Long Ago and Far Away

by Marylyle Rogers

Book Overview

In 12th-century Ireland, Hildie grows up under the watchful eye of her first and true love, Kieron, an inhabitant of the Fairy Kingdom, but when Hildie is of a marriageable age, a curse on both their... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312963149
• ISBN13: 9780312963149
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: St. Martin's Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 4.2" x 6.7"

Customer Reviews

Fabulous/marvelous stories of magical romance!

The 1st story to this marvelous tale began in a short story found in two books called "Sprinkle of Fairy Dust" & "Emerald Enchantment" when we first meet fairie King Comlan's sister Lissan and his brother Gair who fall in love w humans.Followed up by the marvelous story of King Comlan and his beloved human Amy in "Once Upon A Time" and their daughter Lissan's story in "Happily Ever After."In "Long Ago and Far Away" we have the concluding story of Lissan's human husband's daughter, Hildie, who, it turns out is the descendant of King Comlan's sister, Lissan. As his neice, the King sends Kieron from his fairy realm to be her guardian.As Hildie grows in age and beauty she has fallen in love with Kieron, who has taken an oath to protect her and that means he must not fall to her charms. The problem is he is already falling for her and she is to be betrothed to another for the sake of her father's kingdom. As things go, an ancient evil has befallen both fairie and human lands and only Hildie can save the two worlds. If she fails, both worlds will be destroyed by the impending danger. But can she accept her destiny and risk loosing the man she loves in the trying?All of these stories are wonderful and I was sad to see them end, but joyed for having read all of them.Marylyle Rogers' writing is pure joy. Please read all of these books. They are marvelous!

A magical love story

This story is about Hildie, half mortal and half fae, growing up in the mortal world with Kieron her faithful fae guardian. He watches her grow from a child into a young woman and each fall in love with the other knowing that because of the laws they can not be together. However their destiny steps in when Kieron realizes that Hildie is the key to disspelling the curse that could destroy both the mortal and fairy realms and keep them apart for all time.