Dark Witch

Today's post is on Dark Witch by Nora Roberts. It is the first in her The Cousins O'Dwyer Trilogy. It is 342 pages long and is published by Berkley. The cover is a beautiful picture of a house. The intended reader is someone who likes urban fantasy and romance. There is mild foul language, sex, and mild violence in this book. The story is told from third person close of the characters moving from one to the next as the story goes. There Be Spoilers Ahead.

From the back of the book- With indifferent parents, Iona Sheehan grew up craving devotion and acceptance. From her maternal grandmother, she learned where to find both: a land of lush forests, dazzling lakes, and centuries-old legends.
Ireland.
County Mayo, to be exact. Where her ancestors’ blood and magic have flowed through generations—and where her destiny awaits.
Iona arrives in Ireland with nothing but her Nan’s directions, an unfailingly optimistic attitude, and an innate talent with horses. Not far from the luxurious castle where she is spending a week, she finds her cousins, Branna and Connor O’Dwyer. And since family is family, they invite her into their home and their lives.
When Iona lands a job at the local stables, she meets the owner, Boyle McGrath. Cowboy, pirate, wild tribal horseman, he’s three of her biggest fantasy weaknesses all in one big, bold package.
Iona realizes that here she can make a home for herself—and live her life as she wants, even if that means falling head over heels for Boyle. But nothing is as it seems. An ancient evil has wound its way around Iona’s family tree and must be defeated. Family and friends will fight with each other and for each other to keep the promise of hope—and love—alive… 

Review- A fast-paced love story with realistic characters in a urban fantasy plot. The magic of this world is cool but it gets no explanation about how it works. It is very much, magic works because it works. Iona does not know about her magic until she goes to Ireland. She knows that she has a special connection with horses but nothing more. But it goes far deeper than that and we get our plot of stopping an old, powerful sorcerer that caused all the problems to begin with. The love story is of course the point and I liked the main couple. Boyle is a little slow on the up-take but he gets it right in the end. Iona is a little fast about getting everything she ever wanted from family to horses to true love but she learns that somethings just take time. I am interested in where the story is going to from here and I hope to learn more about the Big Bad.

I give this book a Four out of Five stars. I get nothing for my review and I borrowed this book from my local library.