Books like Irish Magic by Susan Childress

A captivating tale of forbidden love and ancient curses in 17th century Ireland.

Linda Howard’s Raintree follows three members of a supernatural clan as they battle the malevolent Ansara wizards while navigating the joys and challenges of love.

A daring princess flees an arranged marriage, disguised as a boy, to seek freedom and love in Ireland’s 19th‑century valleys, while the warrior she pursues guards a hidden secret that could change their futures.

A princess who arrives alone finds herself swept off her feet by a daring soldier of fortune, the black sheep of a princely family. Can she love the man hired to protect her and skip the stone‑free path to royalty?

An anthology of nine pioneering short novels by American women, spanning early 20th‑century fiction, social critique and psychological depth. Each tale explores gender, class, and identity in the evolving American landscape.

A sweeping historical romance set amid Celtic myth and magical intrigue, where forbidden love and ancient forces collide.

Barry Laverty, M.B., can barely find the village of Ballybucklebo on a map when he first sets out to seek gainful employment there, but already he knows that there is nowhere he would rather live than in the emerald hills and dales of Northern Ireland. The proud owner of a spanking-new medical degree and little else in the way of worldly possessions, Barry jumps at the chance to secure a position as an assistant in a small rural practice. At least until he meets Dr. Fingal Flahertie O'Reilly. The older physician, whose motto is to never let the patients get the upper hand, has his own way of doing things. At first, Barry can't decide if the pugnacious O'Reilly is the biggest charlatan he has ever met, or the best teacher he could ever hope for. Through O'Reilly Barry soon gets to know all of the village's colorful and endearing residents, including: A malingering Major and his equally hypochondriacal wife; An unwed servant girl, who refuses to divulge the father of her upcoming baby; A slightly daft old couple unable to marry for lack of a roof; And a host of other eccentric characters who make every day an education for the inexperienced young doctor. Ballybucklebo is long way from Belfast, and Barry is quick to discover that he still has a lot to learn about the quirks and traditions of country life. But with pluck and compassion and only the slightest touch of blarney, he will find out more about life―and love―than he ever imagined back in medical school.

More Sweet Tea is the follow‑up collection of American short stories by Deborah Smith, exploring women’s social lives, customs, and manners in a Southern setting.

The South - within its diversity of voices and experiences lies "a shared legacy: the act of speech - of stories handed down in which a distinctive language is honored, a language rich in Biblical and regional contexts; the love of place where individuals, relationships, and family histories not only matter but buttress everyday life. Both are part of that rarest and most indispensable groundspring of literature, memory. The memory of being 'Downhome.'". Susie Mee has gathered a wealth of short fiction by southern women who - from their various backgrounds, from their different eras - draw on that shared legacy she describes in her introduction. That memory of "downhome," whether it is used lovingly or ironically, echoes throughout the seven sections here, which range from Growing Up to Kinfolk and Courtship to Passing On, and in the words of these special authors.