MARY J. DRESSEL BOOKS Welcomes You!

~1882

Two young souls who loved more than ever thought possible...separated and lost to each other beyond all concepts of time.....

~Present day

Eryn Sterling is a woman abused and twice shy. Taking her daughter to a college in the town of Enchantment, a routine trip to a bookstore will set her life in a backward motion in ways she never thought possible. Uriah Prescot is a man fueled by nothing less than desperation and determination. He uses methods some may consider quite underhanded to claim the woman who left him more than a lifetime ago...a woman who remembers nothing of him or his claim of their undying love. Eryn is too busy worrying about the disappearance of her less-than-worthy husband to give Mr. Prescot a second thought. Her body, however, betrays her with remembrances of its own. She does not understand the visions that plague her...visions of a time long past. Eryn wonders...could it be? What should be? Is Uriah a rogue or my salvation?

And what of her husband? A man she has spent nineteen years with is not so easily dismissed.

Husband or no- it is not long before Eryn becomes bewitched by Uriah's captivating spell. She softens toward him despite her unwillingness to believe the unbelievable. Uriah remains frustrated that she will not accept him at face value, but continues his patient "courtship", knowing full well that her devotion in the end can be more precious than the value of any gems....if only she would listen to her heart and trust. As memories slowly return to Eryn, she eventually must make a choice. A choice of a life with a man from the past she loved beyond all comprehension many years ago, or a choice in the here and now that includes her best friend, and her two daughters-people she dearly loves and could never leave. Not even if they wonder if Eryn might have taken a ride too many on the Looney Express. Not to mention that nasty husband of hers... Where was he?

The truth of the matter of the deadbeat husband and the consequences of Uriah’s desperate actions has finally caught up with them, and threaten to tear them apart. Can their newfound love withstand such dire state of affairs? All the while~embers of passion are never far from the surface and threaten to explode between Uriah and the love of his life. Eryn, despite her better judgment, sets out to seek the truth, an end to their story. The end she seeks will bring their lives~a century and twenty years worth~ full circle. Neither Eryn, nor Uriah expect the maelstrom of events that will unfold from her timeless quest. Will these events bind them together for all time, or cause them to pay the ultimate price? At the end of this extraordinary, passionate trek, where will they remain for always? Will it be in the times of Internet, Chevrolets, and fast food? Or will it be in the times of a handshake and simplicity? Will they ever truly find their way home?

As a reader, I am extremely particular about what I read. Out of the next fifty books I will purchase, perhaps only about ten will fulfill my expectations. Mary J. Dressel not only met my expectations, she has exceeded them with her novel “Visions of Enchantment”. Where do I begin? Her fascinating prose and detail took my breath away. A simple touch, smile, or tear made me feel Eryn and Uriah’s passion, joy, and melancholy. Mary has written sensuality in a way where no one can deny the power of physical attraction. Believe me, I have read countless time travel romance novels, and it is a rare occasion when I find a novel that mesmerized me as much as Ms. Dressel’s.

“Visions of Enchantment” will make you sit up and take notice. Her characters come to life more with each turn of the page. So realistic they are; you may find yourself getting up to look out the window with high expectations of your own Uriah coming to find you! Kudos to you, Mary J Dressel, for a book well written! You have no problem whatsoever finding the heart and soul of romance. On a scale of 1-5, I give you five full bottles of Dr. Pepper! Needless to say, I love Dr. Pepper.

Meloni Cassidy

Author of “Everlasting Journey”

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“VISIONS OF ENCHANTMENT” As a man that never found much of interest in romance novels “Visions of Enchantment,” by Mary Dressel is not the kind of book I normally read. For years I’ve compared the books I like best to “ The Hunt for Red October,” by Tom Clancy as the standard. When my wife read “Visions” and told me I might enjoy it I gave it a try expecting to forget it the first time I put it down. It is a girl book but there is a great story there skillfully told with imagination to hold attention. I put it down many times for all the usual reasons of living but I was drawn back each time.

The story is based on time travel but the temptations and traps of trying to explain it were avoided in a way to make it easy to accept for the story. It is a good adventure that stays true to the plot with interesting twists and turns to keep the reader guessing what comes next and how it will be dealt with. Eryn is all woman with the same headstrong female logic of my wife and most women, making me want to pinch her head off at times. She is loveable if a little dingy. The reader has to root for her while wanting to shake some sense into her occasionally. Very believable. Ulrich has more patience than most men but he’s human with flaws like everybody else so you have to wonder about him and some of the abuse he puts up with. At first I wanted to drop him down a well. Things begin to come out right bit by bit so I learned to understand and like him. There are good supporting characters. Beth, Eryn’s best lady friend is a jewel of a character I’d like to see more of but I can’t see how it would help the story. Some are good people I enjoyed meeting. There are some that have lived too long but they have their jobs so I think of them as necessary evil.

Like the novel, “The Hunt for Red October,“ this is one of those stories you know where it’s going from the first but keep wondering how they’ll get there. At times you wonder why they want to. It keeps falling into place with difficulty for the characters, but interesting for the reader.    Tom Drennan.