Review: A Modern Irish Romance
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 03 13, 2014
If you like Irish legends and Irish history then you will really enjoy the Eden Tree.  The couple that stars in this contemporary tale has a bit of the Irish in them with the romance, fatalism and charm of stories of long ago.Linn is an American woman who has inherited some land and a cottage in Ireland.  She is an orphan having lost her mother at an early age and her father only recently.  She is an only child and the reader can see she desperately wants to establish roots in Ireland to make up for her lack of family.Linn meets Conner on her land one evening when she finds it impossible to sleep.  Their first meeting is explosive, passionate and almost dreamy.  When Conner learns she is the newcomer to their small village he calls a halt to their interlude and wants to put more than physical distance between them.Conner and Linn’s family have a history and it is a long one filled with betrayal, hurt and secrets.  Linn and Conner though are a romance  that is beyond these past mysteries.  Conner is a writer and poet and this book is filled with tidbits of Irish history and legends like Isolde and Tristan.  Conner shares his love of his land with Linn and even shares part of their present sorrows with the Troubles to the North (this book was written during the fighting in Belfast).Secrets though are still whispering around this couple and they are devastating, so much so, that it is agonizing for the characters.  Conner and Linn are emotional and their frustration, love and anguish are palpable.  This is a fine romance with good leads and a few Irish historical treats too.