A Little Magic by Nora Roberts

Ok This is a collection of three romantic stories, they delve deeply into the beliefs and legends of Ireland.

Yes when I am depressed I read romance novels. sigh I admit it but I am very picky about the authors I choose and the type of stories I choose.

Spellbound- A man has dream of a woman through his whole life, she grows with him and he can not find a living woman to compare. Taking a break from his life as a photographer he travels to Ireland and much to his astonishment finds her.

Ever After- A woman who is more of a dreamer than practical is working as a tour guide helper to her sister. She loses her way and finds a lonely man living in the woods, a famous sculptor. She brings life and joy to his home and even though he was told she was meant for him he doesn't want to live his life the way fate dictates. Little does he know love freely given is not the chains he once feared.

In Dreams- A man who wields magic is betrayed by a woman he loved. He took a life and is punished for it by living in a dream state doomed to only have seven days of existence every hundred years. A woman in the midst of a personal crisis untouched by love wrecks her car in a storm and finds her way to him. IF she stays at the end of the seventh day she will live his existence with him. She doesn't believe in fairy tales but maybe this one man can teach her how to dream.


These three stories are short, novellas. The intimate scenes are romantic, not the descriptions of bodies writhing like in so many other romance novels.

Nora Roberts leave you with the feeling that in modern times you can find your fairy tale ending if you trust to fate, and a little magic.