‘Arriving for the first time, tucked into a UN car, I watched as the city lights refracted through the bulletproof glass. Floodlights hovered over a pickup football game, square lamps uplit the National Museum, fairy lights dripped down the palm trees beside the Tigris River. Why was it so…nice?’– Fundamentally [ About Fundamentally ] By…
‘An honest, heartfelt exploration of love, loss, and the bravery to face your demons.‘– Assembling Ailish [ About Assembling Ailish ] Ailish McCarthy is not doing well. Outwardly successful – career, beautiful home, wealthy husband, two daughters reared and on the cusp of their own lives– inwardly she is crumbling. Her relationship with her mother…
‘Theirs was the most important relationship of their life…‘ The Days of Our Birth by Charlie Laidlaw publishes with Rampart Books June 27th. It is a contemporary fictional tale and is described as ‘a humorous novel celebrating the birthdays of two people over twenty years’. I am delighted to share an extract with you all…
‘Mountains are at once unmistakably present yet never truly fathomable.‘– Ghost Mountain [ About Ghost Mountain ] Ghost Mountain, is a simple fable-like novel about a mountain that appears suddenly, and the way in which its manifestation ripples through the lives of characters in the surrounding community. It looks at the uncertain fragile sense of…
‘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…
‘Half a year here in remote Bangladesh, half a year there, crossing from Scotland to Ireland. Alina had lived in all three camps for over five years now, and while she was no longer starry-eyed nor scared witless by her journeys into the Bay of Bengal, her arrivals remained exciting and her departures came with…
‘Friendship tested, secrets revealed, lives shattered: a gripping tale of deception‘-The Lies Beneath [ About The Lies Beneath ] Carla seems to have it all – a big house in a picturesque village on the west coast of Ireland, a rich husband, and two great kids. But she wants to be Carla again. To rediscover…
‘Darcy thought about it and understood that each complication in her life had merged into one gargantuan mess. Her flawed judgement of character towered over other ramblings in her mind, but each self-inflicted complication had its own calling bell, ready to summon at will.’– Want [ About Want ] In the heat of a summer…
‘Mothers are not supposed to go on road trips’– Breakdown [ About Breakdown ] One winter morning on an ordinary day in contemporary Dublin, an ordinary middle-class woman wakes up in her ordinary suburban home. Her husband is next to her in bed, her teenage children sleeping nearby. Without thinking much about it, she walks…
‘When their lives briefly intertwine, something extraordinary happens…’– Last Chance in Paris [ About Last Chance in Paris ] When her husband suggests a romantic break, Claire feels obliged to say yes but immediately regrets it. After all that they’ve been through, how can one weekend in Paris save their marriage? Claire and Ronan aren’t…