Once Upon a Midnight (The Witching Hour / Mirror, Mirror / Dream Lover / The Midnight Country)

by Nora Roberts (Contributor)

Once Upon A... (6 (Nov 2003))

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#1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts presents four romantic stories of magic at midnight...

In Nora Roberts' "The Witching Hour," a kingdom is plagued by tragedy until a wizard-god's spell brings forth a courageous and beautiful young woman who must follow her heart in love and follow her destiny in battle.

In Jill Gregory's "Mirror, Mirror," a healer sworn to protect the heir to a troubled kingdom must rely on a wounded knight and a magic mirror for assistance.
In Ruth Ryan show more Langan's "Dream Lover," a young American disillusioned by love gets swept up by the romance of the Highlands on a business trip to Scotland—and by the charms of a perfect stranger.

In Marianne Willman's "The Midnight Country," an American researching her family history in Europe stumbles upon an enchanting chateau and its enigmatic master, who is convinced she is the key to a terrible curse.
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Only read one story in this anthology, "Dream Lover". The other stories did not hold my interest enough to read them.
This was kind of a hokey collection of stories (containing magic, sorcery, ancient curses etc.).

The Witching Hour by Nora Roberts
Mirror, Mirror by Jill Gregory
Dream Lover by Ruth Ryan Langan
The Midnight Country by Marianne Willman

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Nora Roberts was born in Silver Spring, Maryland on October 10, 1950. Her first book, Irish Thoroughbred, was published in 1981. Since then, she has written more than 200 novels. She writes romances under her own name including Montana Sky, Blue Smoke, Carolina Moon, The Search, Chasing Fire, The Witness, The Perfect Hope, Inner Harbor, Dark show more Witch, Shadow Spell, The Collector, The Villa, The Liar, The Obsession, and Shelter in Place. She writes crime novels under the pseudonym of J. D. Robb including the In Death series. She has been given the Romance Writers of America Lifetime Achievement Award and has been inducted into their Hall of Fame. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

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Gregory, Jill (Contributor)
Langan, Ruth Ryan (Contributor)
Willman, Marianne (Contributor)

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Canonical title
Once Upon a Midnight (The Witching Hour / Mirror, Mirror / Dream Lover / The Midnight Country) (The Witching Hour / Mirror, Mirror / Dream Lover / The Midnight Country)
Original title
Once Upon a Midnight
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This anthology contains 4 short stories:
The Witching Hour by Nora Roberts
Mirror, Mirror by Jill Gregory
Dream Lover by Ruth Ryan Langan
The Midnight Country by Marianne Willman.

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Romance, Fiction and Literature, Fantasy
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813.08508Literature & rhetoricAmerican literature in EnglishAmerican fiction in EnglishBy typeGenre fictionRomance fictionCollections
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PS648 .L6 .O52326Language and LiteratureAmerican literatureAmerican literatureCollections of American literatureProse (General)
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