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From A Knight in Shining Armor to The Mulberry Tree, Jude Deveraux's bestsellers sparkle with stunning originality, heartfelt wit, and adventurous passion. Now, this superb storyteller mixes the flavor of a classic fairy tale with a very modern love story -- set in a town locked in the... read more

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Darci T. Monroe finds a great job lead and goes to use her "True Persuasion" to obtain it, llttle does she know that her virginity is all that she needs to get the job. Funny thing is, out of hundreds she's the only virgin.

Adam Montgomery is on a quest to find an... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)

Darci T. Monroe finds a great job lead and goes to use her "True Persuasion" to obtain it, llttle does she know that her virginity is all that she needs to get the job. Funny thing is, out of hundreds she's the only virgin.

Adam Montgomery is on a quest to find an ancient relic that can only be read by a virgin the age of 22 or older. To his surprise theres only one virgin out of all the women who answer the ad. She is quirky and she an obvious liar but beggars cant be choosers.

Darci and Adam dont exactly seem to be hittin it off right away, but slowly she begins to get under his skin. And he falls in love with her. but he cannot touch her until the mirror is found and if he wants to find out what happened to his parents and where his sister is he must keep his lust in check. But soon he finds that his determination to find his family has put Darci in mortal danger. Not to mention the powers that seem to be unleashing from Darci after the emotional first meeting of her and her father.

The coven in this little Connecticut town is obvious but elusive at the same time however no leads seem to be producing much until they find the house the house of evil as Darci says, When Adam gets his sister out. More and more is revealed and Darci is learning about what powers she has and how dangerous those powers can be especially to the ones she loves and she soon finds that with these powers she will save everyones lives including her own in the end

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  • Darci T. Monroe: result of one night stand between Jerlene Monroe and Taylor Raeburne and heiress of magical powers from a long line of very powerful women on Taylors side of the family. neice of Thelma Vern, Jerlenes sister and brother in law.
  • Adam Montgomery: abducted by powerful witch at the age of 3, kept till she got his sister from her mother during a ritual and sacrifice, and then killing his parents, he escaped but could not remember the events of that time with her.
  • Taylor Raeburne: father of Darci, and then brother in law to Adam later, the women in his family seem to pass down a power of sorts and different sorts of power each time, so Darci has inherited this power and is learning to use it now instead of hide it.
  • Boadicea Montgomery: born by forced caesarean section on an altar of sacrifice by a powerful witch who wanted her powers to use with a magical mirror created for Nostradamus,
  • Beatrice aka Sally the waitress: a powerful witch who killed her step sister to obtain a mirror that had been created for Nostradamus. She has abducted several children over the years and sacrificed them when they no longer served the purpose intended, which is to read a magic mirror and also to get evil based power. She makes the mistake o abducting Adam Montgomery and his family, then later they come in and blow the operation. And she is killed by a more powerful witch.
  • Jerlene Monroe: Darcis mother who is very selfish but does come in to rescue her daughter in the end and saves the day which really atones alot for her sins.
  • Helen: a clairvoyant who helps Adam to find the virgin who is to help him find the magic mirror.
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  • Thelma
  • Susan
  • Lillian
  • Jimmie
  • Mr. Farnum
  • Laurie
  • Phillip
  • Cornwell
  • Uncle Vern
  • Philip
  • Bailey
  • Carol
  • Mrs. Wilson
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Quotes edit see section history

  • “This internet thing isn't exactly rocket science is it? It's like a big mailbox. You just type in the address and voila, up it comes.”
    Darci T. Monroe

First Sentence edit see section history

DARCI LOOKED OVER the job application again, checking that she'd been absolutely truthful on every line, with no "imagination" added.

Series & Lists edit see section history

This is book 1 of 3 in Forever Trilogy. (standard series)

Followed by Forever and Always.

This is book 18 of 22 in The Montgomerys. (standard series)

Preceded by High Tide, and followed by Forever and Always.

This is book 19 of 20 in Montgomery / Taggart. (standard series)

Followed by Forever and Always.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

  1. Jude Deveraux (Author)

First Edition edit see section history

Original Language: English
Publisher: Pocket Books
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2002
ISBN: 0739429914
Page Count: 359

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