Review: Magical read - be careful what you wish for!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 05 7, 2013
Abigail O'Malley is in trouble. She just turned down a proposal from Kevin Finnegan, the #1 businessman and banker in Savanna, which promptly made him call in payment for property taxes on her bar and house. Money she doesn't have, or have any idea where to find.  She knew she shouldn't get involved with him, but done is done, and now she needs to find a solution. Quick. Everything is due in 24 hours, and if she can't get the money, she loses everything. Her childhood home, her father's bar...  Everything she worked so hard for - gone in a blink of the eye. Abby wished her father were there, or her long lost imaginary friend. Then she wouldn't feel so alone.For ten years, Michael McKnight has been away. Ten very long years, filled with longing, pain and a wish. He made a terrible, stupid mistake and paid the price set by the Fairy King and Queen (Dionis and Melise). Now he's released and the first thing he does is run straight back...  And find himself being caught by the very unsuspecting Abby.You know how the old saying goes, don't you? Catch a leprechaun and you get three wishes. But be careful what you wish for... the might come true.This is a short story, about 46 pages long. But oh what pages!! I read this in my lunch-break on school, it was a wonderful getaway!!!  (trust me, it was a necessity!! A girl can only read about physiology and anatomy for so long!!)Abby is a fighter. She might be down on her luck (or maybe she had a run-in with a pooka?), but she doesn't give up. She'll fight till the last drop of blood if she has to. She will NEVER give up her dreams. Dreams not only involving keeping her home, her father's bar, but also finding her true love. She thought she found him, but  maybe that was just a dream.Michael is an interesting character and really bring a smile up in me when reading about him. He's just as feisty as Abby, but in a different way. He did something in the past and paid the price for it. He is more than meets the eye and a pure delight.I loved this story it was almost a fairytale on its own. A quick read, yes - but it had everything I could wish for. Brilliantly written and a captive story. I will DEFINITELY be looking for more by Paula Millhouse!