Irish Magic
A contemporary romance with a touch of magic. What do you do when everything goes wrong? Make a wish on a four-leaf clover, right? There’s no other logical way out of it! But a clover wish is a heart wish. Everyone knows that.
When part leprechaun, Bradley Flynn, is charged with finding Kate’s true love, he calls on retired matchmaker, Essie O’Callaghan, who happens to have a mission of her own.
Dr. Michael Walshe had a ring in his pocket when he walked in on his girlfriend sleeping with her costar. He wants no part of Essie’s plan to find him a wife.
Fate – or something more leprechaun-shaped – has Kate and the both heading to Cluhalaugh, home to Ireland’s most famous matchmaking festival. And somehow their paths keep crossing. The more they see of each other the harder it is to resist exploring their reluctant attraction. Will Kate realize that Michael could be far more than the cure to her writer’s block
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Reviews
“A quirky tale of love where and when you least expect it, but exactly when you need it most.”
– Tome Tender Book Blog
“A wild cast of amazing characters in an imaginary world the reader will look for around every corner.”
– Coffee Time Romance
“This is perfect escapist literature. Suspend your disbelief and take a trip to Ireland with a writer, a doctor, and a leprechaun-you'll be charmed by the setting and the story."
– Patrice on Bookbub
“A lovely cross of contemporary with a touch of fantasy. I'd definitely pick up more books like this one from Ms. James.”
– Trish on Goodreads
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Behind the Story
I wrote Irish Magic after a long-dreamed-for trip to Ireland for my 70th birthday where I visited Lisdoonvarna’s famed matchmaking festival. The trip was a dream-come-true but I didn’t find the festival as magical as I hoped so I changed the name of the town to Cluhalaugh.
This is my first contemporary romance. I skewed it with a touch of magic. I couldn’t find much about Leprechaun lore so I created my own legend where leprechauns could mate with humans, creating a half leprechaun. I also decided fairies could play by the same rules so there is a halfling fairy in the story.
I decided I wanted to write a book where a woman who didn’t believe happy ever after went to a matchmaking festival. Only my festival was going to have real magic in it. I wrote it during NaNoWriMo (My writing weapon of choice) and then spent three years revising. My hero in Irish Magic, Michael Walshe, is the son of my heroine in Time and Forever. He appeared as a young med student in the second book, Maybe This Time.
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