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The Awakening
A Romance Novel by Nora Roberts
Book 1 of the The Dragon Heart Legacy Series
Subgenres & Tropes:
- Paranormal Romance,
- Portal Fantasy,
- Magical Realism
This book is for you if you're into...
- Portal fantasies with faeries, mermaids, and dragons in magical Ireland
- Heroines discovering secret fortunes and hidden family legacies
- Romantic adventure with destiny, magick, and dangerous new worlds
From Little Stack
If you’re craving fantasy that feels like a love letter to Ireland, with all the mist, myths, and magic included, The Awakening is an irresistible place to start.
Nora Roberts’ book follows Breen Kelly, a restless twentysomething who escapes her dull life by travelling to Ireland, her father’s homeland, only to discover her trip is far more than sightseeing. A mysterious pull leads her through a portal near Galway into Talamh, a magical realm inspired by Irish myth, where faeries, dragons, and ancient powers shape her true destiny.
What makes the book especially fun is how deeply it leans into the Irish atmosphere. The real-world Ireland is all rolling green landscapes, cosy cottages, and folklore-tinged wonder, while Talamh echoes the Irish mythic Otherworld, a land rooted in magic, tradition, and elemental power.
There’s also strong themes of found family, romance, and a heroine discovering her roots. It’s pure escapist fantasy that feels warm, magical, and gloriously Irish at heart.
#1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts begins a new trilogy of adventure, romance, and magick in The Awakening.
In the realm of Talamh, a teenage warrior named Keegan emerges from a lake holding a sword—representing both power and the terrifying responsibility to protect the Fey.
In another realm known as Philadelphia, a young woman has just discovered she possesses a treasure of her own….
When Breen Kelly was a girl, her father would tell her stories of magical places. Now she’s an anxious twentysomething mired in student debt and working a job she hates.
But one day she stumbles upon a shocking discovery: her mother has been hiding an investment account in her name. It has been funded by her long-lost father—and it’s worth nearly four million dollars.
This newfound fortune would be life-changing for anyone. But little does Breen know that when she uses some of the money to journey to Ireland, it will unlock mysteries she couldn’t have imagined.
Here, she will begin to understand why she kept seeing that silver-haired, elusive man, why she imagined his voice in her head saying Come home, Breen Siobhan. It’s time you came home. Why she dreamed of dragons.
And where her true destiny lies—through a portal in Galway that takes her to a land of faeries and mermaids, to a man named Keegan, and to the courage in her own heart that will guide her through a powerful, dangerous destiny…
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