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Award-winning author Meagan McKinney weaves a captivating tale of destiny, desire, and a Celtic curse that can only be broken by the enchantment of love in this passionate novel set in nineteenth-century Ireland 

“You are the guardian of this ring, my son, and upon your shoulders the burden of it falls.” 

The ring bears the fateful sign of the serpent, and ancient Celtic legend decrees that every Trevallyan heir must wed the woman who possesses an identical ring.

The orphaned granddaughter of a woman blessed with the gift of second sight, Ravenna grows to womanhood amid dark rumors about Lord Niall Trevallyan. Drawn against her will to the brooding aristocrat, Ravenna vows to marry only for love, unaware that her destiny and Lord Trevallyan’s are inextricably linked.

Born on the night of the Druid feast—the most magical time of the Celtic year—Niall must pay the price for the lands his family ruled, or tragedy will befall him and his descendants. Now the woman he has sworn never to love is the one he must wed. But first he will have to win her heart.

The Ground She Walks Upon edition by Meagan McKinney Romance eBooks

No one spins an Irish historical better than Meagan McKinney. Set in the mid 1800s, McKinney's mastery shines in The Ground She Walks Upon, a brilliant tale of an Irish lord haunted by a generational curse that only love can break. According to Celtic legend, to protect the prosperity of County Lir, alpha hero Lord Trevallyn is destined to marry a woman whose identity is determined by a magical Druid cross. When the symbolism behind the ancient amulet is revealed, the bride destined for Trevallyn points to an illegitimate daughter of a reputed witch, Ravenna. A newborn infant. Trevllayn scoffs that he would ever marry a bastard child. He seeks love, a bride from noblity, a woman from a respectable family, not a witch's baby. In spite of the warning he attributes to fanciful Irishmen, he flaunts his disdain for the curse and and marries several times. But each union ends in tragedy, thus beginning a cycle of misfortune for himself.

Time passes and Ravenna matures into a beautiful and educated woman. Nature-loving and free, she is uninterested in marriage and refuses to change her life for anything but love and is devoted to the craft of writing. In the tradition of Mary Wollstonecraft, Ravenna pays homage to her idol by penning elaborate fairy tales she dreams of having published. Yet there are unseen forces at play and Ravenna, too, is haunted by the destiny she shares with her nemesis, the aristocratic rake, Lord Trevallyn, twenty years her senior, who both taunts and intrigues her at every turn. Matching serpent rings bind them to an ancient Celtic curse. Both Ravenna and Trevallyn believe in the modern world, not ancient folklore, and both fight the union tooth and claw, each for different reasons. Obstacles galore ensue and in spite of resistance, Ravenna and Trevallyn's lives become intertwined again and again with surprises around every corner.

As has become her trademark, Meagan McKinney has created a fierce hero, powerful, some readers familiar with modern day heroes may even find him a bit cruel. The heroine, too, is no weak-kneed simpering miss. This book is historically accurate, the writing is strong, the characterization is powerful and I never wanted the book to end. For those of us who are McKinney devotees who first read this book in 1994, it is a precious find to have this story finally available on Kindle to revisit time and again.

Product details File Size 2470 KB Print Length 599 pages Publisher Open Road Media Romance (December 9, 2014) Publication Date December 9, 2014 Sold by  Digital Services LLC Language English ASIN B00OMMN06I

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The Ground She Walks Upon edition by Meagan McKinney Romance eBooks Reviews

Such a huge fan of this book!
Re-Read ...It's Megan McKinney ...need I say more ?
I read this book years ago and loved it. I have since gone to digital reading and have been looking for it ever since. Having finally gotten the eBook,I have again reread it and I love it as much or more than I did then. It is definitely an all-time favorite.
I love love love this book! I first read this 5 years back when I borrowed it from a library. Didn't expect much but I ended up loving it. I've re-read at least 3 times and I just had to buy it to add to my book collection. Great writing. Intensely romantic storytelling and beautiful ending. Would recommend to romance lovers.
This is a well written romance story. I really liked it the characters and the period it was written in too. I enjoyed the book and would read another one by this author. Just a "keep you reading it book" because it was well written.
While Lord Trevallyan's reason for not wanting to have a relationship with Ravenna --- he's resisting fate --- is plausible, it gets a zero for dramatic effect. Trevallyan is also in constant battle with his hangup about their age difference (rightfully so) which just made him seem insecure. In turn, Ravenna hates Trevallyan for sending her off to an English school where she was shunned and ridiculed. Again, plausible, but boring. Ravenna's story within the story I simply found distracting from the real story and not particularly interesting.
Having no great obstacle but stubbornness and resentment, the story just dragged on and on. Still, no matter how thin the plot, if told well, any story can be great. Unfortunately, this story just did not catch my imagination.
And last but not least --- I know it's essential to the plot, but if I had to read the word "geis" one more time . . .
McKinney can certainly write well. And with this Irish historical romance, she serves up a very clever tale set against the background of the Irish potato famine and the lingering hostilities between the Irish and the English in Ireland. As with many Irish romances, there's a bit of magic and mysticism involved. While there is no doubt McKinney can tell a good story, I thought this one was a bit drawn out and at times the heroine acted the wet noodle. Still, it held my interest and I can recommend it.

The story begins in 1828, as Lord Niall Trevallyan, a member of the Anglo-Irish Ascendancy, is about to turn 20, and four elders tell him about the geis, the price the Trevallyans paid for the land they took from the Irish hundreds of years ago. Each male Trevallyan, if not wed by his 20th birthday, must wed a commoner from County Lir chosen by an ancient Celtic cross (acting like a compass). Importantly, the Trevallyan male must win the woman's love. Niall doesn't believe the mythology, or that a curse will result if he doesn't follow the instructions, but he follows the four men to a cottage the cross has led them to, where they find a baby girl named Ravenna. Niall refuses to accept the babe could be his future bride, and he vows to wed the first girl he falls in love with. He does and it ends in disaster. When Ravenna is 13, she and Niall have an encounter that leaves her hating him. It is much the same for her when they meet again when he is 40 and she is 19. He thinks her beneath him and she wants love and respect, two things he will never give her. Each spurns the geis and then disaster begins to fall upon County Lir.

I found it hard to respect the heroine when she didn't respect herself. Not to spoil it, but an author takes a risk when she makes the heroine weak and vulnerable in the face of the hero's dishonorable schemes. Niall certainly appeared the cad. He looked down upon her bastardy and her common birth and only considered her when the geis began to take a toll. We're supposed to believe he came to love her but it took quite a lot before I could believe it.
No one spins an Irish historical better than Meagan McKinney. Set in the mid 1800s, McKinney's mastery shines in The Ground She Walks Upon, a brilliant tale of an Irish lord haunted by a generational curse that only love can break. According to Celtic legend, to protect the prosperity of County Lir, alpha hero Lord Trevallyn is destined to marry a woman whose identity is determined by a magical Druid cross. When the symbolism behind the ancient amulet is revealed, the bride destined for Trevallyn points to an illegitimate daughter of a reputed witch, Ravenna. A newborn infant. Trevllayn scoffs that he would ever marry a bastard child. He seeks love, a bride from noblity, a woman from a respectable family, not a witch's baby. In spite of the warning he attributes to fanciful Irishmen, he flaunts his disdain for the curse and and marries several times. But each union ends in tragedy, thus beginning a cycle of misfortune for himself.

Time passes and Ravenna matures into a beautiful and educated woman. Nature-loving and free, she is uninterested in marriage and refuses to change her life for anything but love and is devoted to the craft of writing. In the tradition of Mary Wollstonecraft, Ravenna pays homage to her idol by penning elaborate fairy tales she dreams of having published. Yet there are unseen forces at play and Ravenna, too, is haunted by the destiny she shares with her nemesis, the aristocratic rake, Lord Trevallyn, twenty years her senior, who both taunts and intrigues her at every turn. Matching serpent rings bind them to an ancient Celtic curse. Both Ravenna and Trevallyn believe in the modern world, not ancient folklore, and both fight the union tooth and claw, each for different reasons. Obstacles galore ensue and in spite of resistance, Ravenna and Trevallyn's lives become intertwined again and again with surprises around every corner.

As has become her trademark, Meagan McKinney has created a fierce hero, powerful, some readers familiar with modern day heroes may even find him a bit cruel. The heroine, too, is no weak-kneed simpering miss. This book is historically accurate, the writing is strong, the characterization is powerful and I never wanted the book to end. For those of us who are McKinney devotees who first read this book in 1994, it is a precious find to have this story finally available on to revisit time and again.