Once upon a Dream(ISBN=) 英文原版

  　On the heels of their previous collaboration, Once Upon
a Star, four of America’s most beloved romance authors present what
is sure to be a popular collection of magical stories, wherein
princely gentlemen (both human and not) sweep dazzling damsels off
their feet and into a land of happily-ever-afters. Roberts opens
with “In Dreams,” a lyrical, contemporary tale about a 528-year-old
magician who is granted only one week each century to experience
life as a mortal man and the woman who helps him understand the
difference between his fantastical powers and human-size love. In
“The Sorcerer’s Daughter,” Gregory takes her readers back to
medieval times, as a sorcerer’s daughter matches wits with a knight
as they each seek to claim a mystical necklace. She wants the
necklace to free her father from prison; he wants it to win the
hand of a princess. Langan follows the dreaminess of Roberts’s and
Gregory’s tales with “The Enchantment,” in which she gives the gift
of time to two workaholics by stranding them in a beautiful summer
mansion long enough for them to meet and fall in love. To conclude
this lush collection, Willman sends enthusiastic readers off to
romantic Venice in “The Bridge of Sighs,” where a woman longs to
solve an old mystery and be reunited with her ex-husband.
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　　The four ladies who brought us Once upon a Castle and
Once upon a Star are at it again with this latest anthology,
Once upon a Dream. These stories revolve around the magic
and dreams that draw our heroes and heroines together. At best,
such as in Ruth Ryan Langan’s “The Enchantment,” the fantasy
elements are naturally integrated into what is a fundamentally
strong plot, and they help to emphasize the main romantic dilemma.
At worst, the magical dreams start to feel a little bit like a
Brigadoon plot device, and distract us from the characters. Even
so, Once upon a Dream makes a nifty stocking stuffer, or an
antidote to a slow weekend. –Nancy R.E. O’Brien