The Long and Short of It Reviews
Can returning to Ireland find Maggie’s lost love, or will she find a nightmare she would rather forget?
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Maggie Calllahan and Gideon O’Rourke find themselves in a storm of emotional and dangerous happenings when they meet again after being separated for ten years. Theirs proves to be a love that endures against tremendous odds. It is indeed A Love That Lasts.Author Melanie Rutan catapults these two highly successful, in-control professionals into a whirlpool of trouble that keeps the reader turning pages eager to learn how this hero and heroine survive and resolve the multitude of problems that beset them. When Maggie lets her guard down and finds herself in a desperate situation, the anxiety level accelerates the heart rate for a time.
Coincidences propel the story at times but never enough to kill the desire to find out what happens next – and a lot does happen. Amid hate, jealousy, cruelty, revenge, despair, madness, and fear; family love and friendship help Maggie and Gideon to reaffirm their love that bloomed ten years earlier but had never realized a happy-ever-after.
The secondary characters, bad guys and good guys, come alive in the subplots adding both sadness and joy to the stories within the story along with intrigue.
A Love That Lasts is a sensual love story that has all the elements we enjoy as the characters navigate a lot of twists and turns to get to a happy-ever-after. It is a joy to read.
Simply Romance Reviews.
Maggie is a smart, resourceful heroine who alternately infuriated and tickled me with her stubborn yet endearing nature. Sexy Gideon swept me off my feet from the start.
Charming and handsome, yet hopelessly enamored with his one true love, he’ll stop at nothing to make her his once more.
Ms. Rutan takes the reader from the bustle of New York City to the peaceful countryside of rural Ireland, crafting an atmosphere of serenity and calm, then promptly shatters that calm when Quinn McDougal, a psychopath worthy of any modern horror film, steps into the picture.
The story clicks along like a well oiled machine, moving back and forth between Maggie’s terrifying predicament, and Gideon’s torturous journey to get her back.
When they are finally reunited, their love has been sorely tested, but survives and blossoms.
The love scenes are tender and romantic, yet hot enough to be satisfying. A cast of supporting characters keeps the story entertaining and diverse and opens nicely to a sequel.
Overall, I enjoyed this book and look forward to reading more from the author.
A Love That Lasts is a tale that will satisfy the hopeless romantic in anyone. Thank you Ms. Rutan, for a wonderful read.
This book was hard to put down. With love, laughter and danger. Twists and turns in every chapter. Ms. Rutan does it again. A Love That Lasts, is a must read.
Carol Mitchell-Avid reader.
A Love That Lasts
Author: Melanie Rutan
250 Pages
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Melanie Rutan starts you on a journey to the Emerald Isles through the eyes and heart of Mary Margaret Callahan, a teen-age girl with a clouded future. Maggie's interest in the castle ruins of an old Gaelic priest when she literally stumbled upon the man she knew God himself had chosen to be her eternal soul mate. As circumstances develop she suffers the heartrending loss of her true love from Ireland, Gideon O'Rourke in a freak motor car accident.
Melanie seamlessly takes you forward to when Maggie Callahan a successful New York advertising executive meets a man that stirs feeling she hadn't felt in years, feeling she thought died with Gideon.
Dan Rourke selects her agency and specifically her to head an Ad campaign for his multi million dollar software company. Here Mrs. Rutan is a tease, as it seems everyone but Maggie is aware that Dan and Gideon are one in the same.
Maggie confused and frustrated leaves for a weekend jaunt to Erin to find out more out the mysterious Mr. Rourke. Once there she encountered life-threatening activities that take you on twists and turns through the Irish countryside.
Mr. O'Rourke with the help of his family and Maggie's trusting administrative assistant Kelly brings Maggie back with a melodramatic flair. The surprising twist at the end is unexpected, but answers a lot of unanswered questions. Mrs. Rutan intentionally left you wanting.
A Love That Lasts is a very good read and I believe a better screenplay something worthy of a lifetime television production
Larry L Evans.
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