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Allena Kennedy has narrowly escaped a dramatic and scatter‑brained past when she takes a job with her sister’s tour‑group in Ireland. While learning to be responsible, she meets a quirky curio shop owner who gifts her a star‑shaped pendant. That simple act draws Allena into a series of unusual circumstances that leave her stranded on a remote island. There she meets the brooding artist Conal O’Neil, who is trying to defy a family prophecy: a woman bearing the same star‑pendant as his must marry him on Midsummer’s Night. Together, they navigate love, destiny, and the possibility of a future they can only foresee from the candles on the island’s shore.
First publish date: 1999
Genre: General Fiction/Anthologies
Authors: Nora Roberts
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