The Dream of Aisling (BOOK 1)
6 parts Complete MatureFor seventeen years, Caerelia Ibormeith's mother gave her a nightly tincture of valerian, meant to keep her from dreaming of the dangerous and enchanting Mac Ind Óc. On her eighteenth birthday, the day of her engagement to the handsome but uninspiring Count Merrick, Caer stops taking the potion and begins dreaming of a mysterious man she calls Aisling. A year later, on her wedding day, Aisling arrives in a storm of ice and destiny, leading Caer to Loch Bel Dracon. When she drowns and awakens in Tir na nÓg, the realm of gods and legends, she finds herself in the hands of Aisling who she soon discovers to be Aengus Óg, the god of love and son of the Dagda. But this is no simple romance. Caer becomes entangled with Lugh, the brooding God of Sun, who is determined to return her to Earth as his outward hatred for Earthlings complicates her stay at Court Nuada. As the gods' world tightens around her, Caer must navigate love, jealousy, and dangerous divine politics, all while coping with her new form: half woman, half swan. With only three months until her wedding to Aisling, Caer begins the rigorous and mysterious lessons of godly matrimony under Macha, the fierce goddess of war, who becomes her unexpected ally. But everything shifts when Caer uncovers Aisling's far darker intentions, realizing that survival, not love, may be her only path to freedom. This steamy retelling of the Irish legend of Aengus Og and Caer Ibormeith is based on the dialect and 19th century vibe of Pride and Prejudice wih description heavy action in the first chapters.