Comments on: In Honor of St. Patrick’s Day

By: Darwin Vanbogelen

Darwin Vanbogelen — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 00:42:21 +0000

Finally, Finally…I’ve been looking for this information for a long time. Thanks

By: Rodney

Rodney — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 11:08:07 +0000

Friends come and go, but relatives tend to accumulate.

By: Sabo Pike

Sabo Pike — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 03:08:45 +0000

I re-read To Marry an Irish Rogue by Lisa Hendrix. It paints a lovely picture of a 1990s era Irish village. The women of the village decide the men aren’t committing to marriage because they have it too cozy. They quietly cut them off – with very good reasons, not threats. It is charming and filled with likable characters.

By: Pop Tart

Pop Tart — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:20:37 +0000

Anna McPartlin has done written some wonderful contemporaries set in Ireland. Like Marian Keyes’ hers are more chick lit then romance and they do have serious underpinnings, but very nicely done. I loved Pack Up the Moon.

By: Nana

Nana — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 08:52:24 +0000

Carla Kelly’s Reforming Lord Ragsdale. The hero is anti-Irish, for reasons you learn in the book (related to the rising), and the heroine is Irish. There is a lot of plot in this small book, and it’s one of my favorite Kellys.

By: jojo

jojo — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 03:16:57 +0000

don’t forget the Karen Marie Moning “Fever” series with the unforgettable Jericho Barrons… It’s totally set in Ireland. So far there are 4 books but we are eagerly awaiting the last one in the series, “Shadowfever”

By: Tina

Tina — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:49:50 +0000

Seconding the love for Juliet Marillier’s novels (especially the Sevenwaters trilogy and her most recent, ‘Heart’s Blood’), as well as the mention of Emma Jensen’s ‘The Irish Rogue’ which I can’t count the amount of times I’ve reread. Even though the parts set in Ireland are only flashbacks, the list wouldn’t be complete without Laura Lee Guhrke’s ‘Conor’s Way’, which contains probably the best-drawn Irish hero I’ve read in romance.

By: Lusty Reader

Lusty Reader — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:27:16 +0000

oh – sorry for the double comment but I just thought of another all time Irish favorite from my youth: anything by MAEVE BINCHY! My favorites by far are The Glass Lake, Echoes, and of course her most well know, Circle of friends.

By: Lusty Reader

Lusty Reader — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:25:45 +0000

*nostalgic sigh* La Nora’s Born In…trilogy were the first of her books I ever read, and the first two remain my very favorites.

Another Irish-set-series I love is The de Warenne Dynasty by Brenda Joyce. They get a little bloody at times, but wouldn’t any historically set Irish story?

By: SarahT

SarahT — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:49:57 +0000

Great list, Lynn! I enjoyed ‘Carnal Gift’ by Pamela Clare. I know a lot of readers didn’t enjoy it as much as her other historicals but I thought she did a good job with the period detail.

I second MB’s recommendation of Marian Keyes. My favourite is ‘Rachel’s Holiday’. It deals with some heavy issues (drug addiction and depression), but there’s a really lovely romance in it. For fans of marriage-in-trouble books, ‘Angels’ is also a good read.