| Irish Magic | 
 enlarge | Authors: Roberta Gellis, Barbara Samuel, Susan Wiggs, Morgan Llywelyn
Publisher: Kensington
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:   (4 reviews)
Sales Rank: 360844
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 352
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7 x 4.3 x 1.1
ISBN: 1575660024
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.08508323615
EAN: 9781575660028
ASIN: 1575660024
Publication Date: February 1, 1996
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Product Description
Set in a world of enchantment, fantasy, and legend, a quartet of magical, romantic tales includes Morgan Llywelyn's "Galway Bay," "The Trysting Hour" by Susan Wiggs, "Rarer Than a White Crow" by Roberta Gellis, and Barbara Samuel's "The Harper's Daughter." Reprint.
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Great short stories March 7, 2003
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Wonderful stories of magic, romance, and irish lore. If you like to curl up at night with a short story, this is a great book for you. I was delighted with this book and with Irish Magic II.
A mixture of romance, folklore, sorcery, and supernatural June 27, 2000
13 out of 14 found this review helpful
This book will not appeal to everyone and is reviewed in the context of the intended audience. It is a collection of four novelettes by master storytellers. The first story, "Galway Bay" by Morgan Llywelan, is a change of pace for readers familiar with her full length historical novels. It is set in modern times, and concerns a part-Irish woman on vacation in Galway, Ireland, who encounters the underlying realities of Irish folklore and discovers romance in an unexpected place. The second story, "The Harpers's Daughter" by Barbara Samuel, is set in ancient Ireland and concerns Deirdre, destined to be the bride of a king, but she loves another. Expressed in Deirdre's thoughts (about other women in the king's court), "One of them, one day, would have the warrior who'd snared her heart, while she would lie with the fat, old king. It wasn't fair." Deirdre is cursed with extraordinary beauty that creates uncontrolled lust in the minds of any men who see her. Can she find a refuge with the man she loves, and will magic protect them? The third and fourth stories deal with connections to the spirit world in an ancient Irish setting. The third, "The Trysting Hour" by Susan Wiggs, is about a spirit that can assume a mortal man's shape, and who desires a woman meant to be a king's wife. Can he win her hand while he prevents the king from consumating the marriage? And is she really an ordinary mortal woman? The fourth, "Rarer than a White Crow" by Roberta Gellis, has a man placed under a spell by a shape-changing witch with her own agenda (which can only be guessed at). People are at an interface between the spirit world and the mortal world. Angus must win the hand of Caer and love her til the end of her days in order to be free from the spell, but that is easier said than done. Can they thwart the real agenda of the witch? The book contains explicit sex and violence. It is an excellent set of stories for those interested in this type of fantasy romance.
 nice stories May 16, 2000
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
when you're in the mood for some short whistful escapist romantic stories in a celtic setting, pick up this one. good for a rainy sunday afternoon.
Your heart is literally on the floor. July 23, 1999
12 out of 13 found this review helpful
I originally purchased this book in a sales bin at Barnes and Nobles and I have to say once I started it, it was a fight to put it down, even to eat. The first story, Galaway Bay, was so touching to me I cried all night. The other stories were written with talent and grace. I highly recommend it to anyone who wants emotion from a book.
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