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Soulmates Dissipate #2
Never Again Once More
In Mary B. Morrison's eagerly awaited sequel to Soul Mates Dissipate, the love story of Jada Diamond Tanner and Wellington Jones continues, as they find themselves facing new conflicts that will challenge the decisions they made years ago. . .
Do we choose love, or does love choose us? That's the question Jada can't seem to stop asking herself. She thought she'd chosen the right man in Lawrence Anderson, her rock-solid husband and stepfather to her son Darius. But did she really choose wisely when she turned her back on Wellington, her one true soul mate?
For twenty years, Jada has kept her distance from Wellington, and he's paid her in respect. But now, the cracks in her carefully constructed life are beginning to show. Darius is a young man in trouble. When his destructive behavior threatens to destroy him, Jada reluctantly lets Wellington take more control and be the father Darius needs.
With each day back in Wellington's company, Jada begins to question her past choices--choices made out of fear, pride, and denial. Slowly, she begins to realize that she has one important choice left. Armed with the courage she's been missing for years, Jada's out to seize the opportunity she thought she had lost--and this time, she'll say, "never again once more."
"The hottest book I've read this year." --Carl Weber on He's Just A Friend
Do we choose love, or does love choose us? That's the question Jada can't seem to stop asking herself. She thought she'd chosen the right man in Lawrence Anderson, her rock-solid husband and stepfather to her son Darius. But did she really choose wisely when she turned her back on Wellington, her one true soul mate?
For twenty years, Jada has kept her distance from Wellington, and he's paid her in respect. But now, the cracks in her carefully constructed life are beginning to show. Darius is a young man in trouble. When his destructive behavior threatens to destroy him, Jada reluctantly lets Wellington take more control and be the father Darius needs.
With each day back in Wellington's company, Jada begins to question her past choices--choices made out of fear, pride, and denial. Slowly, she begins to realize that she has one important choice left. Armed with the courage she's been missing for years, Jada's out to seize the opportunity she thought she had lost--and this time, she'll say, "never again once more."
"The hottest book I've read this year." --Carl Weber on He's Just A Friend
320 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published January 1, 2002
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About the author
Mary B. Morrison
57 books956 followersMary B. Morrison, New York Times best-selling author is the up and coming artist with a multiple book-to-film deal. Mary has seventeen published novels including her newest release, If I Can’t Have You.
She writes for Kensington Publishing Corporation as Mary B. Morrison and Grand Central Publishing as HoneyB. In her novels Mary addresses social and sexual issues while empowering her female characters.
“Women Rule,” that’s the way I see it. “Beside every great man there is a powerful woman. The same does not hold true for every successful woman. A lot of us are single because men want to wear the pants, even if they didn’t buy them.”
Jeff Clanagan, CEO of Codeblack Entertainment and filmmaker, Leslie Small, optioned the film rights to Mary B. Morrison’s popular Soulmates Dissipate series (which includes seven novels). Her first book, Soulmates Dissipate, is being developed for feature film in 2013.
Mary is an Executive Producer on her film deal and she was Executive Producer and playwright for her stage play Single Husbands (based on her novel under her pen name HoneyB).
On June 3, 2000, Mary withdrew her retirement to self-publish her debut novel, Soulmates Dissipate. Mary has also sponsored an anthology publishing 33 students entitled Diverse Stories: From the Imaginations of Sixth Graders.
Lift Every Voice and Write is Mary’s non-profit. The organization is established to help increase literacy and support students interested in pursuing writing as a career.
Born in Aurora, Illinois, and reared in New Orleans, Louisiana, Mary is the middle child of seven. She’s a graduate of McDonogh #35 High School in New Orleans and Berkeley Community College in Berkeley, California.
Her wonderful son, Jesse Byrd, Jr. is a 2010 graduate of U.C. Santa Barbara and producer on Mary’s film deal. Jesse has recently completed his first novel and owns a clothing business, OiseauChateau.com.
Mary currently resides in Oakland, California.
She writes for Kensington Publishing Corporation as Mary B. Morrison and Grand Central Publishing as HoneyB. In her novels Mary addresses social and sexual issues while empowering her female characters.
“Women Rule,” that’s the way I see it. “Beside every great man there is a powerful woman. The same does not hold true for every successful woman. A lot of us are single because men want to wear the pants, even if they didn’t buy them.”
Jeff Clanagan, CEO of Codeblack Entertainment and filmmaker, Leslie Small, optioned the film rights to Mary B. Morrison’s popular Soulmates Dissipate series (which includes seven novels). Her first book, Soulmates Dissipate, is being developed for feature film in 2013.
Mary is an Executive Producer on her film deal and she was Executive Producer and playwright for her stage play Single Husbands (based on her novel under her pen name HoneyB).
On June 3, 2000, Mary withdrew her retirement to self-publish her debut novel, Soulmates Dissipate. Mary has also sponsored an anthology publishing 33 students entitled Diverse Stories: From the Imaginations of Sixth Graders.
Lift Every Voice and Write is Mary’s non-profit. The organization is established to help increase literacy and support students interested in pursuing writing as a career.
Born in Aurora, Illinois, and reared in New Orleans, Louisiana, Mary is the middle child of seven. She’s a graduate of McDonogh #35 High School in New Orleans and Berkeley Community College in Berkeley, California.
Her wonderful son, Jesse Byrd, Jr. is a 2010 graduate of U.C. Santa Barbara and producer on Mary’s film deal. Jesse has recently completed his first novel and owns a clothing business, OiseauChateau.com.
Mary currently resides in Oakland, California.
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May 5, 2025
Great read!
January 25, 2021
I forgot how much of a BRAT Darius was. UGH!
April 19, 2018
Never Again Once More
Great read. Grabs your attention from the start. I will recommend this book to my friends and family. Awesome read
Great read. Grabs your attention from the start. I will recommend this book to my friends and family. Awesome read
January 8, 2009
,b>NEVER AGAIN...SHOULD"VE BEEN WHAT I SAID!!!!
I don't know why or what I might have been expecting from this book.
I must admit this book was horrible, I wasn't really a fan of the first one but the ending made me search for part two and I wish I hadn't!
Jada and Wellington unable to work out the problems in their previous relationship, decide that it's best to always love one another from afar while raising their illegitimate son, and marrying two different people while still loving one another.
This book literally ran like a marathon from chapter to chapter one second she was pregnant, Darius was born, 4, 15, 20 having too much sex ruining his mother's business and found out that the man he knew as his father hadn't been.
Jada the [false] Diva was nothing more than a common "HOODRAT" with too much drama! Instead of accepting Wellington who she proclaimed she'd always loved she married Lawrence. Wellington just as crazy knew he might not have been Darius father but didn't care married Simone who he loved just not as he loved Jada, fathered her child only to divorce her and continue to drool over Jada.
This could have been a better book, I believe in the power of love, and this is "so true" to fall for one person and wait a lifetime for them I just didn't like the way Mary B. Morrison did it.
I don't know why or what I might have been expecting from this book.
I must admit this book was horrible, I wasn't really a fan of the first one but the ending made me search for part two and I wish I hadn't!
Jada and Wellington unable to work out the problems in their previous relationship, decide that it's best to always love one another from afar while raising their illegitimate son, and marrying two different people while still loving one another.
This book literally ran like a marathon from chapter to chapter one second she was pregnant, Darius was born, 4, 15, 20 having too much sex ruining his mother's business and found out that the man he knew as his father hadn't been.
Jada the [false] Diva was nothing more than a common "HOODRAT" with too much drama! Instead of accepting Wellington who she proclaimed she'd always loved she married Lawrence. Wellington just as crazy knew he might not have been Darius father but didn't care married Simone who he loved just not as he loved Jada, fathered her child only to divorce her and continue to drool over Jada.
This could have been a better book, I believe in the power of love, and this is "so true" to fall for one person and wait a lifetime for them I just didn't like the way Mary B. Morrison did it.
March 6, 2018
This sequel was much better written! I really enjoyed Jada's growth and it was so wonderful that soulmates finally reunited. Now maybe in this series, Darius will grow up and be a better man...the man Wellington raised him to be.
August 18, 2021
Love at first sight
Oftentimes it has been said when you know, you know! Don't settle for anything less. Follow your heart first an foremost and the rest will fill. A great storyline that needs to be told again and again.
Oftentimes it has been said when you know, you know! Don't settle for anything less. Follow your heart first an foremost and the rest will fill. A great storyline that needs to be told again and again.
November 25, 2017
love cant wait until i read the rest of the series
January 26, 2018
Great story about love and being true to yourself.
April 18, 2018
The book was very well written and I can't wait to read the next one in this series.
November 25, 2018
I ABSOLUTELY love me some Mary B Morrison!!! It's been a few years since I read this series but I loved it!!!
March 5, 2019
I quit the audible version the child voice and the narrator swallowing worked my nerves.
February 14, 2024
4.8 🌟 great sequel
September 23, 2025
Loved listening to the this book
November 1, 2021
This series is just too much lol and Darius is so annoying. I'm waiting for him to have his "glow up" in this series because I'm sure it will happen.
June 10, 2018
This novel is the second in the Soulmates Dissipate series. This time the storyline spanned several years where we see Jada and Wellington living separate lives, Jada giving birth to Darius, him going to college, dropping out, becoming a womanizer and the drama continues. Throughout it all, Jada and Wellington are still pining for each other although they were married to other people.
After Jada’s mother died she decided to come clean about her feelings for Wellington and fessed up to Wellington that Darius wasn’t his son. Despite knowing this, Wellington still loved Jada and Darius as his son. In the end, Jada and Wellington remarried to the chagrin of scorned ex-lovers.
I totally get that sometimes when you find your soulmate you can go to the depths of the world to be with them but the message was a bit mangled in this novel. Overall, it wasn’t a bad read and I would give the next novel in the series a try.
My favorite lines:
“I hear congratulations are in order.”
The tone was sharp and rather cynical. Hopefully, Wellington wouldn’t lower the volume, because she could hear the person on the other end.
“You must have the wrong number,” Wellington responded.
“Oh, I never have the wrong number when it comes to you.”
Silence lingered; then Wellington said, “How did you get my new number? Look. Don’t ever call me again. I’m happily married now.” Wellington sat up on the edge of the bed and rubbed his head as his penis slumped over his balls. Wellington shook his head from side to side.
“Who is it?” Jada impatiently asked.
Wellington signed heavily, stared directly at Jada, and frowned. Jada took the phone.
“Hello. Who is this?"
“Enjoy the honeymoon while you can, because I never signed the divorce papers. Ah, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, Melanie roared.
After Jada’s mother died she decided to come clean about her feelings for Wellington and fessed up to Wellington that Darius wasn’t his son. Despite knowing this, Wellington still loved Jada and Darius as his son. In the end, Jada and Wellington remarried to the chagrin of scorned ex-lovers.
I totally get that sometimes when you find your soulmate you can go to the depths of the world to be with them but the message was a bit mangled in this novel. Overall, it wasn’t a bad read and I would give the next novel in the series a try.
My favorite lines:
“I hear congratulations are in order.”
The tone was sharp and rather cynical. Hopefully, Wellington wouldn’t lower the volume, because she could hear the person on the other end.
“You must have the wrong number,” Wellington responded.
“Oh, I never have the wrong number when it comes to you.”
Silence lingered; then Wellington said, “How did you get my new number? Look. Don’t ever call me again. I’m happily married now.” Wellington sat up on the edge of the bed and rubbed his head as his penis slumped over his balls. Wellington shook his head from side to side.
“Who is it?” Jada impatiently asked.
Wellington signed heavily, stared directly at Jada, and frowned. Jada took the phone.
“Hello. Who is this?"
“Enjoy the honeymoon while you can, because I never signed the divorce papers. Ah, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, Melanie roared.
January 27, 2015
The second book of the series. In Soulmates Dissipate, i got so involved in the characters and I was anticipating the sequel. Never Again Once More expanded on the growth of Diamond and Wellington relationship. Diamond, is still learning as life throw its curve at her and she ends up following her heart. As this book skips a few years, it rushes through Darius childhood and teenage years and dive right into his adulthood. Immediately exposes how Diamond secret damages her family. Wellington has moved on with his life, but Diamond still remains in his heart. Their son Darius, grew up into girls and is learning how to be a man.
Overall, not as great as the first. However, I enjoyed the development and growth of the characters in this novel. Just waiting to read the third.
Overall, not as great as the first. However, I enjoyed the development and growth of the characters in this novel. Just waiting to read the third.
March 1, 2014
This book was just okay. I thought the first book, Soulmates Dissipate was much better and I loved that book so much that I became an instant fan of Mary B. Morrison and from that point on I wanted to read all of her books. After reading this book, I was somewhat disappointed because it just wasn't what I expected. Although this book was confusing at times, I was glad that Diamond and Wellington came together in the end and that Darius learned a valuable lesson. Even though I wasn't as pleased with this book as I thought I would be, I do plan to read the rest of the books in the series and more from Mary B. Morrison.
June 1, 2014
3.5 In this installment of the series Darius grows from boy to man and receives devastating truths on his 20th birthday. Wellington marries and divorces while still pining for Diamond. Jada marries an divorces while still pining for Wellington. Forced to reveal the truth that will cause revenge and envy actually brings out the best result in the end. What exactly is the obligation once you've found your soulmate? For one, you have to be able to forgive if you love unconditionally
February 24, 2013
This book was not "what we call happy ever after" but it was a book that told a story that can happen. Unfortunately some people marry people they don't truly love unconditionally in hopes that they will get over the one they do... I think it could have been written better.. But I am still a big Fan and will read "Darius Jones"...
February 7, 2017
I felt like this book dragged on. I liked Soulmates Dissipate much better
April 3, 2012
never again is exactly what I felt while reading this book....I thought all of the women in this book were dumb!!! especially Jada...the first book was awesome this one was too much, I had to take breaks from reading. this book was a disappointment.
July 31, 2007
One of the best books in the series. They seem to go downhill after this one
December 18, 2008
This is the sequel to soul mates and the story of Wellington and Jada.
April 17, 2009
Great book!!!
October 7, 2009
Mary is off the hook. She really knows how to peak a reader's interest. Get it, read it. Now go do it!
October 22, 2009
This was also really good, it was the follow up to Soul Mates Dissipate.
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March 18, 2010omg all these books r the shit
March 27, 2010
This was not that good at the begining but it got gud though
July 18, 2011
My Favorite Book Of All Times!!
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