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#Extract from Beatrice’s Fate by Camilla Galbiati

ExtractBy Mairéad Hearne20th May 2024Leave a comment

Beatrice’s Fate is the debut novel by Sligo based author, Camilla Galbiati, which published April 26th and is described as ‘a gripping historical romance set in 17th century Italy’. I am delighted to share an extract with you all today so I do hope you enjoy. [ About Beatrice’s Fate ] 1614, Italy. Nine-year-old Beatrice Locatelli is…

#BookReview of #TheHoneymoonAffair by @sheilaoflanagan

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne17th May 20242 Comments

‘The irresistible, utterly satisfying new contemporary novel from beloved bestseller, Sheila O’Flanagan’– The Honeymoon Affair [ About The Honeymoon Affair ] Izzy is in the Caribbean on the honeymoon-that-isn’t after her fiancé broke her heart. She’s not looking for someone new. But when she meets Charles Miller, a successful writer holidaying alone, the electricity is…

#BookReview of #YouAreHere by David Nicholls

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne15th May 20242 Comments

‘A new love story by beloved bestseller David Nicholls, You Are Here is a novel of first encounters, second chances and finding the way home.‘ [ About You Are Here ] Sometimes you need to get lost to find your way Marnie is stuck.Stuck working alone in her London flat, stuck battling the long afternoons and a…

#BookReview & #GuestPost – #TheMidnightMan by Julie Anderson | @jjulieanderson | @HobeckBooks

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne7th May 20241 Comment

‘Capturing the spirit of the place and the challenges and threats it faced, some from the predominantly male establishment of the time, was very important to me. It was a unique and special place. I wanted it to live again, even if only in a crime fiction book.’– Julie Anderson, author of The Midnight Man…

#BookReview of #TwentySevenMinutes by Ashley Tate

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne14th February 20242 Comments

‘It takes one moment to call for help, so why did he wait?’– Twenty-Seven Minutes [ About Twenty-Seven Minutes ] THE QUESTIONFor the last ten years, the small town of West Wilmer has been struggling to answer one question: on the night of the crash that killed his sister, why did it take Grant Dean…

#BookReview of Kiera & Me by Noel Fitzpatrick

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne27th October 2023Leave a comment

‘A tale of two best friends and how they saved each other’ [ About Kiera & Me ] Let national treasure Professor Noel Fitzpatrick – the Supervet – break your heart and put it back together again in this beautiful new Christmas story. ‘With you by my side, just doing my best was the best…

#BookReview of #ThePostcard by Anne Berest |@EuropaEdUK

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne3rd October 20237 Comments

‘A moving novel based on the true story of a family’s endurance and pain, and a heartfelt exploration of Jewish identity in a secular society’The Postcard A MAY 2023 INDIE NEXT PICKA MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2023WINNER OF THE AMERICAN CHOIX GONCOURT PRIZEWINNER OF THE PRIX RENAUDOT DES LYCÉENSWINNER OF THE ELLE READERS PRIZEFINALIST FOR…

#BookReview of #TheGraces by Siobhan MacGowan | @EtainsDream

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne27th September 20233 Comments

Bestowed with the gracesCondemned by a secretRedeemed by a lie– The Graces [ About The Graces ] Dublin, 1918. Rosaleen Moore: The Rose. A seer and a healer. Revered by popular spiritualists and sought after for her gifts of prophecy and healing by fashionable society, the mighty of Dublin Castle and mercurial political agitators alike,…

#BookReview of #TheLodgers by @eithneshortall

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne22nd September 20232 Comments

‘One house. Three strangers. A second chance at happiness.‘– The Lodgers [ About The Lodgers] Tessa’s life as an activist and volunteer worker takes a hit after a fall. At the ripe young age of 69, she’s no longer able to live alone and decides to take in two lodgers for free. After the recent…

#BookReview of #KALA by Colin Walsh | @AtlanticBooks

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne22nd August 20234 Comments

‘We’re fifteen and it’s the summer of our lives so Kinlough is gathering itself up into the moment with us – the whole town’s pure responsive to our energies‘– KALA [ About KALA ] In the seaside town of Kinlough, on Ireland’s west coast, three old friends are thrown together for the first time in…

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