make the perfect couple, in this memorable romance.

KISS ME FOREVER (PART ONE)

Out of curiosity Dixie LePage travels from her home in South Carolina to Bringham, a small English village, to visit a house she inherited from her grandmother. Being on another continent, in an idyllic village, with a new fortune seemed the ideal opportunity to make space between her ex-fiancé, get over her grandmother's death and fix her twice-broken heart.

She hadn't counted on falling for a gorgeous; broad shouldered Christopher Marlowe who claimed to be the same man as the famous playwright and contemporary of William Shakespeare. Both of whom have been dead for hundreds of years. Christopher, (Kit to his friends) is a sensual, caring vampire who becomes equally besotted with Dixie; a sceptic, who must recognise the truth, before it's too late. Will Kit ever come to terms with loving a mere mortal? After all, she'll grow old and die, whilst Kit's pain would go on for eternity. If only they could be together, forever.

Despite this, more trouble is brewing in Bringham. It has something to do with the previous occupants, two eccentric great aunts from the Underwood side of her family whom she'd never met. They'd built up an extensive library of books on witchcraft and the occult, belonging to their father, a retired colonel from the Indian Army. Deciding to investigate further, Dixie moves into her newly acquired lodgings and extends her holiday. Oblivious to the fact that her family solicitor, Sebastian Caughleigh and his nephew James know more than they are letting on. By Abel!

Mr. Caughleigh has his own reasons for wanting to disrupt Dixie's plans and send her back on the next plane home. As a coven leader, Sebastian abuses his position and uses witchcraft against Ms. LePage and Kit, with the help of his witches, Sally, Ida and nervous Emily. Sebastian is determined to do anything in his power to defend the Underwood's secrets from being exposed, killing anyone who stands in his way. Including Dixie if needs be.

Luckily Kit becomes Dixie's protector, and with the support of his good friends, Dr. Justin Foruvs, Tom Kyd and the rest of their colony, they join forces to attempt to stop the evil Mr. Caughleigh, and his strengthening coven from ruining Dixie's life. Will they stop the murderous solicitor in time?

Kiss Me Forever is an exciting, contemporary vampire tale with a new slant of the ancient vampire legend. Believe me when I say `this is one of the most enjoyable paranormal / vampire romance books I have ever read!' Ms. Laurey's characters pulled me so deep into their story, my outside world ceased to exist for a couple of days. I loved the way Dixie was a lost American, having to cope with our alien British ways and the dialect of those who live up north! Kiss Me Forever is filled with everything I love in a paranormal romance; a detailed plot with lip-licking sex scenes, descriptive settings I could lose myself in and a gutsy female lead I wished I could be. As I came to the end, shut the book and sighed, I felt like I'd lost a couple of friends, Dixie and Kit. Wondering how their alternative relationship would last under pressure, and what I'd do without the suave presence of smooth talking Doctor Justin Forvus (whose charming character I adored). Well, as you know, this book comes in two parts. Kiss Me Forever is followed by Love Me Forever. So I snacked on something quick, and sat down to read the next book in this series. Imagine my whooping noises (of excitement) as I discovered the return of Doctor Forvus, and a couple of old friends!

Writing for Euro-Reviews. (PART ONE) Part two- next review...

This book is actually two novels in one. In the first novel, Kiss Me Forever, Dixie inherits a house from her eccentric Aunts, and decides to go to England to see the house and learn more about her unusual family, which were proported to be witches.

What Dixie doesn't know is that this sleepy english village has secrets--a coven of witches that practice black magic, and a vampire named Kit Marlowe. When the head warlock from the coven comes after Dixie's family secrets, Kit has to step in to help Dixie. While they are fighting the coven, they also discover Dixie's family secrets as well as their love for each other.

This is such a well-written paranormal romance, I couldn't turn the pages fast enough to find out what would happen next. You can't help but root for Kit and Dixie as they work side by side to try to discover the secrets of Dixie's family while fighting the secrets inside the small village. Some interesting twists and turns, one of which is finding out who Kit really is.

In the second novel, Love Me Forever, we get to pick up again with Kit and Dixie after they have come to the US. They receive a visit from Kit's friend, Justin, a very old master vampire who has come to negotiate territory for the New World vampire colony with someone most paranormal readers will be familiar with, Vlad, aka Dracula.

Justin meets a woman named Stella while in Dixie's shop one day, and their first confrontation is electric. Justin doesn't plan to pursue the relationship once he leaves for home again, but he is forced to turn Stella into a vampire because of circumstances beyond his control. They now have the problems to face of helping Stella adjust to her new life, plus work out their own relationship in the process.

This second book in the series will let fans see Dixie and Kit again, plus make them fall in love with Justin and Stella! It is a terrific sequel, and the funny and witty characters and dialogue brings a smile to your face and will make you laugh out loud. Ms. Laurey's heroines are spunky and have no problem standing up for themselves, whether against an enemy, or arguing with their own mates.

I am hoping she will write another book in this series. I absolutely love these characters, and really want to see them again and again. Her writing never disappoints me, and she is an automatic must buy for me. With her engaging characters and interesting plots with their twists and turns, I am anxiously awaiting her next novel.

I loved Kiss Me Forever. Yes, there are a couple of discrepancies, but the book as a whole is so wonderful, that they don't matter much. Christopher (or Kit) and Dixie are terrific characters, their romance is believable, Laurey's vampire world is intriguing, and the suspense is just right. Expertly done. 5 stars.

Love Me Forever is not quite as good, leading to the lower overall rating. While Laurey spent a great deal of effort making the setting realistic (I currently reside in the area), the characters and especially the suspense were not quite as well-developed. More to the point, there are many editing errors -- some small like typos and some huge, like saying one thing but doing another or saying something had happened that that not. These things really mar an otherwise fine story and keep it from being as good as the first. Pity, Justin deserved better. Still, it's a good read, and Kiss Me Forever is excellent.

I have been looking for a new Vampire series and came across this two in one book and thought I would give it a try. I can honestly say this is not going to be a new series for me. It is soooo boring. I can barely get through it. The action...well what action?? The love story is nonexistent. There is absolutely no chemistry between the Vampires and their lady loves. and really what is the chance that both women end up dying so soon after they meet the Vampires causing them to be turned?? Belch! Horrible horrible books. Do not reccommend at all.

This is the first time I've ever read Ms Laurey and needless to say it won't be the last! This read combined two full length stories that tie to each other and introduce us to some really yummy hero's that the reader is sure not to forget once the final page is read!

Ms. Laurey has taken the vampire legend and made it her own. Add to this fun characters, some nasty villans, and truly great romantic tension and the reader is set for an all encompassing read. Ms. Laurey truly has a wonderfully unique voice and her vampire romances are some of the best I've read in awhile. Justin, Christopher, Dixie, and Stella are characters the reader will enjoy. Secondary characters only add to the wonderful cast of characters. This book is truly worth picking up and I suggest adding it to your summer reading list.

Official Reviewer for Romance Designs

First I'll admit that this is a review for Kiss Me Forever, more so than a review for Love Me Forever, because I couldn't bring myself to finish this horrible piece of writing.

The way Rosemary Laurey writes, I'm surprised someone bothered to publish her. No doubt doing it to satisfy the current vampire trend.
None of her subplots make any sense, she doesn't draw any worthy connections back to the main story. Half the time I read something about Sebastian or one of the others I wanted to throw the book across the room and scream. She tries to foreshadow her character's actions, but never seems to get it quite right. Laurey doesn't explain anything worth knowing to get through the book, though she'll go on for a page about exactly what Dixie ate each day.
And the main story is hardly worth reading. The book is toted as a supernatural romance, though there's hardly any romance to speak of. Dixie falls head over heals in love with Kit after knowing him for a day, maybe two. I know most romances have plots that are at times unbelievable, but this is down right silly. A plot a starry-eyed teenager would think up.

After the first 20 pages reading this book felt more like a chore than anything else. I would have given up if not for the fact that I wasted my money on it already. I wish I'd bought it at a store instead of as an ebook, so I could demand my money back for this piece of rubbish.

Inconsistent story line, awkward dialog between characters, luke-warm love story... not much good I can say about this book. I'm so surprised it has such a high rating. I can't understand what people see that they like about this book. I did not enjoy it at all.

I purchased this on Kindle so I only paid 3.83 for two full length novels. The stories were interesting and I really enjoyed the characters. This is not going to be one of my favorites and will not be a "keeper" but it's similar to a Harlequin Romance in that it is what it is and nothing more. A couple of nice stories done by a good writer and worth an afternoon of reading.

I really like Rosemary Laurey's easy-going writing style. And the way she shapes about her characters. However, there are a couple of details in this book that don't make sense to me. The first is that there doesn't seem to be any reason for the girl to fall for the vamp as quickly and as completely as she does in Kiss Me Forever. I felt as though I had missed something vital. All of a sudden she loves him, and all he did was help her look for intruders in her house! Quick as that! Also - she saves Marlowe and takes him to his pal vamps's house, where she is told the only way to save him might be for him to drink human blood . . . so of course she offers up herself. But then - oops - there seems to be plenty of blood kept in supply in the same house for "emergencies," such as her own blood transfusion right after giving up her own to Marlowe. Why did she have to give up her own blood if there was a supply kept in the house? Why didn't Marlowe's pal suggest the use of it? Did we miss something here as well?
I will read the next book Laurey writes, since I like her style. But I'm hoping there is at least a reasonably believable reason for the two main characters to fall in love in the next one . . . as well as plenty of bottled blood in the basement, so the poor heroine doesn't always have to come to the hunky vamp's rescue by baring her own neck.