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#BookReview of Secrets Between Friends by Sheila O’Flanagan | @sheilawriter.bsky.social

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne26th March 20262 Comments

‘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…

#BookReview of The Last Week of Him by Ruth O’Leary | @ruthwriter.bsky.social

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne12th March 20262 Comments

The reunion they never wanted. The truth they can’t ignore. [ About The Last Week of Him ] Nora Cunningham is walking her dog on a Dublin beach when a message flashes on her phone that shatters her world. In London, Fern O’Malley is on her way to rehearsals at the Globe Theatre when the same message shocks…

#BookReview of #SecondChances by Roisin Meaney | @roisinm.bsky.social

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne4th February 2026Leave a comment

‘It’s never too late for second chances…‘ [ About Second Chances ] For the first time in her life, Lydia is taking a great big leap of faith. She’s moving to a small town on the West Coast of Ireland to overhaul a large, long-abandoned residence named Chance House with her new husband. Then tragedy…

#BookReview of The Love Department by Ally Bunbury

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne11th December 20232 Comments

‘Old friends, new complications – will this be a season to remember?’– The Love Department [ About The Love Department ] The countdown to Christmas is on at Shillington’s luxury department store in Dublin city … Immy Brooks has just been put in charge of personal shopping and seems to have a gift for knowing…

#BookReview of #WhatEdenDidNext by @sheilaoflanagan

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne21st April 20223 Comments

‘Celebrating Sheila’s 30th book in 20 years of bestsellers’– What Eden Did Next [ About the Book ] Five years after the death of her firefighter husband, Eden knows better than anyone that life can change in an instant. Now, instead of the future she had planned with Andy, she has Lila – the daughter he…

#BookReview of #Freckles by Cecelia Ahern

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne31st August 2021Leave a comment

Five people.Five chances.One woman’s search for happiness.– Freckles [ About the Book ] Allegra Bird’s arms are scattered with freckles, a gift from her beloved father. But despite her nickname, Freckles has never been able to join all the dots. So when a stranger tells her that everyone is the average of the five people…

#BookReview of #OnTheBrightSide by Nell Carter | @nell_writes | @welbeckpublish

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne17th August 2021Leave a comment

‘Please do whatever you can do to live this next half of your life’ I mean LIVE from this moment on – as if life for you begins in the middle’– On the Bright Side [ About the Book ] There’s always time for a second chance… At least that is what people say. But…

#BookReview of The Ladies Midnight Swimming Club by Faith Hogan | @GerHogan | @Aria_Fiction

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne30th July 20218 Comments

Three women. Three different stages of life. United by one thing: the chance to start again.– The Ladies Midnight Swimming Club [ About the Book ] When Elizabeth’s husband dies, leaving her with crippling debt, the only person she can turn to is her friend, Jo. Soon Jo has called in her daughter, Lucy, to…

#BookReview of #ThreeWeddingsAndAProposal by @sheilaoflanagan | @headlinepg

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne20th May 20212 Comments

At the first wedding, there’s a shockThe second wedding is unexpectedBy the third, Delphie thinks nothing could surprise her. But she’s wrong . . .– Three Weddings and a Proposal [ About the Book ] Delphie is enjoying her brother’s wedding. Her surprise last-minute Plus One has stunned her family – and it’s also stopped…

#BookReview | #Olive by Emma Gannon

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne2nd September 20202 Comments

‘Moving, memorable and a mirror for every woman at a crossroads, OLIVE has a little bit of all of us’– OLIVE (Publisher Quote) [ About the Book ] OLIVE is many things. Independent.Adrift.Anxious.Loyal.Kind.She knows her own mind. And it’s ok that she’s still figuring it all out, navigating her world without a compass. But life comes…

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