[ About Yesteryear ] ‘My name is Natalie Heller Mills, and I was perfect at being alive…’ Natalie lives a traditional lifestyle – and has the social media accounts to prove it. Her charming farmhouse on her working ranch is artfully cluttered, her husband is a handsome cowboy, her homemade sourdough boules are each more…
‘An unforgettable story of two families riven by one great secret’ [ About Everything that is Beautiful ] For Niamh Ryan, the Foleys are family. Her childhood flew by on their farm, playing with her best friend Peter and his sister Kate – all the while being doted on by their mother Helen and coached…
‘Three women, each at a turning point in her life, are drawn together by old secrets and new dilemmas.‘ [ About Secrets Between Friends ] Ailie, Sybil and Rua can take care of themselves. But when they form an unexpected friendship, they discover new perspectives on old problems. Ailie is recently widowed, and struggling. At least…
‘My mother always emphasised the importance of smartness, even if you were going to your grave.’– Sons of Great Men [ About Sons of Great Men ] Can you bond with someone who’s on borrowed time? Victor’s mum Jayne is stuck between life and death in a London hospital. Visiting from the Isle of Wight,…
‘Three adult sisters reunited at their childhood home must confront a shared tragedy in The Irish Goodbye’ [ About The Irish Goodbye ] It’s been years since the three Ryan sisters were all home together at their family’s beloved house on Long Island. Two decades ago, their lives were upended by a tragic accident on their…
‘Happiness begins when you stop chasing Mr Perfect and start choosing yourself’– Love, Lies & Sticky Toffee Pudding [ About Love, Lies & Sticky Toffee Pudding ] Successful lawyer, Charlotte Bloom, has been dumped for the 100th time. She invites her ex-boyfriend on an all-expenses-paid holiday to Barbados, to help her understand why. She knows…
‘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…