Irish Magic - Softcover

Wiggs, Susan; Gellis, Roberta; Llywelyn, Morgan; Samuel, Barbara

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ISBN 10: 142010649X ISBN 13: 9781420106497

Publisher: Zebra, 2008

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In the brilliant green of Ireland’s hills and the majestic thunder of its waves, ancient Eriu’s lore tempts lovers to abandon their hearts to the power of the land and its legends...

IRISH MAGIC

“Galway Bay” by Morgan Llywelyn
When street-smart New Yorker Eileen escapes to a seaside Irish town to explore the mysteries of its people and their folklore, she never expects to find adventure and love awaiting her...

“The Harper’s Daughter” by Barbara Samuel
Dierdre has believed all her life that her extraordinary beauty has been nothing but a curse and has avoided getting involved romantically with anyone. But when she meets a handsome stranger, she wonders if she can have the happiness she’s always longed for...

“The Trysting Hour” by Susan Wiggs
Aideen has found a true love, an immortal joining of bodies and hearts. But it may haunt her forever— unless she and her lost lover can find a way to remember...

“Rarer Than A White Crow” by Roberta Gellis
A malicious spell compels warrior woman C�er to take a blue-eyed immortal to her bed. But it also might offer her one chance for romance and the most irresistible passion...

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About the Author:

The first romance Susan Wiggs ever read was Shanna by the incomparable Kathleen Woodiwiss, which she devoured while slumped behind a college vector analysis textbook. Armed with degrees from Texas and Harvard, and toting a crate of "keeper" books by Woodiwiss, Roberta Gellis, Laurie McBain, Rosemary Rodgers, Jennifer Blake, Bertrice Small, and anything with the words "flaming" and "ecstasy" in the title, she became a math teacher, just to prove to the world that she did have a left brain.

Susan's bestselling novels include The Charm School, which was voted one of RWA's Favorite Books of the Year. She is the proud recipient of three RITA(r) Awards for Lakeside Cottage, Lord of the Night, and The Mistress, and is often a finalist for the prestigious award. Her books appear regularly on numerous "Best Of" lists and bestseller lists throughout the world.

From Booklist:

This well-matched quartet of longish stories gives us a taste of women's magic in ancient and modern Ireland. Best by far is Llywelyn's gripping "Galway Bay," in which an American tourist is ensnared by the Ran--the seal-people--who use her heart's secret yearnings to lure her into joining their sea life; it's told with zest and lust and just the right amount of spooky goings-on. Roberta Gellis' "Rarer than a White Crow" is a rousing story of the wooing of the warrior maiden Caer by the ancient Irish god Angus Or; it's full of mythic detail and voluptuous love. Set in the same mythic period, "The Harper's Daughter" by Barbara Samuel is an inventive retelling of the famous tale of Deirdre of the Sorrows; in this version, rather than killing herself when her love is killed, Deirdre is transformed into a Circe-like figure who survives to live happily with her love, Naoise. Finally, "The Trysting Hour" by Susan Wiggs is a genuinely magical story of haunting love between fairy folk who, trapped by curses into incarnating as humans, must find each other or die trying. Extraordinarily well written, the stories refract each other's light so that each shines more brightly. Patricia Monaghan

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