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Irish Enchantment

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I'm annoyed with the picture on the front cover not matching the stories. The cover woman has long blond hair. The three female characters in the stories have brown, brown and auburn hair.

3.5 stars for KISSING STONE by Tielle St. Clare.

Story Brief:
Kit is so afraid of public speaking that she can't be a teacher in front of a class of students. Instead, she works as a tutor. Jax is one of her best friends. She has secretly lusted after him for six months and believes he only wants to be her friend. An antiques store owner convinces Kit to buy a small stone which he claims is from the famous Blarney Stone in Ireland. He says that kissing the stone will give Kit the "gift of gab, persuasive eloquence." When she first kisses the stone, she becomes openly lustful and seductive with Jax. She can't control the words coming out of her mouth.

Reviewer's Opinion:
I loved the way the stone loosened Kit's tongue. There were some funny lines. I found it a sweet story. I liked it but not enough to go to 4 stars.

Data:
Story length: 94 pages. Sexual language: strong/erotic. Number of sex scenes: 3. Length of sex scenes: 11.5 to 16 pages. Total number of sex scene pages: 42. Setting: current day university town near New York City. Copyright: 2004. Genre: erotic contemporary fantasy romance.


3 stars for STITCHES IN TIME by Diana Hunter.

Story Brief:
Maggie Andrews works for her father's company. Liam also works there. Maggie and Liam travel to Ireland for business. They visit an antiques shop. Maggie is drawn to a piece of tapestry which Liam buys. The hotels are full and they are forced to share a hotel room.

Reviewer's Opinion:
The story was ok with a nice ending, but it could have gone longer. I wanted to know what would happen to Liam, the company, how the ring design related to the tapestry, and Liam's heritage. On the other hand, I don't know if I really needed to know anymore. Maggie wasn't my favorite character, possibly due to her false aloofness, but it was understandable.

Data:
Story length: 93 pages. Sexual language: strong. Number of sex scenes: 4. Length of sex scenes: 2 to 11 pages. Total number of sex scene pages: 23. Setting: current day Ireland. Copyright: 2004. Genre: contemporary fantasy romance.

Other Books:
For a list of my reviews of other Diana Hunter books, see my 5 star review of "Table for Four" posted 12/13/08.


1 star for HARPIST BIZARRE by Sahara Kelly.

Story Brief:
Aidan was imprisoned in a cavern for over 100 years. Fay is a concert pianist from Boston, on vacation visiting Ireland. While in Ireland she begins having dreams of Aidan. She sees a harp in an antiques store. She is drawn to it and buys it. Somehow this harp is linked to Aidan.

Reviewer's Opinion:
The plot was ok during most of the story, but I hated what the author used to force the couple apart toward the end. It wasn't reasonable. It didn't make sense. I felt like the author wanted to have Fay grieving and heartbroken and couldn't think of a better way to do it. Yes, there was a happy ending, but getting them together again was part of this mechanism that didn't work for me. On other points, a couple of times I wanted it to be over. I was also bored reading the longest sex scene.

Data:
Story length: 118 pages. Swearing and sexual language: strong. Number of sex scenes: 5. Length of sex scenes: 0.6 to 17.6 pages. Total number of sex scene pages: 33. Setting: current day Ireland. Copyright: 2004. Genre: erotic fantasy romance.

Other Books:
For a list of my reviews of other Sahara Kelly books, see my 4 star review of "Lady Jaided's Virile Vampires" posted 9/11/08.