Whether you are sitting by the pool, sunning on the beach, or simply trying to escape
your daily commute on the subway, no summer reading list would be complete without at
least one title by Nora Roberts. JEWELS IN THE SUN, first in a new Irish trilogy, relates
the romance between Aiden Gallagher and Jude, an American ex-patriot with ties to Ardmore.
TEARS OF THE MOON, second in a trilogy about the Gallagher family, focuses on Shawn
Gallagher and Brenna O'Toole.
Shawn is the second son in the Gallagher family, chef in the family pub but willing to
leave the business of its day to day running to his older brother, Aiden. Shawn is also a
talented musician and songwriter, but his talent remains undiscovered by the world at
large. Mary Brenna Catherine O'Toole, local jack-of-all-trades, has known Shawn all her
life. Their families are close friends, and she and Shawn grew up with an easy,
sibling-like relationship. Now, however, both are adults, and Brenna has decided to do
something about her long-hidden attraction to Shawn. She boldly approaches Shawn and asks
him to go to bed with her. Neither of them realizes where her "yen to scratch an
itch" will lead them.
Weaving in and out of their story are Carrick, Prince of Faeries, and the ghost of Lady
Gwen, the mortal Carrick had fallen in love with 300 years earlier. Legend has it that
three times he came to her, first offering diamonds he had taken from the sun; then
offering pearls, which had been the tears of the moon; and finally giving her sapphires
from the heart of the sea. With each gift he tried to show Lady Gwen what he could provide
for her if she left the mortal world to live with him, but he never told her the words
"I love you" until it was too late. Frustrated, Carrick cursed their love, and
Lady Gwen became destined to haunt Faerie Cottage, until, three times, lovers find each
other in the cottage. Then, and only then, will Prince Carrick and Lady Gwen be reunited.
--- Reviewed by Debbie Ann Weiner
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