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The Selkie (Mass Market Paperback)

by Melanie Jackson (Author)
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  • Mass Market Paperback: 368 pages
  • Publisher: Love Spell (Feb 2003)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0505525313
  • ISBN-13: 978-0505525314
  • Product Dimensions: 17.6 x 10.8 x 2.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 663,249 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Melanie Jackson's wonderful tale of Scots Lore, 10 Mar 2003
By Deborah MacGillivray "Author," (US & UK) - See all my reviews
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Since my great great great...well you get the idea...grandda was said to be a Selkie, I am rather touchy when writers create stories on the lore. Most of the time, I sort of cringe fearing the writers will not do the Selkies justice. When Melanie Jackson said she was doing a book about one, the reaction was different - Joy, for I knew Melanie - and her heritage (I have it on good insider info from the Wee People that she is one of the Fey!!) and her love for All Things Scottish would do right by the Selkies.

Melanie has written a utterly charming tale of a Selkie accidentally called from the Sea...and OH DOES IT STEAL THE HEART!! I applaud Melanie's setting the book in 1929 - seems the romance market considered anything after the Turn of the Century to modern day is not worthy of writing about. So in 1929, Hexy Garrow is maid/companion to widowed, blonde bimbo, who pulls a blonde moment and leaves and her expensive sable coat on the beach of the Scottish Coast. Hexy is sent to fetch it because her mistress is leaving for Italy and cannot leave without her coat.

Hexy's take a few moments for herself at the beach, two shed a few tears - 7 to be exact - for the loss of her brother who drowned, for her failed romance, for the loose morals of today's (1929) young women, and because her nose is red from allergies. She has no notion the 7 tears shed into the sea summons the Selkie - in this case one Ruairidh O'Uruisg - or that the seal coat she mistakes for her mistress' is really Ruairidh's Selkie skin!

For those not familiar with Scottish Lore, the Selkies were/are magickal seals that could came ashore, shed the skin and take human mates. They were so beautiful that no one could resist them, but they were only permitted to live on shore for a year and a day, before they had to return to the sea. So you can imagine Hexy, a very practical modern-day girl has a wee bit of difficulty dealing with Ruairidh when he comes to reclaim his seal skin coat. He asserts he has no time to be her lover, maybe later when the time is right for such things, but is horrified to to learn HIS coat is on way to Italy via Wales. It is vital he gets it back.

It is a charming romance, whimsical, light, and so true to the ancient lore of Scotland. Melanie's Hexy and Ruairidh are so wonderful, bright and will absolutely steal your heart.

So if you love Scotland, and wish to have a wee grand adventure, I cannot recommend Melanie's best book to date. She is simply magickal...but then what else would one of the Fey be???

I have truly loved many of Melanie's works, but this is by far her best!!

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26 of 28 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Melanie is Magnificent!!, 6 Mar 2003
By Leeanne Grant "Leeanne 'Tink" (not New Orleans at the moment) - See all my reviews
I love all of Melanie Jackson books, for she is so good on history, but also because she understand the magickal of faeries, goblins, ghost and in this case Scotland's treasured Selkie. She does right by the lore, close to my heart.
The book is so fresh, so touching. You will adore the Selkie and Hexy and their romance.

A very special book!

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