Forever and Always is book two of the Forever Trilogy; the story of Adam and Darci Montgomery. In book one, Forever, Adam hires Darci as an assistant as he investigates his kidnapping when he was a child and the death of his parents. As far as Darci is concerned, she is there to raise money to get her hometown out of debt and thus freeing her from the obligation of having to marry the son of the wealthiest man there.

Darci has always known there was something "weird" about her. She could locate things and people that were lost and sometimes could perceive what would happen in the future. These abilities shamed her and she tried to hide it.

Once her and Adam were together, Darci discovered that her abilities made her special and she could use them to aid Adam in his investigation. Forever climaxes with the ultimate confrontation between Adam, Darci and the powerful witch who murdered Adam's parents. Adam also discovers that he has a sister, named Boadicea, who was kidnapped at birth and is being held captive by the witch.

Darci kills the witch's minions and the witch herself with her abilities and saves the day. Forever closes when Darci and Adam, and Darci's Dad and Boadicea, marry and both give birth to two very gifted little girls.

Forever and Always opens with the news that Adam and Boadicea have disappeared and Darci has been publicly accused of murdering them for the Montgomery money. In the midst of this, Darci's mother sends a renowned actor, named Lincoln Aimes, to Darci for help in locating his missing son.

Darci, at first refuses to help, but then changes her mind when she senses that by helping Lincoln, she'll get closer to solving the mystery of Adam and Boadicea's disappearance.

The rest of the story is really to pave the way for Darci to meet the most powerful human being on earth, psychically of course. His name is Henri and he's a very old man who has only a few months to live. His goal is to test Darci and see if she is deserving of his abilities.

The story, of course, ends in a happy ending and with Darci passing Henri's test with flying colors, but she is no closer to discovering what happened to her husband. That mystery will finally be solved in the third book of the trilogy: Always.

I, uh, was easily pulled into the story in the beginning. It was a bit slow going at first as Darci explains what happens in the first part of the Trilogy and the events that occurred since Adam and Boadicea disappeared. The pace picks up toward the middle of the big but then it begins to lag again, bogged down as it covers Henri's background and his purpose for testing Darci. There are also a lot of subplots that Darci and Lincoln have to wade through to get to their main goal: the recovery of his son and the discovery of the clues that point to what happened to Adam and Boadicea.

This book takes some patience to get through and I highly recommend that you not start on it until you've read the first book. Despite the tedium, Darci did begin to grow on me. I realized what a strong character she is, simple yet complex, fragile yet strong. I only wish the story were better written to support such a great character.

is okay.
I love the character of Darci.
But, the book just lacks something.
After finding the love of her life in FOREVER, he is nowhere to be seen in the second book.
I like her relationship with her co-hort this time around, the gorgeous tv star Linc Aimes. She, like everyone else appreciates his beauty. I'm still not quite sure how appropriate that is for a woman whose beloved husband is missing. Aside from that their adventure is fun.

Warning: nothing really is ever resolved in any of the trilogy.
Still, the first two are enjoyable reads. I doubt if I will re-read them again, though.

I think that if you are looking for a typical romance novel you may be disappointed in this novel. It focuses more on the paranormal than the romance. I thought that the story and characters were strong and entertaining. I liked this book more than the first in the trilogy simply because the ending concluded this section of the story. That's all I will comment on the ending...
If you like a good ghost story with a hint of romance, you will probably like this book.

I liked her a little more this time, but still the book wasn't very good, first I don't get what the publisher review had to do with the book, and the book is really sad and it doesn't have and ending, of course Ms. D. wants us to buy the next one, but still, how more tests does she have to pass??

This book was ok. It wasn't as good as Forever but I loved reading about Darci again. Darci was in a funk in this book. Maybe that's why I didn't like it as well as Forever. Why was the book written as it was written with every other chapter first person alternating Link and Darci? Link didn't appeal to me. I missed Adam as much as Darci. I am buying the last book of the triligy because I am curious.

I love Jude Deveraux's books. She has quite an imagination and isn't afraid to use it.