The Mabinogion is a collection of 11 prose stories collated from medieval Welsh manuscripts. These tales draw on pre-Christian Celtic mythology, international folktale motifs, and early medieval historical traditions. While some details may hark back to older Iron Age traditions, each tale is the product of a developed medieval Welsh narrative tradition, both oral and written.

Lady Charlotte Guest, in the mid-19th century, was the first to publish English translations of the collection, popularizing the name "Mabinogion". The stories appear in either or both of two medieval Welsh manuscripts: the White Book of Rhydderch (Llyfr Gwyn Rhydderch), written around 1350, and the Red Book of Hergest (Llyfr Coch Hergest), written between 1382 and 1410. Texts or fragments of some tales have been preserved in earlier 13th-century and later manuscripts.

Scholars agree that the tales are older than the existing manuscripts, but there is debate over just how much older. The different texts originated at different times. Debate has focused on the dating of the Four Branches of the Mabinogi. Sir Ifor Williams offered a date prior to 1100, based on linguistic and historical arguments, while later, Saunders Lewis set forth arguments for a date between 1170 and 1190. Th Charles-Edwards, in a paper published in 1970, discussed both viewpoints and noted that the language of the stories fits the 11th century. More recently, Patrick Sims-Williams argued for a plausible range of about 1060 to 1200, which is the current scholarly consensus.

In the winter of 1951, a storyteller arrives at the home of nine-year-old Ronan O'Mara in the Irish countryside. This storyteller is the last practitioner of an honored, centuries-old tradition known as the Seanchai. For three magical evenings, he enthralls his assembled audience with narratives of foolish kings, fabled saints, and Ireland's enduring accomplishments.

However, after being banished for blasphemy, he moves on, but not before leaving a lasting impression on young Ronan. These unforgettable nights set Ronan on a path he will follow for years, as he pursues the elusive, itinerant storyteller and the magical tales that weave the glorious saga of his tenacious, troubled, and extraordinary isle.

It's taken him eleven centuries to find the right woman. He's not about to lose her now.

Jessi St. James has GOT to get a life. Too many hours studying ancient artifacts has given the archaeology student a bad case of sex on the brain. So she figures she must be dreaming when she spies a gorgeous half-naked man staring out at her from inside the glass of an ancient mirror.

But when a split-second decision saves her from a terrifying attempt on her life, Jessi suddenly finds herself confronting six and a half feet of smoldering INSATIABLE alpha male.

Heir to the arcane magic of his Druid ancestors, Cian MacKeltar was trapped inside the Dark Glass eleven centuries ago. And when the Dark Glass is stolen, an ancient enemy will stop at nothing to reclaim it.

For Jessi, the sex god in the mirror is not only tantalisingly real, he's offering his protection—from exactly what, Jessi doesn't know. And all he wants in exchange is the exquisite pleasure of sharing her bed...