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Forever Found: A Love Story

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JLee Meyer is a first time author with a first rate romance. Forever Found is thoughtful, heartfelt and outstanding.

Dana Ryan and Keri Flemons are best friends as children until Dana's father picks up the family and moves without warning. Neither child knows why they cannot see each other anymore, leaving unresolved feelings for them. Twenty years later Dana's career is abruptly ended after a tragic car accident kills her father and leaves her with a damaged and scarred leg. The driver is the very wealthy Keri Flemons who believes that money can resolve the situation. Dana, thoroughly disgusted at her former friend, storms out of the settlement talks. Fast forward to three years later when Keri needs an expert photographer, and Dana wants the opportunity to advance her new career. They reluctantly forge a business alliance, agreeing to an uneasy truce.

What impressed me most from this new author was the timing in Forever Found. Everything falls into place at just the right pace. She does not drop in subplots as after thoughts. Meyer introduces the reader to the past connection, then describes the defining event, and then takes us to the present day. The path is clear, concise and draws the reader completely into the plot. We immediately want to know what is going to happen next, and we are thoroughly invested in these characters.

Forever Found builds on strong characterization and explores the dynamics of all of the characters' interactions. Through past actions and the exposing of deeply rooted emotions, we learn why Keri and Dana are at odds. Their lost childhood love is laid out succinctly for the reader. When Dana and Keri see each other for the first time in 20 years at the settlement talks, Dana remembers a very different Keri than the one sitting next to her. Now Keri is an unlikable woman who is spoiled, rich and self-centered. As the story moves forward, we are treated to subtle changes. After Keri's father dies suddenly, she takes over the family business where she is forced to deal with some difficult employees. She slowly grows into a more mature woman because of this. With the day to day working relationship, Dana and Keri's buried past emerges with pent up feelings of regret, anger and sadness. The discovery of these feelings happens at different times for the two women, which causes some strife and angst and keeps the tension flowing for the reader.

Meyer adds depth to Keri and Dana's story by developing solid secondary characters. With the unsavory Thomas Concannon, Keri's inherited right hand man, Meyer includes another dimension to the story that provides us with some powerful action scenes. The reader ascertains that he is evil and underhanded, but the author plays out his role brilliantly, building the suspense through most of the book. Meyer deftly peels back the layers of scars between Keri and her estranged mother, Carolyn, thus carrying the theme of physical and emotional scarring throughout the book.

Forever Found succeeds in giving the reader a thoroughly enjoyable romance filled with tension and longing from the first pages. I highly recommend this first effort from this talented new author.

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I was rooting for the main characters, Hell, I wanted to be one of them. I would definitely recommend this to anyone who ask.