From the publisher: The Irish lord Edward Donoghue,
Earl of Meath, consumes absinthe to stave off his sleepwalking, but the liquor
has the unintended consequence of causing fairy hallucinations. When he meets
Ada Quicksilver, a Celtic mythology scholar from London's Lovelace Academy for
Promising Young Women, he begins to entertain the possibility these visions may
be due to the overlapping of the living world with the world of Faery. One of
these visions seems to herald the young woman's death, so Edward joins Ada in
her scholarly exploration of his country in hopes of protecting her. Together
they uncover a plot for the takeover of Ireland by the enemies of its most
ancient people, the Tuatha De Danaan. In the process, they discover their own
connections to a Danaan hero and heroine who want more than anything to use
their bodies for a reunion that's been centuries in the making.
The Absinthe Earl has everything a reader of
paranormal historical romance could want – a handsome, brooding, and gentlemanly
earl, a beautiful, spunky, and independent scholar, and a mystery surrounding
Ireland, Faery and absinthe. If you are a fan of Irish mythology and legend,
you will relish the appearance of every creature, hero, heroine, and rogue you
ever heard of.
I read an advance reader copy of The Absinthe Earl
from Netgalley; it will be published on October 15 and will be available at the
Galesburg Public Library.
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