“She opened her eyes and touched her lips, as though he had just kissed them. She could taste him.”

“Glen Shiel, Socttish Highlands, 1296Strife abounds. King Edward of England has invaded the southern strongholds of Scotland and is pressuring King John of Scotland to abdicate. Several Scottish nob...”

“Listen to the earth, Feel the fire. Allow the power to flow through ye.”

“She clambered to the shoreline. Numb and shaken, she began to dress. It wasnt easy as she fumbled with slick fingers to put dry clothes over wet skin. She instantly regretted her naked swim. She pu...”

“A man from the wood. A stranger from afar. He will break the curse by a hundred kisses...”

“You're special, Deirdre, and don't ever think otherwise.”

“If in any quest for magic, in any search for sorcery, witchery, legerdemain, first check the human spirit.”

“It may be laid down as a general rule that if a man begins to sing, no one will take any notice of his song except his fellow human beings. This is true even if his song is surpassingly beautiful. ...”

“Magic or nature, they were much the same thing to Magnus.”

“And oh, how she pitched herself into things. She would draw pictures all day long for weeks on end, then throw out the pencils and never draw another thing. Then it was embroidery with her, she had...”

“I knew the woodsy fragrance that accompanied Reed was his natural scent. It was one of the many things that made him hard to resist.”

“My whole world started to tilt. I could feel it, sliding ever so slightly off center.”