Again The Magic (2004) (edit title/settings)

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• Lady Aline Marsden: Heroine of story; in love with McKenna since she was a girl
• John McKenna; "McKenna": Successful businessman, was once a servant at Stony Cross Park
• Lady Olivia Marsden "Livia": Aline's younger sister
• Gideon Shaw: Business partner of McKenna's; alcoholic
• Countess Marsden: Aline, Marcus and Livia's mother
• Lord Marcus Marsden, Earl of Westcliff: Older brother to Aline and Livia
• Mrs. Faircloth: Housekeeper who helped raise McKenna
• Adam, Lord Sandridge: Good friend of Aline's
• Susan Chamberlain: Gideon Shaw's sister
• Salter: Cook at Stony Cross Park
• Peter Chamberlain: Gideon Shaw's brother in law
• Gwen: Maid

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• “Has he taken your virtue?” he barked. Aline looked directly into the obsidian surface of his eyes. “No.” She saw that he didn’t believe her. The bruising grip on her face tightened. “And if I summon a physician to examine you, he will confirm that?” Aline did not blink, only stared back at him, silently daring him. “Yes.” The word came out like a hiss. “But had it been left to me, my virginity would be long gone. I offered it freely to McKenna—I only wish that he had accepted it.”

  Aline to her father

• “Right at that moment, staring at her across entrance hall, Gideon Shaw, cynic, hedonist, drunkard, libertine, fell hopelessly in love. He had never been so completely in the thrall of another human being. So enchanted, and foolishly hopeful. A thousand endearments crowded his mind, and he realized ruefully that he was every bit the mooncalf that he had accused McKenna of being the previous day.”

  Gideon

• “For thousands of nights I dreamed of making love to you. No man on earth has ever hated sunrise as much as I do.”

  McKenna to Aline

• “You sleep too,” she said groggily, her hand creeping to the center of his chest.“No.” McKenna smiled and pressed a soft kiss against her temple. His voice was husky with wonder. “Not when staying awake is better than anything I could find in a dream.”

  Aline and McKenna

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• “One should make the best choice possible given the circumstances, and then avoid second-guessing for the sake of one’s own sanity.”

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• I want you for no reason at all, other than the fact that you’re you. I want to shove myself deep inside you and stay for hours…days…weeks. I want morning and noon and nightfall with you. I want your tears, your smiles, your kisses…the smell of your hair, the taste of your skin, the touch of your breath on my face. I want to see you in the final hour of my life…to lie in your arms as I take my last breath.”

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• McKenna went to her at once, his black head lowering to her soft, round shoulder as he wept.

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• No miles of level desert, no jagged mountain heights, no sea of endless blue Neither words nor tears, nor silent fears will keep me from coming back to you.

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• Hatred. He had come back for revenge — and he would not leave until he had punished her a thousand ways for what she had done to him.

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• “I’m afraid of what I’ll become if you won’t have me.”

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• Every evening since Amberley had died, Livia had gone to… ELEVEN

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• “I don’t want you to change your life for me. You’ll have to make the same decision every day, over and over — it must be for yourself alone. Otherwise you will come to resent me.”

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• AGAIN THE MAGIC BECAUSE YOU’RE MINE

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Setting & Locations edit see section history

• Stony Cross Park: Country estate; home to the Marsdens

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Themes & Symbolism edit see section history

• Forbidden Love: Two people from different class systems fall in love and are forceably separated. This story illustrates the absurdity of the system.
• Alcoholism: One of the secondary characters is charismatic, bright and accomplished but obviously has a drinking problem that everyone is willing to overlook because he is functional.

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Followed by Secrets of a Summer Night.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. Lisa Kleypas (Author)

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• Dewey: 813.54

Notes for Parents edit see section history

Sexual content.

Subjects edit see section history

• Books › Romance › Authors, A-Z › ( K ) › Kleypas, Lisa
• Books › Romance › Historical

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• Lisa Kleypas: Author's website

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