Everlastin'

I read this book way back when it first came out. And I fell in love with it. To the point where decades later I went searching for it again. Only to discover that it was the first in a series. Of course I am reading my way through the series now.

You know how they say not to judge a book by it's cover? Well this time I did and it was wonderful! The story kept me spell bound through the whole book, and left me yearning to go to Scotland to find my own Lachlan. It touches your heart in many ways, and opens your mind to endless possibilities. This would make a wonderful movie too! I love it, love it love it!p.s. I have re-read this book 7 times!

Iadored the cover, I adored the book and the primary and secondary characters. I was quite taken with the 3 sequels. The Frustration didn't come in until the end of the fourth book (Hope Everlastin'). Everything was left up in the air and dangling. I even found out via an E-mail from the author, that the 5th chapter was to have been titled "Time Everlastin'" and was almost coplete. That was summer 2001. Sadly, it's now summer 2002 and the book has still not been published. It seems Ms. Madden got dumped by her publisher and has yet to find another. Too bad, it was agreat series. I'd love to know how it all came out. That's the everlastin' frustration. Don't start if not being able to finish will bother you as much as it does me.

The first of four books, _Everlastin'_ is the divine tale of a love so powerful even death can't hinder it. Lachlan Baird has overcome death and waited 150 years for a woman to fill his heart with love. He finds that love in the very modern Beth Staples. The story of their love is moving, heavenly and at times even heart wrenching. Ms. Madden has done a superb job by taking romance to the next step. _Everlastin'_ has a thoroughly unique premise, one that is at once enchanting and mystical. You'll fall head over heels in love with Lachlan and his lilting Scottish burr. You'll feel his pain as he watches Beth suffer, knowing there's nothing he can do to stop the inevitable. You'll delight as these two kindred souls find each other, though time and death would try to keep them apart. In the end you'll know that a love like this comes around once in a lifetime and when it does it's everlastin'. Be sure to look for the other books in this series, _Dusk Before Dawn_, _Love Everlastin'_ and _Hope Everlastin'_ for more of Beth, Lachlan, Roan and the beautiful Scottish mansion Baird House -- where mystery, magic and love reign.

Mickee Madden is a wondeful writer of love with a twist. I read all kinds of romance books and alot of them leave me bored/same old thing...NOT SO WITH EVERLASTIN' I actually loved the Scottish brogue. The eye for detail made the book more real, even though it was a fantasy. Isn't the entire idea of reading a romance with ghosts, vampires, time travel etc., is somewhere deep inside we're looking for a love that's out of the ordinary. That's why it's called a FANTASY. I've read Dust Before Dawn, Love Everlastin' and couldn't wait for Hope Everlastin' to go on sale. MS. Madden I await your next book that I won't be able to put down. Thank you!

The Hologram cover on the soft cover is the readers first impression there's a ghost involved. What's between the covers will make you smile, gasp, giggle and blush. A wonderful love story, written in a unique style. Mickee Madden knows how to spin a tale and keep her reader coming back for more.The recent owners of Baird Mansion in Scotland, invite their friend Beth Staples of America to come for a holiday. A ghostly presences has haunted the mansion since 1843. His death was tragic when his bride murdered him and his friend buried him alive in the walls of the tower. Beth Staples agrees to comes for a much need vacation. After some strange things happen, she becomes suspicious that things aren't normal at Baird House. When she decides to leave, she finds she can't.......We also meet the family the Ghost hates. His widow and best friends offspring. One is Roan Ingliss, who seems to be a little different from all the other lazy, thieving Inglisses. A young lady Laura Bennett and her 3 nephews arrive in a harrowing way and add even more chaos to the house.A story filled with: Love; family feuding;danger; life;death;time travel and of course a ghost. Mickee Madden added a glossary for the Scottish dialog.