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A Love for All Time
Permanently scarred from a car accident, Casey Farrow wonders how a man as handsome as Dan Murdock, the person who pulled her from the wreckage and saved her life, could want a woman with her disfigurement. Reissue.
236 pages, Paperback
First published December 1, 1992
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About the author
Dorothy Garlock
86 books382 followersDorothy Garlock was a best-selling American author of over 60 historical romance novels, most of them set in the American West. More than 20 million copies of her books are in print, in 18 languages. Her books have been on the New York Times best seller list seven times. She was named one of the 10 most popular writers of women's fiction four years in a row, from 1985-1988. In 1997, she was awarded the Romantic Times Lifetime Achievement Award. Garlock is also a member of the Romance Writers Hall of Fame.
Garlock worked as an editor, agent and publicist for most of her writing career. She was a native of Texas who grew up in Oklahoma then married and moved to Iowa. Garlock donated many of her manuscripts and other unpublished writings to the University of Iowa libraries.
Pen names include:
Johanna Phillips
Dorothy Phillips
Dorothy Glenn
Garlock worked as an editor, agent and publicist for most of her writing career. She was a native of Texas who grew up in Oklahoma then married and moved to Iowa. Garlock donated many of her manuscripts and other unpublished writings to the University of Iowa libraries.
Pen names include:
Johanna Phillips
Dorothy Phillips
Dorothy Glenn
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January 29, 2018
“A Love for all time” is the story of Clementine and Lancelot *cough*, I mean Casey and Dan.
When Casey, the spokesperson for a cosmetic company wakes up in excruciating pain- she realizes two things
-She is scarred, and her life would never be same again
-And a kind voice can pull her out of her misery
The voice, she soon realizes, belongs to Dan, the man partially responsible for the accident. Contrary to what we think, no, she doesn’t blame him for it- instead takes it all in stride and self pity.
Soon we have an obsessed hero who relentlessly pursues a heroine who so desperately wants to give up. I loved Dan and his determination as well as his sense of humor. His family was adorable too.
I didn’t mind the heroine’s obsession with her physical features, as well as her insecurities because her past and profession gave a good reason for her to be it- but I’m glad she found the perfect man in Dan. Loved the historic references.
Sweet ending!
Safe
3.5/5
When Casey, the spokesperson for a cosmetic company wakes up in excruciating pain- she realizes two things
-She is scarred, and her life would never be same again
-And a kind voice can pull her out of her misery
The voice, she soon realizes, belongs to Dan, the man partially responsible for the accident. Contrary to what we think, no, she doesn’t blame him for it- instead takes it all in stride and self pity.
Soon we have an obsessed hero who relentlessly pursues a heroine who so desperately wants to give up. I loved Dan and his determination as well as his sense of humor. His family was adorable too.
I didn’t mind the heroine’s obsession with her physical features, as well as her insecurities because her past and profession gave a good reason for her to be it- but I’m glad she found the perfect man in Dan. Loved the historic references.
Sweet ending!
Safe
3.5/5
October 22, 2022
The hero is described as a combination of Tom Selleck and Burt Reynolds lol gotta love the 80s 🤭. He also happens to be a “well-known international rugby player” which was an interesting choice given that the story is set in the US not in New Zealand or Europe. Okay. The heroine is a makeup “demonstrator” meaning that she acts as both a spokesmodel for the cosmetics company that hired her and also travels through the country running beauty seminars to teach women how to apply makeup and which shades work best for them. I guess they hadn’t come up with Sephora back then. This leads to a pretty funny moment where the heroine cattily but silently judges the snot-nosed wannabe OW for wearing the wrong foundation and unflattering hair dye 😭.
Anyhoo, heroine meets hero when he rear-ends her car and as a result, she crashes headfirst into a truck that is carrying glass of all things. The glass from the truck and from her own windshield explode into thousands of sharp shards that rain down upon her, scarring her face and her body. She is understandably very traumatized but strangely not angry at the guy who rear-ended her, just at life in general and her bad luck. Maybe she went easy on him cause he looks like a combination of Tom Selleck and Burt Reynolds? Probably.
The rest of the book is the hero stalking her, convinced that they are reincarnated star-crossed lovers on the level of Lancelot and Guinevere and they have finally been given the opportunity to fall in love and be together for eternity. She keeps running away from him not because of the crazy reincarnation stuff but because she is so insecure in her scarred looks and thinks she looks like a monster.
The very 80s trope of a Boeing 747 hijacking finally brings these two crazy kids together. Read it if you are looking for a light, unintentionally comical read and some 80s nostalgia :)
Anyhoo, heroine meets hero when he rear-ends her car and as a result, she crashes headfirst into a truck that is carrying glass of all things. The glass from the truck and from her own windshield explode into thousands of sharp shards that rain down upon her, scarring her face and her body. She is understandably very traumatized but strangely not angry at the guy who rear-ended her, just at life in general and her bad luck. Maybe she went easy on him cause he looks like a combination of Tom Selleck and Burt Reynolds? Probably.
The rest of the book is the hero stalking her, convinced that they are reincarnated star-crossed lovers on the level of Lancelot and Guinevere and they have finally been given the opportunity to fall in love and be together for eternity. She keeps running away from him not because of the crazy reincarnation stuff but because she is so insecure in her scarred looks and thinks she looks like a monster.
The very 80s trope of a Boeing 747 hijacking finally brings these two crazy kids together. Read it if you are looking for a light, unintentionally comical read and some 80s nostalgia :)
November 17, 2009
This book was a little too perfect for me. Not much of a story behind the characters.
June 29, 2020
Příšerná obálka.
s. 132 Za těch padesát let svého života
s. 80 [bratři] Jeden z nich je starší o dvanáct a druhý o čtrnáct let.
Hrdinovi je 34. Jeho nejstaršímu bratrovi je 48 a tetě (sestře jeho matky) je 50?
Nevím, jestli to autorka úplně domyslela.
s. 166 vytrhl pojistku z granátu a únosce přemohl
Ehm... vytrhl pojistku z granátu... aby jako granát nevybuchl? Nejsem si jistá, že to takhle funguje.
s. 12 jenž přišla o nohy
s. 10 že jí musíme vzít nohu
s. 25 Casey prožila za posledních deset let několik milostných románků.
s. 103 „Měla jsem milostný románek, když mi bylo osmnáct. (...) Před pěti lety jsem měla ještě jednu krátkou zkušenost a rozhodla jsem se, že zůstanu raději sama...“
s. 116 „Pravděpodobně budu mít pruh, než to všechno naložím.“
Tedy kýlu.
s. 117 Vlasy na tvých prsou...
s. 157 konzervu piva
Jistě by to šlo i lépe.
s. 7 víčka,jak
se-střička
s. 28 v Camelote jako Sir Lancelot
s. 30 se. zvedl
s. 32 v zraněných žebrách
s. 33 měli [ona a matka]
s. 34 vášeň_.
přílivem.“Znovu
s. 39, 157 stišil
s. 41 aníž
s. 46 tváří [tváři]
s. zipnu ?
s. 61 jeli [ony]
s. 62 něcí
s. 83 babu.!
s. 87 Kenn [Kenny]
s. 89, 163 Caseya [Casey]
s. 118 19.století
dolu [dolů]
s. 120 Ráměm
s. 121 na Broadway [na Broadwayi]
s. 126 „Naše?“ [„Náš?“]
s. 133 vlasy. vysušila
s. 145 postavení..
s. 149 v Camelote [Camelotu]
s. 161 zjistit.“ spěchala
napjetí
s. 165 vzduchu.“ nezdržel
s. 170 zaskřípění (...) ji vyděsil
s. 171 mnou.!
s. 176 břicho.proti
špatné dělení slov - s. 33, 86, 88, 95, 118, 172, 173
uvozovky - s. 33, 41, 53, 91, 116, 129, 130, 140, 144
ji/jí - s. 7, 111, 149
tip/typ – s. 36
Jednopísmenové předložky a spojky na koncích řádků.
s. 132 Za těch padesát let svého života
s. 80 [bratři] Jeden z nich je starší o dvanáct a druhý o čtrnáct let.
Hrdinovi je 34. Jeho nejstaršímu bratrovi je 48 a tetě (sestře jeho matky) je 50?
Nevím, jestli to autorka úplně domyslela.
s. 166 vytrhl pojistku z granátu a únosce přemohl
Ehm... vytrhl pojistku z granátu... aby jako granát nevybuchl? Nejsem si jistá, že to takhle funguje.
s. 12 jenž přišla o nohy
s. 10 že jí musíme vzít nohu
s. 25 Casey prožila za posledních deset let několik milostných románků.
s. 103 „Měla jsem milostný románek, když mi bylo osmnáct. (...) Před pěti lety jsem měla ještě jednu krátkou zkušenost a rozhodla jsem se, že zůstanu raději sama...“
s. 116 „Pravděpodobně budu mít pruh, než to všechno naložím.“
Tedy kýlu.
s. 117 Vlasy na tvých prsou...
s. 157 konzervu piva
Jistě by to šlo i lépe.
s. 7 víčka,jak
se-střička
s. 28 v Camelote jako Sir Lancelot
s. 30 se. zvedl
s. 32 v zraněných žebrách
s. 33 měli [ona a matka]
s. 34 vášeň_.
přílivem.“Znovu
s. 39, 157 stišil
s. 41 aníž
s. 46 tváří [tváři]
s. zipnu ?
s. 61 jeli [ony]
s. 62 něcí
s. 83 babu.!
s. 87 Kenn [Kenny]
s. 89, 163 Caseya [Casey]
s. 118 19.století
dolu [dolů]
s. 120 Ráměm
s. 121 na Broadway [na Broadwayi]
s. 126 „Naše?“ [„Náš?“]
s. 133 vlasy. vysušila
s. 145 postavení..
s. 149 v Camelote [Camelotu]
s. 161 zjistit.“ spěchala
napjetí
s. 165 vzduchu.“ nezdržel
s. 170 zaskřípění (...) ji vyděsil
s. 171 mnou.!
s. 176 břicho.proti
špatné dělení slov - s. 33, 86, 88, 95, 118, 172, 173
uvozovky - s. 33, 41, 53, 91, 116, 129, 130, 140, 144
ji/jí - s. 7, 111, 149
tip/typ – s. 36
Jednopísmenové předložky a spojky na koncích řádků.
October 18, 2020
What a beautiful love story. Great book Dorothy. You are amazing
November 3, 2021
O Dragoste pentru eternitate! Am adorat cartea❤
February 19, 2024
Inherited from Grandma. Ehhhh...there were some parts where I did laugh the banter wasn't bad but there were many other parts that were just too ridiculous or too ugh for me.
January 1, 2026
corny, cheesy, fluffy
December 16, 2014
The blurb on the cover sounded interesting but the story fell short of my expectations.
Woman who works in the cosmetics industry is in a car wreck and ends up badly scarred. Man who was also in the same multi-vehicle accident pulls what's left of her from the wreck and falls in love at first sight (tons of references to reincarnation making this okay). In an effort to convince her that she is still beautiful and they should get married he then stalks her, kisses her, convinces her to sleep with him, and bosses her around (it's all acceptable though because of the past lives).
I thought this could really have been a good exploration of what it's like to deal with that kind of physical and emotional scarring with the support of unconditional love. Instead, the guy just gets all huffy any time she tries to deal with her issues, completely invalidates her feelings, and decides what they should do next. Usually by the end of a romance I'm hoping the guy gets the girl, this one I was kind of hoping she'd suggest some relationship counseling before letting it go any further.
Woman who works in the cosmetics industry is in a car wreck and ends up badly scarred. Man who was also in the same multi-vehicle accident pulls what's left of her from the wreck and falls in love at first sight (tons of references to reincarnation making this okay). In an effort to convince her that she is still beautiful and they should get married he then stalks her, kisses her, convinces her to sleep with him, and bosses her around (it's all acceptable though because of the past lives).
I thought this could really have been a good exploration of what it's like to deal with that kind of physical and emotional scarring with the support of unconditional love. Instead, the guy just gets all huffy any time she tries to deal with her issues, completely invalidates her feelings, and decides what they should do next. Usually by the end of a romance I'm hoping the guy gets the girl, this one I was kind of hoping she'd suggest some relationship counseling before letting it go any further.
September 17, 2013
Unlike most of her novels I found it hard to connect with the characters in this book. From the moment Casey opened her eyes I found whiny and --well whiny. For some reason Garlock was not able to bring across her heroine as a victim but as this shallow whiny little girl. Casey is completely in relatable and Dan is just as confusing to me. Although his intentions are somewhat unclear to me in the beginning, I find it unsettling when begins dialogue with Casey by assuming they are soul mates. Both characters had no chemistry and even less passion between them. I found the book very dry and lacking appropriate emotion. I don't think I will ever read this book again.
March 13, 2013
This was a typical love swept book in the early 90's. it had very little character development. But it was a pure delight. It had a wonderful hero and a damsel worth saving. Meant to be a quick, easy, love filled book and it delivers.
July 27, 2015
This was one of Dorothy Garlock's older books I think, set in modern times (1980s maybe). I think her writing has improved much since then. I find that I like her books set in the 1930s and 1940s best.
May 25, 2011
Liked that the story was situated in the Pacific Northwest. Not a bad read if you are looking for something light a fluffy.
February 8, 2013
tried to give 3.5
June 18, 2013
Ms. Garlock should stick to what she knows best: depression era and western frontier romances.
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