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Irish Magic II
Welcome to a world of changelings and enchanted springs, where fairies ride through moonlit nights and music has immortal power...A world of sorcery and spells where even the most forbidden and impossible love can become breathtaking reality..
Roberta Gellis: THE BRIDE PRICE
A captivating tale of lore and destiny. After ten years apart, two lovers are reunited only to find their long-awaited wedding threatened by the forces of magic and trickery.
Susan Wiggs's : THE CHANGELING
A heartbroken man finds himself escorted by an enigmatic beauty through a world that time has forgotten. Together, they embark on a search for a past where low and tragedy go hand in hand, and magic can turn long-ago endings into new beginnings.
Barbara Samuel: EARTHLY MAGIC
A wandering bard who has only the passion and made of his music to win the love of a beautiful woman promised to an immortal prince.
Morgan Llywelyn's: TO RECAPTURE THE LIGHT
A spellbinding tale of star-crossed love between an immortal beauty and an ancient enemy. But is their passion strong enough to withstand the forces destined to destroy all that they cherish?
Reprint. PW.
Roberta Gellis: THE BRIDE PRICE
A captivating tale of lore and destiny. After ten years apart, two lovers are reunited only to find their long-awaited wedding threatened by the forces of magic and trickery.
Susan Wiggs's : THE CHANGELING
A heartbroken man finds himself escorted by an enigmatic beauty through a world that time has forgotten. Together, they embark on a search for a past where low and tragedy go hand in hand, and magic can turn long-ago endings into new beginnings.
Barbara Samuel: EARTHLY MAGIC
A wandering bard who has only the passion and made of his music to win the love of a beautiful woman promised to an immortal prince.
Morgan Llywelyn's: TO RECAPTURE THE LIGHT
A spellbinding tale of star-crossed love between an immortal beauty and an ancient enemy. But is their passion strong enough to withstand the forces destined to destroy all that they cherish?
Reprint. PW.
377 pages, Paperback
First published March 1, 1997
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Susan Wiggs
169 books7,419 followersSusan Wiggs's life is all about family, friends...and fiction. She lives at the water's edge on an island in Puget Sound, and she commutes to her writers' group in a 17-foot motorboat. She serves as author liaison for Field's End, a literary community on Bainbridge Island, Washington, bringing inspiration and instruction from the world's top authors to her seaside community. (See www.fieldsend.org) She's been featured in the national media, including NPR's "Talk of the Nation," and is a popular speaker locally and nationally.
According to Publishers Weekly, Wiggs writes with "refreshingly honest emotion," and the Salem Statesman Journal adds that she is "one of our best observers of stories of the heart [who] knows how to capture emotion on virtually every page of every book." Booklist characterizes her books as "real and true and unforgettable." She is the recipient of three RITA (sm) awards and four starred reviews from Publishers Weekly for her books. The Winter Lodge and Passing Through Paradise have appeared on PW’s annual "Best Of" lists. Several of her books have been listed as top Booksense picks and optioned as feature films. Her novels have been translated into more than two dozen languages and have made national bestseller lists, including the USA Today, Washington Post and New York Times lists.
The author is a former teacher, a Harvard graduate, an avid hiker, an amateur photographer, a good skier and terrible golfer, yet her favorite form of exercise is curling up with a good book. Readers can learn more on the web at www.susanwiggs.com and on her lively blog at www.susanwiggs.wordpress.com.
According to Publishers Weekly, Wiggs writes with "refreshingly honest emotion," and the Salem Statesman Journal adds that she is "one of our best observers of stories of the heart [who] knows how to capture emotion on virtually every page of every book." Booklist characterizes her books as "real and true and unforgettable." She is the recipient of three RITA (sm) awards and four starred reviews from Publishers Weekly for her books. The Winter Lodge and Passing Through Paradise have appeared on PW’s annual "Best Of" lists. Several of her books have been listed as top Booksense picks and optioned as feature films. Her novels have been translated into more than two dozen languages and have made national bestseller lists, including the USA Today, Washington Post and New York Times lists.
The author is a former teacher, a Harvard graduate, an avid hiker, an amateur photographer, a good skier and terrible golfer, yet her favorite form of exercise is curling up with a good book. Readers can learn more on the web at www.susanwiggs.com and on her lively blog at www.susanwiggs.wordpress.com.
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July 12, 2018
This book reminded me why I do not like many anthologies. I am surprised the publishers saw fit to make an Irish Magic II, was the first one really that successful? The best story was the last one by Roberta Gellis but overall the stories were just "magically" predictable and not up to par for these authors.
June 25, 2009
I was not impressed with any of the stories in this series. I had to force my way through to finish the book. The last sotry was so drawn out I just gave up.
December 28, 2018
I didn't finish it. I can't understand all stories.
December 10, 2019
Pretty decent short stories. Good read. =)
July 21, 2020
Loved the first story, liked the second, got through the third and didn't finish the last.
June 4, 2018
I have read this tale in another form before and I liked the base tale however…'false tongue in that second mouth' to refer to intimate acts? Seriously? What the heck is that? Why would anyone word it that way and why the heck would she keep 'heaving' during sex?
To Recapture the Light by Morgan Llywelyn - 5
A lovely tale, the best kind of love having faith and strength to be together when no one else wants them to be
Earthly Magic by Barbara Samuel - 5
Ciarann must choose between bard or sidhe. Was a nice tale, with a few turns along the way
To Recapture the Light by Morgan Llywelyn - 5
A lovely tale, the best kind of love having faith and strength to be together when no one else wants them to be
Earthly Magic by Barbara Samuel - 5
Ciarann must choose between bard or sidhe. Was a nice tale, with a few turns along the way
February 26, 2018
trashy Celtic romance =great
August 6, 2011
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A collection of four fantasy romance novellas set in Ireland, by Morgan Llewellyn and three other authors I hadn't heard of, Barbara Samuel, Susan Wiggs and Roberta Gellis. I shall not identify the author who named her female lead Ciarann (which I have never encountered as a woman's name) and consistently spells Samhain with the 'h' and 'm' reversed. I will, however, give good marks to Roberta Gellis, whose "Bride Price" is the longest of the four stories and wrenches the story of Findabair and Fráech from the Táin Bó Cuailnge subplot and shifts it to a contest of wits between Medbh of Connacht and her daughter and prospective son-in-law, scoring also in contrast to the other three by having the central characters already in a relationship at the start of the story rather than the usual formula of getting boy and girl together. Romance isn't my usual genre of reading, and I was slightly taken aback by the enjoyably explicit prose of some of the passages. While the stories teetered on the brink of Oirish cliche they didn't completely tip over. Those who like this sort of thing will find it the sort of thing that they like.
A collection of four fantasy romance novellas set in Ireland, by Morgan Llewellyn and three other authors I hadn't heard of, Barbara Samuel, Susan Wiggs and Roberta Gellis. I shall not identify the author who named her female lead Ciarann (which I have never encountered as a woman's name) and consistently spells Samhain with the 'h' and 'm' reversed. I will, however, give good marks to Roberta Gellis, whose "Bride Price" is the longest of the four stories and wrenches the story of Findabair and Fráech from the Táin Bó Cuailnge subplot and shifts it to a contest of wits between Medbh of Connacht and her daughter and prospective son-in-law, scoring also in contrast to the other three by having the central characters already in a relationship at the start of the story rather than the usual formula of getting boy and girl together. Romance isn't my usual genre of reading, and I was slightly taken aback by the enjoyably explicit prose of some of the passages. While the stories teetered on the brink of Oirish cliche they didn't completely tip over. Those who like this sort of thing will find it the sort of thing that they like.
February 9, 2010
Barbara Samuel / Earthly Magic
Susan Wiggs / The Changeling
Morgan Llwelyn / To Recapture The Light
Roberta Gellis / Bride Price
4 fabulous authors in a great anthology. Each tale takes place in Ireland with fairy magic and or fairies.
Susan Wiggs / The Changeling
Morgan Llwelyn / To Recapture The Light
Roberta Gellis / Bride Price
4 fabulous authors in a great anthology. Each tale takes place in Ireland with fairy magic and or fairies.
October 13, 2010
Recapture the Light - B
Earthly Magic - B
The Changeling - B-
Bride Price - A-
Earthly Magic - B
The Changeling - B-
Bride Price - A-
April 12, 2016
Leaves a lot to be desired, in spite of being authors that I generally enjoy.
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