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A convent children's home run by monsters. A heartbreaking family secret that haunted us for 50 years. Suzanne suffered five heart attacks and made it through open heart surgery. But even that pales in comparison to the horrors she faced as a young girl. Her childhood became the ‘stuff of...

Bloomsbury presents Grace by A.M. Shine, read by Deidre O'Connell A haunting, atmospheric modern Gothic horror tale based on traditional Irish mythology, from the author of smash hit The Watchers. Ancient evil is awakened on a lonely isle off the coast of Ireland. TO LEARN THE TRUTH WOULD YOU...

When Molly Jackson’s wedding is postponed for Declan, her fiancé, to go abroad on business, Molly is left reeling from the shock. But whilst seeing Declan off at the airport, she bumps into Luke, her childhood sweetheart. Seeing Luke again, she realises that she has an opportunity, while...

Zoe Hall has wanted to be an actress ever since she can remember. When she discovers that her husband Ed has been cheating on her, she decides now is the time to return home to Ireland. And finally she gets her lucky break - a part in a new play in an acclaimed Dublin theatre. Little does she...

After a freak accident and eight weeks in a coma, Suzie Connors’ family are elated when their mother finally wakes up absolutely fine. Except she’s not. Blissfully unaware of her children’s shock at having to deal with the changes in their mum, Suzie intends to live life to the full, with...

Lynn Stephens' life has been tough recently, thanks to Vincent Boland, the manager at four-star hotel she works in. But, after standing up to him, she is delighted when she is vindicated and feels she can move on. But the consequences of crossing Vincent are more far-reaching than Lynn knows...

The fallout from DCI Serena Flanagan’s last case, which saw her home invaded and her husband attacked, has left her family fractured. Serena is asked to sign off the suicide of a severely disabled businessman, whose widow’s close relationship with the local reverend starts to sound an alarm...

Warrior Viking Ragnar Olafsson stood by as his best friend claimed the woman he desired the most. There was only one way to quench the deep darkness within him - become merciless in battle. When Elena is taken captive, fearless Ragnar risks everything to save her. Now they are stranded with only each other for company. Suddenly every longing, every look, every touch is forbidden.

When 12-year-old Ciaran Devine confessed to murdering his foster father it sent shock waves through the nation. DCI Serena Flanagan took Ciaran's confession after days spent earning his trust. He hasn’t forgotten the kindness she showed him – she hasn't left his thoughts at all. But was...

When a devastating discovery tears Nora’s world apart she flees London for her childhood home in Dublin to find that her grandmother’s house is being sold along with all her wonderful belongings. Nora decides to stay and open a shop to find the perfect owner for each of her things. As she...

Every bouquet tells a story. And every story begins at Blossom & Grow, a tiny jewel-like flower shop in the heart of Dublin. Here, Lara works her magic: translating feelings into flower arrangements that change hearts and lives. But what about her own heart? Has she really healed since she lost...

How far would you go, to protect your child? 💔The brand new heartbreaking and gripping page-turner from bestselling author Caroline Finnerty! Perfect for fans of Jodi Picoult, Emma Robinson and Kate Hewitt! When Charlotte Daly wins a scholarship to the prestigious St Thomas’s school, her...

Leading psychotherapist Stella O’Malley has walked many miles on ‘Planet Teen’. She understands difficult teenagers – she was one herself, and as a psychotherapist she has spent many hours working alongside unhappy adolescents. Stella takes parents inside the teenage brain and provides practical advice for each of the key milestones teenagers need to tackle during adolescence to become happy, healthy adults.

Farm girl Veronica McDermott is desperate to find more to life than peeling potatoes. Persuading her family to let her attend college in Dublin, she has no idea what she is getting into. Recruited to type for Eámon De Valera, she is soon caught up in the danger of those fighting for Ireland's independence from Britain. The attentions of a handsome British soldier do not go unnoticed by Veronica's superiors. But when she is tasked with earning his affections to gather intelligence for Sinn Féin, it isn't long before her loyalty to her countrymen and her feelings are in conflict.

A warm, spellbinding tale of friendship, love and second chances from this number one best-selling author. Behind the brightly coloured doors of Miller's Avenue live people with very complicated lives...When Yvonne in number seven joins an online dating website, she's looking for something more than friendship but, after a series of disastrous encounters, decides to shut down her account. Is she shutting out her only chance of finding love? While next door Dan, still reeling from his wife's desertion, signs up for a cookery course....

After 26 years of marriage Lily and Charlie separate. Lily moving on with her new fiancé Joe, and Charlie, with his new, younger, girlfriend Chloe. Even Lily and Charlie's grown-up children Polly and Thomas have come to terms with their parent's new lives. But when Lily's mother dies, Lily and Charlie decide to get the family together for one last weekend in the old family summer home - a weekend that just happens to be their 30th wedding anniversary. As the whole family gathers with their respective partners, home truths come out and secrets are divulged. By the end of the weekend, everything will have changed - but for better or for worse?

A FINANCIAL TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR A powerful, thought-provoking novel about two sisters who must reclaim themselves after their lives are dramatically upended from one of our finest authors Alison Donnelly has suffered for love. Still stuck in the small Northern Irish town where she was born...

When 18-year-old Mary Hazard touched down in post-war Putney to begin her nurse’s training, she could never have known that it was the beginning of a colourful career that would still be going 60 years later – one of the longest ever serving NHS nurses. For Mary, raised in a strict convent...

Traumatised by the death of a child in her care, top London paediatrician Claire seeks refuge on remote Selkie Island in the wilds of the Irish Sea with her husband Daniel and their baby daughter Kitty. Hidden away in Daniel’s old family home, Claire hopes to be as cut off from her guilt as she is from the mainland, but can she find peace in a place so full of its own secrets? Twenty years earlier, Daniel’s parents left the island in a boat and never made it to the mainland.

Can new love heal old wounds, or are some scars there for good? Two different worlds collide when Luke Kiernan wakes up in hospital to find the man he’s hated since childhood at his bedside. Past deceits and dark family secrets are unearthed, and with them the promise of a fresh start with two...