It's the natural flow of a river feelings towards a sea of love. The feelings build as the story progresses.

Regardless, I would have relished the challenge and education that would have provided. Knowing a little about Roman history, I would have enjoyed more Latin and historical terms particularly with the bathhouse, but I understand how that could have alienated readers with no knowledge. I liked the historical aspects and how Gigi had to adjust quite fast to the changed world. Everything you could possibly want from any novel. There was passion and conflict and confusion and lies and love. I'd been looking forward to reading this one since I found out about it - it sounded absolutely fascinating. In 2014, the Oshawa Public Libraries, Ontario, Canada included their entire Roman trilogy (Love, Eternally, After the Fall, and Return to Me) in their list of the Top 100 Romance Novels of All Time. The Morgan O'Neill time travel novels have received a number of literary awards, including two finalist wins in the Booksellers' Best Awards, two semifinalist wins in the William Faulkner-William Wisdom Creative Writing Competition, first, second, and third place wins for the Mainstream Novel with Strong Romantic Elements category of the Golden Rose Contest, a top ten finalist award in the Pacific Northwest Writers' Conference Zola Awards Literary Contest, and a top ten finalist win in the Orange Rose Contest. They've traveled to Europe's ancient and medieval sites many times, with Cary living on the Continent for five years. Their maiden names provided the solution - and Morgan O'Neill was born.Ĭary and Deborah's backgrounds are uniquely suited to writing stories steeped in atmosphere and history: Deborah has a master's degree in history and is a dedicated genealogist Cary is a talented linguist in French and is currently a student of Latin. Collaboration ensued, the search for a pen name the first step in their working relationship. A chance meeting at a writers' conference brought Cary Morgan and Deborah O'Neill Cordes together, two award-winning and Amazon #1 best-selling authors who connected because of a mutual love of time travel fiction.

Love, Eternally by Morgan O'Neill