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Everlasting Desire (Everlasting #2)

by Amanda Ashley (Goodreads Author)

3.92 of 5 stars 3.92 · rating details · 452 ratings · 31 reviews

Desire Burns Forever
The clientele at Shore's clothing store includes some of L.A.'s sexiest bachelors. But none of them affects Megan DeLacey as deeply as the dark-eyed stranger who strides into her boutique one evening - and keeps returning, night after night. Megan is drawn to Rhys Costain even as she fears him. Because his reason for being there is clear - he wants Mega...more

Mass Market Paperback, 364 pages

Published October 2010 by Kensington Publishing Corporation

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Nov 22, 2010 Kaleigha rated it 1 of 5 stars

I while back, I read Everlasting Kiss by Amanda Ashley. I gave it two stars, because I found it to be shallow and quite dull. The only thing that saved it for me was the character of Rhys Costain, Master Vampire of the west coast. So, against all odds, I was looking forward to Everlasting Desire, which focused on Rhys. Needless to say, I was disappointed.

I never, ever don't finish a book. Even if it takes me weeks, I still slog through. Until this one, that is. I can't really even say I didn't l...more I while back, I read Everlasting Kiss by Amanda Ashley. I gave it two stars, because I found it to be shallow and quite dull. The only thing that saved it for me was the character of Rhys Costain, Master Vampire of the west coast. So, against all odds, I was looking forward to Everlasting Desire, which focused on Rhys. Needless to say, I was disappointed.

I never, ever don't finish a book. Even if it takes me weeks, I still slog through. Until this one, that is. I can't really even say I didn't like it...it was too blah for me to form an opinion either way. I liked Rhys, what we get to know of him, that is, but that was it. As in the previous Everlasting book, I found the romance juvenile and the story dull. But what set this one apart was the heroine. She annoyed me. She was weak, self-righteous, and just plain stupid. She sees the man she loves, Rhys, supposedly get killed and figures out at that moment that he is a vampire, and her reaction? Call her roommate for a drive home. Doesn't help him, doesn't check on him, just decides to go home and have a nap. And when Rhys reappears all not dead and stuff, she loathes the monster that he is...but wait. Yes. She loves him again, fangs and all. Because she is good that way.

Of course, her roommate and best friend in the world, the one closer to her than any sister, becomes a vampire. Megan's reaction? Uh, I don't think I want to be your roommate anymore. Bye. As I said, stupid. I made it to the point where said stupid Megan was starting to give Rhys advice about vampire business, and then I gave up. And I realized that I actually had absolutely no interest in finding out what happened. Not even enough to skim to the end and read through.

As I said, this one was blah. Didn't like it, not interesting enough to not like it. Just a waste of time, and with the huge TBR pile staring at me, I have better ways to spend an evening than reading about characters I just couldn't work up any interest in. I guess that Amanda Ashley just isn't a writer for me. (less)

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Sep 21, 2012 Sabine Honig rated it 3 of 5 stars

Everlasting Desire features a vampire who has seen it all and a naïve human he comes into contact with. From the minute she meets Rhys Costain, Megan DeLacey knows there is something different about him – exactly what though she doesn’t know. He makes her tingle when he is near, but he is also a bit frightening.
The two start a relationship and there are things that alarm Megan as the relationship develops, but she puts her worries aside until she has to confront the truth, that the man she is da...more Everlasting Desire features a vampire who has seen it all and a naïve human he comes into contact with. From the minute she meets Rhys Costain, Megan DeLacey knows there is something different about him – exactly what though she doesn’t know. He makes her tingle when he is near, but he is also a bit frightening.
The two start a relationship and there are things that alarm Megan as the relationship develops, but she puts her worries aside until she has to confront the truth, that the man she is dating is a vampire. Megan was a wishy washy female. I cannot say that she was strong or even determined about her love for Rhys or her determination to make the relationship work. It seemed as if Rhys did all of the work in the relationship, while also dealing with other serious vampire problems like an ancient one who came to take his territory and succeeded in killing some of his council members.
Megan didn’t like the idea of Rhys being a monster, yet she still dated him. When he turned her dying friend, she just sniped about the tricks that vampires could do, but she kept going out with him and then when he finally asks her to marry him, she says yes, despite knowing that he is a vamp and he drinks blood. I also didn't get the attraction the other men who came to the shop where she worked showed in her - what was so special about her and why would an up and coming rock star want to marry her? There were lots of things that didn't make sense and that weren't really explained.
Rhys for some reason was attracted to Megan. He kept on going to her and was in love with the woman. I didn’t really understand why he wanted her as I didn’t think that she had any kind of redeeming qualities and I got quite frustrated with her sniping about vampires, yet being rescued umpteen times by a vampire.
Despite not really warming to Megan, I did like the character of Rhys – he is a vamp who is just and who doesn’t abuse the power he has and who wears a whole lot of black – cliché or what? This book is set in the vamp/hunter/human world that Ms. Ashley has created and some characters from previous novels are reintroduced. There were more scenes that I won’t go into because I don’t really want to give it all away, but even I was going oh come on, give me a break as I continued to read – do we really need to know why she has to go to the toilet and the colour of the towels they are using for example?
For a romance novel, I would call this a lukewarm one to say the least. It had no heat or sparks or what I felt it needed to burn the pages, which was also unfortunate. All in all, it was an ok read. If you like a book that doesn’t really burn the pages with love and sex, a wishy washy female lead and a vamp who seems to be chasing his tail saving a woman who has issues with vamps, then this might be the story for you.

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Oct 05, 2010 Megan rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: vampire-romance

Book 2 in the Everlasting series.

I loved this book, I thought it was an exciting sequel to Everlasting Kiss. I have to preface my review by saying that I really dislike reading books that contain a character with my own name, I find it weird and distracting. However, after a few chapters this didn’t bother me as much as I thought it was going to as I became engrossed in the story.

This is the story of Rhys Costain, Master of the West Coast vampires, who we met in the first book of the series. And...more

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Aug 26, 2010 Amy Jacobs rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: books-i-own

I love Amanda Ashley books! When she contacted me asking her to review another one of her vampire stories, I jumped for joy at the chance! If you are unfamiliar with this authors tales, where have you been? After all the hype of sparkly and cute vampire tales, sometimes I need a break with dark and brooding vampires to make me remember why I fell in love with these sort of paranormal creatures in the first place.

In Everlasting Desire, we meet Megan and Rhys. Rhys Costain, who is the Master of th...more I love Amanda Ashley books! When she contacted me asking her to review another one of her vampire stories, I jumped for joy at the chance! If you are unfamiliar with this authors tales, where have you been? After all the hype of sparkly and cute vampire tales, sometimes I need a break with dark and brooding vampires to make me remember why I fell in love with these sort of paranormal creatures in the first place.

In Everlasting Desire, we meet Megan and Rhys. Rhys Costain, who is the Master of the West Coast Vampires, finds himself drawn to retail consultant Megan DeLacey. After swearing off love and thinking he will spend his Immortal life without happiness, Rhys is surprised at the feelings and emotions that Megan DeLacey makes him feel. She is a mortal and Rhys knows that there isn't much hope for a vampire and mortal to be together. When another Master Vampire decides he is too bored, Rhys finds not only himself in danger, but also Megan.

I loved this book. I have loved almost every single book by this author and automatically buy anything that comes out by her! I love how she is true to the original Vampire tales. They are not sparkly and they are not always happy. They have the darkness that you would expect from a Vampire. Rhys is mysterious, only comes out at night, rich, and of course sexy as hell. I loved every single thing about Rhys. What was not to love about him? He showered Megan with attention, roses almost every our of the day while he courted her, and was very protective of her.

Megan, on the other hand, was not a character I liked. She was so naive and stupid at times. She kept changing her feelings about Rhys, one moment head over heels in love with him and in the next breath scared of him. Then about halfway through the story, she starts to come around and warm up to the reader.

The side characters were just as fabulous. Shirl was annoying, yet it fit her character and it plays a major point in the story. The bad vampire, Tomas, was the ultimate bad vampire. He is the one of the oldest vampires, and mean as hell. He pretty much has last all of his humanity that he had left and doesn't care one bit about killing humans. When Tomas and Rhys have their showdown, I couldn't help but hope he would get his but kicked! With appearances from characters from the previous books, it reminded me of all the fabulous vampires this author has created.

I can't wait for the next installment that this author brings to the table. She has me captivated with each story and keeps my pulse racing with the romance! Move over sparkle, hello dark and mysterious!(less)

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Aug 13, 2010 Book Review Diva rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: vampire

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The title of this book says it all “Everlasting Desire”. Living for over 500 years Rhys has no desire to be with any women until he walks into Megan DeLacey's place of work, and lays eyes on her. Desire is what Rhys Costain feels when he lays eyes on Megan DeLacey. He desires her touch and the taste of her blood. He has a need, or "desire" if you might, to be with her forever.

Amanda's book "Everlasting Desire" is a wonderful love story of a Vampire who falls in...more

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Apr 28, 2012 Paige rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: i-own, 2012-books

Just like with any other Amanda Ashley books, EVERLASING DESIRE does not disappoint.

With his friend Erik’s luck with love, Rhys Costain wonders if he will have the same. Shaking his head at the obscured thoughts, he walks into an exclusive men’s clothing shop and meets Megan Delacey.

Night after night he returns, buying more and more clothes and becoming highly addicted to her. He has to lie about his age when she’s reluctant to go out with him when he seems younger than her 29 years. Slowly he...more

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Feb 10, 2011 Jackie rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2011-off-the-shelf-challenge, read-in-2011

Have you ever heard the old saying that all vampire books are predictable and boring? That there is nothing new and different in the genre that would cause a reader to stand up and cheer when they were done with the story.... I say different, not only are the books written by Amanda Ashley not boring or for the most part predictable but they will make you smile and even cheer for the books characters at stories end!
Right off the bat let me say that the main female character of Megan DeLacey is g...more Have you ever heard the old saying that all vampire books are predictable and boring? That there is nothing new and different in the genre that would cause a reader to stand up and cheer when they were done with the story.... I say different, not only are the books written by Amanda Ashley not boring or for the most part predictable but they will make you smile and even cheer for the books characters at stories end!
Right off the bat let me say that the main female character of Megan DeLacey is going to make you peeved in the beginning of the book, at some point she does finally grow on the reader...
Master Vampire hottie main male character Rhys Costain however you will fall in "lust" with immediately!
The two meet when Rhys comes into the high end clothing store where Megan works the night shift... Night after night he comes back and buys something each time so he has the chance to interact with the beautiful young human female, the first female to entice Rhys in centuries!
Megan is of course flattered and intrigued by what she perceives to be a younger man with money to burn showing interest in her!
Speed up a little and the two have gone beyond mere flirtation and engaged in an intimate relationship during the course of which Rhys is grievously injured and Megan is confronted with the awful fact that he is really a Vampire not a human at all....
Add the kicker in that her roommate and best friend tells her that she is dying whereupon Megan decides to have Rhys turn her friend into a Vampire to save her from permanent human death...
Why do we all know that this is a bad idea? Also there is a rival Master Vampire going from coast to coast causing the entire vamp community to be up in arms as he leaves a string of dead bodies behind him on his way to the city of Los Angeles...
The story is one that will have you reading faster and faster to see what drama occurs next... Will Megan's roommate turn out to be a good vampire or a bad one? Will Megan and Rhys make it work and get their much wanted HEA? Will Rhys survive the approaching confrontation for his territory?
All these questions and more are yours for the answering within the pages of this darkly brooding tale... If you like your vampires on the sexy side with a little of "the inner beast" showing from time to time than this series will be perfect reading for you for sure!
Book 1 Everlasting Kiss started this new series February 2010 and there is a third book undetermined release as of yet and tentatively titled EVERLASTING EMBRACE that has the first chapter up and can be accessed by going to the authors works in progress page on her web site.
I have been a very longtime fan of this author which started when I read my first Native American Romance book written under her real name Madeline Baker . Comanche Flame was first released in 1992 and when I discovered her Vampire Romance books written as AKA Amanda Ashley in the late nineties have been eagerly reading her work ever since!

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Jul 15, 2011 Amy rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: paranormal-romance, booksoncd

Instead of reading, I actually listened to this book on CD. I kept hoping that it would get better and that some plot would evolve and it finally did (on disk 5). It's really your basic vampire plot -- someone Rhys (pronounced Rees) Costain is in charge of the West Coast Vampires. Another (older) vampire wants to take control of the territory.

Rhys has developed a relationship with mortal, Megan DeLacey. She has a roommate, Cheryl (sp?), who is having headaches ... I don't want to say more than t...more

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Oct 28, 2011 Evelyn rated it 4 of 5 stars

Sequel to 'Everylasting Kiss', but it can be read stand alone (although what's the fun in this, since the main male character is introduced in 'Everlasting Kiss'). Typical when you read a vampire romance, the vampire's age when he was turned is not a factor. It was fun in this book when 30 year old Megan finds herself attracted to a 20 year old customer (if she only knew... and ends up knowing). Loved both these books, lots of fun and quick reads.

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Apr 01, 2012 Jennifer M rated it 4 of 5 stars

Yes, Megan did get on my nerves and her best friend surprised me but all in all I really enjoyed this book. I totally would be all over Reese and enjoy every moment of it...lol
Great story line I kinda thought of Edward and Bella a little as I read this story in an adult version, but perhaps that was just my Twilight obsession kicking in.

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Aug 04, 2012 Annie rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: comedy-cute-romance, can-get-annoying-frustrating, paranormal

This was definitly not a new favorite of Ashley. I was excited to see Daisy and Eric again but I did not think enough time was given to Reece and Megan to overcome her bias opinions and beleifs to fall as madly and deeply in love with Reece as the author tried to have us beleive. The plot was good and some of the various twists and turns were fun and surprising. Again, it was the connection of the two main characters I got annoyed with (occasionally) that made me not as happy as I wanted to be w...more

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Feb 22, 2010 Maria marked it as to-read

My Night Series:
1. Night's Kiss
2. Night's Touch
3. Night's Master
4. Night's Pleasure

Other Misc. Series:
1. Shades of Gray
2. After Sundown
3. Desire After Dark

Everlasting Series:
1. Everlasting Kiss
2. Everlasting Desire

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Apr 01, 2011 Sara Horney rated it 2 of 5 stars

Meh. *shrugs*
It wasn't good, but it wasn't horrible.
The plot, the character development and the dialogue just seemed way too simple.
Probably won't read anymore of this authors stuff.
This books headed for the used book store.

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Oct 04, 2010 Kim rated it 5 of 5 stars

I didn't want this book to end! I stayed up until 5AM Sunday finishing it. I couldn't put it down. I loved Rhys and it was good to see Daisy and Eric's character's again.

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Jul 14, 2012 Jennifer rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: owned

A fun, sexy, and fast read. I liked Rhys much more in his story than I did when we met him in Eric and Daisy's book. Very enjoyable.

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Oct 16, 2010 Joan Osborne rated it 5 of 5 stars

This was a wonderful and very romantic vampire romance. I really enjoyed the lead couple and the story kept me interested throughout.

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Dec 07, 2011 Loretta rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: fantasy, paranormal, paranormal-romance, romance

scary to think that someone could create such havoc and over nothing more than pure boredom! Alas, a great filler book!

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Nov 11, 2011 Missyb rated it 4 of 5 stars

really good, moves right along, good characters. could use some more action or romance/sex, but good twists.

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Apr 16, 2012 Michelle ☕Ndayeni☕ rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: paranormal-romance, vampires, read-in-2012, romance, lendable-kindle, challenges-2012

An entertaining book with plenty of twists and turns in the story that keep you guessing as to what will happen next. Sure, there are plenty of things that are easy to predict, since this is a romance of the sort that you know will have a happily ever after ending, so some things are a given, but still the author manages to throw in plenty of things that are surprising. Even if only somewhat so.

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Oct 06, 2010 Brenda rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: ebooks, hot-vamps, paranormal-romance

LOVED Rhys!!!! Megan...not so much...just seemed too damn whiny! Did love the ending though!!!

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Nov 15, 2010 Ann Noell rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: books-read-in-2010, vampire-s

good read but not outstanding so just 3 stars from me.

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Sep 25, 2012 Kelley rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: paranormal-romance

Boring and ridiculous.

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Sep 29, 2011 Judi rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: paranormal-romance

I enjoyed this book.

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Jun 28, 2012 Cindi rated it 3 of 5 stars

I started this book then put it down after I just couldn't get into it for some unknown reason. After several other books, I tried it again and found that I had no problem getting into it and enjoying it. Yay!

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Dec 27, 2010 Zaanodes rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: a-amanda-ashley, s-everlasting, chlng-i-2nd-that-aug-2010-jul-2011, chlng-rhages-dec-2010, dtb

Interesting enough to continue the series.

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Nov 23, 2010 Marissa "one of the crazy seven" Bacon rated it 5 of 5 stars

love thi book..highly recomend this awesom book :)

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Jul 31, 2012 Jp rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: audio-book

I liked this one better than Everlasting Kiss.

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Jun 20, 2012 Jolene rated it 1 of 5 stars

This book was silly. I never finished.

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Sep 12, 2012 Christine rated it 4 of 5 stars

What can I say I'm a sucker for a goid vampire story and Amanda Ashley is an amazing author...

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Apr 11, 2013 Leah rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: ashley

really good and very romantic

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