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Brianna Cameron had lived the past few years in fear - fear of the dreadful man she had married. He was known to abuse her often, with words and actions. When she learns of his death she is elated, for now she can have the freedom she had thought out of her reach forever. Until a carriage accident leaves her badly injured and alone, her two traveling companions killed.

Royce Campbell had retreated to a small cottage to recover from the wounds of his most recent battle, wounds of both the physical and psychological kind. While out hunting one day, he happened upon a destroyed carriage, two dead men, and one gravely injured woman. He takes her to his cottage to help her recover, giving up his much desired solitude for healing.

When Brianna awakens, and first sees the hideously scarred visage of her rescuer, she screams in fear and promptly passes out. Upon wakening, she slowly comes to realize Royce means her no harm and allows him to continue her care. As they spend this time isolated together over many weeks, she learns he is an honorable man who truly cares for her, nothing like her late husband. She grows to love this wonderful man, and he her, and they decide to wed as soon as she is well enough to travel home to her brother, Ian, her guardian since the passing of her husband.

Fate has other plans for these star-crossed lovers. What Brianna doesn't discover until later, is that Royce is a legendary warrior, feared by even the strongest of men. Upon learning this, she begins to doubt the man who has shown her nothing but love, respect, and kindness. Just as she comes to accept him for whom he is, fate intervenes once again, throwing a surprising twist at them, just after they have said their marriage vows. Their love must now face the ultimate test, to determine if she can love him forever.

What should have been a wonderful story falls flat for this reviewer. For most of the story, the plot is very slow and not overly exciting. Over half of the book is all about Brianna's recovery, having her sleeping or lying in bed. There isn't a whole lot of action until much later. The primary storyline takes too long to develop, making this reader wonder if anything was ever going to happen. When the story finally picks up, there still doesn't seem to be much there.

Having read, and enjoyed, most of Ms. Fletcher's other works, one can only hope this tale is a fluke occurrence and that future books will prove more indicative of her talents. Other readers may enjoy this story though, even if this reviewer was unimpressed.

© Kelley A. Hartsell, April 2003. All rights reserved.

Brianna, a recent widow, wakes from an accident to find herself being nursed by a frightening man with a scarred face. Yet, as she comes to know Royce, she finds that this warrior is in need of as much healing as she, and that he is handsome in ways she never dreamed.

Over the weeks of their mutual recuperation, the two grow closer together, falling in love with each passing day. When they return to the real world, Royce's greatest desire is to wed his lady. However, she is reluctant, believing herself barren, and also only recently recovered from living with a monstrous husband. Just when it appears that they could have all they dreamed of, Brianna and Royce's world is threatened by a terrible remainder of the past.

***** In a sensual and exciting retelling of Beauty and the Beast for adults, Ms. Fletcher charmingly weaves a magical tale of love and healing that will touch your heart. *****

Reviewed by Amanda Killgore.

This is the sequel to Isle of Lies, so I would recommend reading that one first. Isle of Lies introduces you to the Heroine and her abusive husband. I loved this kind of Beauty and the Beast like story. After an accident that leaves the Heroine injured, the hero saves her and brings her to his cottage to nurse her back to health. The hero is a mess, being severely beaten in a recent battle; he comes to this cottage to recover alone. So, in essence, they find love while caring for each other's wounds. The hero is tender and patient and the heroine is skeptical and wounded. Of course once both begin to recover and it's time to return home things get a little crazy and there are lots of exciting twists and turns in the story. I loved how in this book you could really see how their relationship grows. It wasn't a love at first sight kind of story. The heroine has to learn to trust him, and he gives her the chance to do so. Over all it was a great romance; exciting, intense, funny, and just a great read. Well worth it!

Thank you, thank you for making this book into a e-book. This is one of my favorite books. I can read this story about Brianna and Royce over and over again.
I just had read Isle of Lies and didn't realize until I got the book. It lead into this story. I so enjoyed both books. Thanks again, for making them into e-books. I can take them with me everywhere. I'm reading Love Me Forever again now as a e-book. Thanks again, Teresa

This is my absolute favorite book. I am avid reader of romance and fiction and fell head over heels for this book. A wonderful love story of selflessness. Please Read.

I liked the first half of this novel due to the sweet dialogue between the leads but the second half was almost a different novel mainly because the heroine transformed into an emotional, hardened woman.

Brianna is in a wagon accident and saved by hero Royce Campbell. He takes her back to his small house, nurses her tenderly to consciousness and is very gentle with her. Brianna is afraid of Royce at first since he has many scars yet to heal on his face making him appear frightening and unattractive. Brianna is afraid of men after her terrible first marriage; her deceased husband was cruel and manipulative blaming all his problems on Brianna.

While recuperating, Royce and Brianna have a lovely romance. Royce is a big fellow but his words are softly spoken. He keeps his past to himself and so does Brianna for the most part but she does share about her first marriage. These two fall in love very believably thorough long conversation and kind deeds.

Everything shifts when, Brianna's clan finds her and she goes back to her brother's keep. Royce wants to marry her and she has agreed but there is tension in the air and all Royce's past comes up to haunt Brianna. Seems Royce is a legendary warrior which for some reason makes Brianna furious. Her upset is that he kept this hidden from her so he can never be trusted ever again. Brianna turns into an incredibly stubborn woman. This is seen as endearing by her family members but absolutely annoying by this reader. Royce is still the same man yet Brianna just cannot let go of her stubborn nature, she almost revels in her opposition to Royce.

Meanwhile Royce is patiently waiting for her to come to her senses. He acts kindly toward her giving her space but Brianna wants to punish him. When she does come to her senses there are still more problems and Royce again has to deal with her sharp tongue and stubborn nature.

I wish Brianna had exercised kindness as she did in the first half of the novel instead of becoming bull headed. Royce remained his gentle, honorable self even in the midst of trying circumstances.

Scottish romance with lots of Scottish history thrown in as a bonus. Donna Fletcher does it well.

While this book starts out in an interesting way it quickly becomes bogged down with boring, tedious, repetitive dialogue. The characters say the same things to each other over and over again. Nothing happens until almost 2/3 of the way into the book. Even then, it is very slow moving and somewhat predictable. I have never read anything else by this author and I probably won't after this. My advice: pass on this one and read something else, maybe something by Jo Beverly or Heather Cullman (just for examples).

This is my first book by this author, so I'm out of sequence on the stories. I absolutely loved this book. You can't get better than Chieftain Royce Campbell as a hero! Every line he uttered was manly, perfect, never whiny, and was in fact, quite perfect. He was also VERY handsome, and very intelligent. I thought the story moved along just fine; a sweet love story. It takes good writing to keep lengthy scenes going, as this author did when Brianna and Royce remained in the cabin so long.
But no book is perfect: I thought Brianna was a little immature. Take the giggles, for example. She also kept saying, "It's my decision," like a petulant child. Royce and her brother Ian led her to believe she'd made her own "decision" many times, when in fact they had merely placated her. That's the way I saw it, anyway.
This book left a lasting impression on me. I loved it.

This was a very romantic read--just what you read romance books for right?

The love story between Royce, and Brianna is touching and poignante set in the Scottish Highlands and will keep you glued to the pages until the end.

Royce is a warrior that has been injured both physically, and spiritually. He goes to a remote cabin to heal. While out hunting he finds a carriage accident and only one survivor who is Brianna. What he doesn't know is that he has found his heart.

Brianna is going away after the death of her cruel husband Arran. She is rescued by Royce and he takes care of her and heals her not only physically but mentally as well. Brianna also heals Royce spiritually and together they find love. Their love is strong, but it is tested. The trials and the tests that these both are put through only reaffirm their love for each other but at what cost?

This is a sweet novel and one that will grab your attention from the beginning. Although there are a few areas where the story was slow I still felt that overall the book was a keeper.