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Blue Moon Magic from Highland Press is filled with bewitching romance tales of what happens when a wish is made on a Blue Moon. Stories for every taste -- regency, historical, contemporary, futuristic, time-travel, ghosts, witches, selkies, and more paranormal -- you'll find it all within these 312 pages. 15 talented writers weave marvelous tales of love under the spell of the magical Blue Moon.

I love anthologies because you can carry the book around and read just one story in a short time, maybe while waiting for the dentist, the doctor or whatever. Not so with Blue Moon Magic. This book grabs you with the first story, hangs on through all 15 fantastic magical adventures, and keeps you turning pages. You won't want to put this one down till you've read all 15. A short run down of the stories:

1. Belle of the Blue Moon Ball by Dawn Thompson starts the magic with two mischievious fairies in an entertaining Regency to tickle your funny bone.

2. Where Sea Meets Skye by Erin Hatton is a contemporary set in Scotland. Who doesn't love a Scottish hero in a kilt? Add the legend of the selkies and magic of the Blue Moon, and you get a very satisfying read.

3. Angels In The Moonlight by Diane Davis White is a contemporary set in California. Sadie, the Shady Angel makes you laugh out loud right from the first page, and keeps you entertained through the whole story. We should all wish for an angel like Sadie to help us find our soulmate.

4. Under The Pale Moonlight by Katherine Smith is an historical set in romantic Scotland. Lady Alicia McCray goes after the man she wants, begging for his love, determined to let him know his handicap means nothing to her. With the help of a magical Blue Moon, her dream comes true.

5. Embers Desire by Meagan Hatfield is a fantasy romance about an inexperienced witch and her spell to find love. The story shows imaginative creation and moves us forward through disaster and growing love. Good wins over evil for a satisfying climax.

6. Spellbound by Aysel Arwen is set in present day Scotland, and is an intriguing story of mystery and romance, complete with a sensitive heroine and handsome Scottish Highlander to die for.

7. Enchantment By The Sea by M. J. Sager is set on a modern day Caribbeann island. Clara Barnes tries not to mix pleasure and business, but how can she not after meeting Grayson Everett? Enjoy a story about magic, passion, love, and forever!

8. Suddenly You by Jaquelin Lorin has heroine, Celine Chauvin traveling from the present, back in time with the aid of a wish on the Blue Moon and a pendant, to find love with the same man whose portrait she just restored.

9. Blue Moon And The Warrior by Lee Roland is set in present day in a Utah. While camping alone, Allison wishes on the Blue Moon for a love like her parents shared. She dreams of a carnival and her perfect lover, and the magic begins...

10. Midsummer Magic by Kristi Ahlers is set in 1557 England and Scotland. The English heroine wishes on the Blue Moon for a dark knight to carry her away from an unwanted engagement. Kieran Fraser wishes on the same moon to find a lady love. When the Laird of Clan Fraser kidnaps Meredith while swimming alone on this magical night, he falls under her spell and two souls are united forever.

11. Secret of The Blue Moon by Billie Warren Chai is set in present day New Mexico. Twelve years after parting, Zoey Blackstone and Jake Runningbear meet again. She's now an emergency room doctor and he's an Air Force rescue pilot. The storm raging inside the hospital is just as fierce as the one outside until something stronger, the secret of a magical Blue Moon, joins two souls meant to be together.

12. The Darkness and the Dreams by Kimberly Ivey Wuttke is set in present day. With the help of a wish on a Blue Moon and a psychic named Grandma Bikini, Paloma Delatorre finds true love with the man she thought was dead.

13. The Healer by Leanne Burroughs is a Highland historical romance rich with Scottish history and beguiling characters. With the help of a healer named Agnes and a wishing moon, lovers find their way back to each other. This short story is a special treat as we get to read more about the characters from Ms. Burroughs books, Highland Wishes & Her Highland Rogue.

14. In The Space Of A Heartbeat by Keelia Greer is an exciting futuristic vampire story with enough action, romance, and intrigue to keep every reader happy. With the help of Blue Moon magic, the hero and heroine find a loving bond with their soulmate.

15. Rider In The Storm by DeborahAnne MacGillivray is a contemporary set in Kentucky. Ciara MacIain gives Roarke Devlin a ride to town and a magical journey begins with an instantaneous spark. Roarke brings a grieving Ciara a sense of peace and awakens a longing that's been buried seven years. Blue Moon magic and a lovable cat that steals the scene make this a grand read.

The only good thing about finishing this book is knowing its companion, Blue Moon Enchantment, will be out soon with 15 different stories of magic and love under the Blue Moon.

Great Romances for Almost Every Taste...Bon Appetite

Hard-hitting, dramatic and so ruggedly raw you will feel a sense of loss for a man you've never met, MacGillivray does it again by reaching into your soul and wrenching free emotions you never thought you could feel for people who only exist in her mind and through the ink slashed on the pages of the Blue Moon Magic anthology. And, if you think it's stormy in the hills of Kentucky, you will certainly enjoy the deluge of sensuality that Ciara craves from the Rider in the Storm.

Arthur Cameron avoided Alicia McCray like a plague-ridden rat, but she was not about to let him deny the passion and promise blooming between them like a flower garden fertilized by the fine stock from his Scottish horseflesh. Arthur may have been born with a slightly-flawed foot, but it was the state of his VERY flawed mind that was breaking her heart. Alicia is a woman who believes in taking matters into her own capable hands, casting convention and propriety to the wind. When love and attraction aren't the problem, you might have to look for the answers in Katherine Smith's Under the Pale Moonlight.

Lee Roland's Blue Moon and the Warrior is a waking dream romance where the black-and-white of day meets the rainbow-colored lovers of our secret passions. Discovering a perfect-for-you mate is a world away from finding a "perfect" mate...one is there for the taking, the other exists only for the mind's making.

Merri's fall from English grace was a tumble she was looking forward to, but even angels have demons to deal with in regard to their loves and lives. Riding the storm between destiny, desire and doubt is no easy task, but it's much easier when you have Kristi Ahler's Midsummer Magic to show the way to the Scottish Highlands and happily ever after.

Suddenly You, by Jaquelin Lorin, is a short story written with golden threads...as you weave your way through, you will get tangled up in an adventure and journey that does not end with the story. Rhys Butler and Celine Chauvin will lead you on a merry chase that ends up in his state room, aboard an honest to goodness paddleboat...in the year 1871!

Kimberly Ivey's story, The Darkness and the Dreams, is engaging and filled with light-hearted laughter and hope, but I must admit I fell in love with Grandma Bikini from the beginning. This character sparkled throughout and fit all of the missing pieces of love-interrupted into place, earning her a special place in my heart.

Without a doubt, Billie Chai's strong characters and fully developed storyline will leave you in a better place for having spent time in Apache Indian Hospital. Who knows, you might just find yourself inspired to play a little "doctor" of your own...

Reading In The Space of a Heartbeat, by Keelia Greer, was like sinking my teeth into a great big slice of chocolate cake and then being utterly ravished by a dark, sexy man. It was sensual, satisfying and made me want to lick my lips in order to savor every morsel of the passionate love growing between Trevor Kerrin and Melania Knight. With fierce, blood pumping action and intrigue, you will quickly wish you had someone nibbling at your neck, too.

The adventures of Sadie the Shady Angel and her mentor, Pricilla, continue in Angels in the Moonlight. Diane Davis White's delightful tale drifts in and out of the lives and love of Nathan Bridges and Olivia Langston, two people who were destined to make beautiful music together...IF they would ever stop long enough to learn a new love song. When physical attraction takes place on a stage, there's no guarantee of what will happen after the curtain falls.

Falling in love was never easier than when I met Hatton's Ronan Morrison in Where the Sea Meets Skye. This well-told tale sweeps you away to a wonderful place that is well away from the real world and its past heartaches and disappointments. When this story ends, it is really only the beginning...and, like I did, you will find yourself wishing you could spend a few hundred years on Eileann o Shean.

Kissed by Highland Wishes and Her Highland Rogue, Leanne Burroughs weaves two of her classic tales together to create another epic love story, The Healer. Agnes and Warwick are sassy and well past their first bloom, but love has a way of inspiring beauty even amongst the wrinkles, worries and wars of men and women. Shedding past hurts and a lifetime of want, two souls are thrown together for the good of others and what they find is nothing less than an amazing and lasting passion for each other.

M. J. Sager's Enchantment by the Sea is an open and honest romance that weaves waves of hope and passion around Clara Barnes and Grayson Everett. Struggling against past loves and lives, what the two find on a Caribbean beach is much more exciting and intriguing than pretty shells and breathtaking sunsets. Floating in pools of integrity and honesty, Clara and Gray must find one another in the rolling tide of an immature bet in order to drown in the deluge of promised passion.

Encore! Encore! Ember's Desire, by Meagan Hatfield, offers readers intense action and comprehensive characters within the confines of a romantic short story. Ember may be named after fire, but Balder's the one who is getting burned by her hot looks and a fiery personality that defies tradition and family ties to pursue and capture what her heart's been yearning for. Fanned by the blaze of Balder's desire, Ember finds herself caught up in a warring wildfire fueled by death, deceit and an evil that fathered hell itself.

Lady Arabella Gilmartin and Nigel Reardon, Earl of Everton, are looking for love, but neither believe yet another endless London ball will be the stage for romance. However, both fail to take into consideration the power of a Blue Moon or the irresistible lure of fae magick. Despite the intervention of two faeries, Arabella and Nigel muddle through love at first sight like countless couples down through the ages. Will their love blossom or be squashed by foxed faerie? Only Dawn Thompson's Belle of the Blue Moon Ball and her beloved can tell as the curtain opens and shows a glimpse of Otherworldly intervention.

Once in a Blue Moon, anything can happen!

Belle of the Blue Moon Ball: Dawn Thompson. Faery enchanting! The faery Oberon and his friend Puck are matchmaking, and . . . well, let's just say things don't always go exactly as planned!

Where the Sea Meets Skye: Erin E.M. Hatton. Sealed with a Kiss! Ms. Hatton skillfully weaves a romantic tale of loss and renewal that you won't want to miss!

Angels in the Moonlight: Diane Davis White. So her wings are a little tarnished around the edges . . . Anything can happen when a Blue Moon and two angels team up with Mel Torme.

Under the Pale Moonlight: Katherine Smith. Slow passion burns the hottest . . . Ms. Smith has written a charming historical story with a heart-stopping hero and a determined heroine that you won't want to miss!

Ember's Desire: Meagan Hatfield. A runaway witch and a displaced god . . . Hatfield weaves a mythological tale worthy of the gods--their fierceness and passion.

Spellbound: Aysel Arwen. An exquisitely touching tale of passion . . . With the magic of Loch Ness and faeries, Ms. Arwen spins a yarn you won't want to miss!

Enchantment By the Sea: M. J. Sager. Sparks under the Blue Moon . . . Clara Barnes has a job to do--investigate Grayson Everett's resort for the Montana Monthly. Sager again wows us with another sensual story from the heart.

Suddenly You: Jaquelin Lorin. Celine Chauvin, a portrait restoration artist, is enthralled by an 1870s painting of a man and swept back in time.

Blue Moon and the Warrior: Lee Roland. Enchanted on the carousel of love . . . Allison gives her heart to Cahir, a warrior, in an enchanted carnival. Roland has written an enthralling story with well-drawn characters.

Midsummer Magic: Kristi Ahlers. Captured by Blue Moon Magic . . . Ahlers pens a tale that will warm your heart with a braw Scotsman and his English lass.

Secret of the Blue Moon: Billie Warren Chai. A reunion of passion . . . Dr. Zoey Blackstone can sew up a gut-shot man in the ER, but can't heal her own wounded heart.

The Darkness and the Dreams: Kimberly Ivey. Paloma Delatorre lost her true love, Robert, to a drunk driver. Ms. Ivey has written and engaging story--poignant, yet humorous.

The Healer: Leanne Burroughs. Bewitching! We fell in love with Agnes and Warwick in HIGHLAND WISHES. Can two lonely people fill each other's hearts with happiness? Tender, touching, and passionate.

In the Space of a Heartbeat: Keelia Greer. Trevor Kerrin makes Malania Knight's fangs quiver with pleasure. Greer pens a gripping tale of action, adventure, and love.

Rider in the Storm: DeborahAnne MacGillivray. Ciara MacIain has mourned her fiancé, Derek, for seven long years. This is a story of true love and passion, of longing and loyalty.

I loved the diversity of quality stories. Higly Recommended!!!

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