Kate's grandmother's dying wish is that she should return her pearl pendant to Knocknapog, the tiny fishing village in Ireland where she was born. As production assistant at a television company, Kate is able to book a shoot at the village's mysterious Midsummer Feast of Beauty. She and her colleagues stay with the wealthy local landowner Esras Mac Lir, who organizes the midsummer celebration. But he is not what she expects. With his unearthly silver hair and emerald eyes, there is something magical about him, something compelling and seductive that mesmerizes her and invades her dreams. And when he claims to have been waiting for her all his life, she doesn't know whether he's a romantic, or living in a fantasy world-until he proves that they share a magical heritage and that she truly is his Feast of Beauty Queen.11,500 word novella, originally published in The Mammoth Book of Irish Romance. Helen Scott Taylor's first novel, The Magic Knot, won the American Title contest in 2008, was a Golden Heart® finalist, and was chosen as one of Booklist's top ten romances of 2009. Since then, she has published other novels, novellas, and short stories in both the UK and USA.Helen lives in South West England near Exeter in Devon overlooking the windswept expanse of Dartmoor. As well as her wonderful long-suffering husband, she shares her home with a Westie and a fluffy birman cat. She believes that deep within everyone there's a little magic. www.helenscotttaylor.com
