Following the death of her mother, Deirdre returns to her home town of Emain. She is comforted by Deara, a mysterious young woman from fifth-century Ireland who draws her into the Druidic world of Tara, where the conflicts echo those of troubled 20th...
1924. At nearly sixteen, Rosie Hamilton of Liskeyborough, is growing into a lovely young woman. With only another week to go at Miss Wilson's school in Richhill, she is concerned and preoccupied with what her future might hold. Rosie has always had t...
County Armagh, 1932. For Sam Hamilton and Robert Scott, the world has changed greatly since the days when they played together outside their fathers' forge. Now in their fifties, with families of their own, they are grateful to have work at a time of...
Another complete-in-itself story in the spellbinding ‘Hamilton’ saga - It is 1942, and the Second World War has been going on for three wearying years. Work is hard in the Ulster mills in Northern Ireland where Alex Hamilton struggles to keep ove...
Newly-weds Clare and Andrew Hamilton face a life-changing decision in this saga of life in 1960s Armagh. 1960. Clare Hamilton is returning home to Armagh to marry Andrew Hamilton, her childhood sweetheart. They plan to open Andrew’s ancestral home...
County Armagh, 1845. Married to the local blacksmith, young Sarah Hamilton spends her days looking after John and his apprentices at the forge, and her happiness is strengthened by the steady love of her husband and the beautiful green landscape of h...
The hardest times can build the strongest friendshipsCounty Donegal, Ireland, April 1845.Since following her heart and moving from her comfortable home in Scotland to the harsh mountainside of Ardtur, County Donegal, Hannah McGinley hasn’t had the ...
‘An immensely readable, summer holiday of a book’ Belfast TelegraphWhen Elizabeth Stewart, the only daughter of Protestant parents, announced that she wants to leave Belfast for the west coast of Ireland, her family can’t help but question her ...
Can she unlock the secrets of her past?Deirdre Weston, a London journalist, returns to her family home in Armagh to come to terms with the death of her mother. Faced with painful memories of her own past, Deirdre despairs of the task she has set hers...
‘An engaging story of opportunities lost and refound’ ExpressCan love help her through the most difficult decisions?When Jenny McKinstry is offered a new post as the Head of English at her Belfast school she’s elated! Yet she can’t help but f...
Will love be enough to overcome the odds?It is 1960 and Clare Hamilton is returning home to her beloved Armagh to marry Andrew, her childhood sweetheart. Full of the hope and possibilities of a newlywed couple, they plan to turn Andrew’s ancestral ...
The sequel to On a Clear Day, which continues the enchanting story of Clare Richardson; Clare, now aged 20 and blossoming into a beautiful young woman, is looking forward to her final year at university, and to the return of her childhood sweethea...
Jenny is offered the job as school Head of English. She must decide between this once-and-for-all opportunity, and her husband, mother and stepmother, who feel she should leave it no longer to start a family....
In the closing years of the nineteenth century the Hamilton family have much to be thankful for. As well as the new-found security of living in their own home at Ballydown, John is a respected employee and friend of mill owner Hugh Sinton, and Rose h...
Now in her fifties and a grandmother, Rose Hamilton has much to be thankful for in the steady love of her husband John and their relative prosperity. But she is concerned for her children: Sarah, recently widowed, is burdened with grief and worried b...
The enchanting story of a young girl growing up in 1950s Ireland Little Clare Richardson is just nine years old when her childhood is abruptly ended, with the death of both her parents. Though part of a large extended family of aunts, uncles and cous...
'Stranger in the Place' explores a Protestant, Northern Irish girl's encounter with the Catholic, rural south. It hinges on the struggle of Elizabeth to transcend the barriers of her narrow upbringing, and to take control of her own future....
Little Rose McGinley is just seven years old when her family is harshly evicted from their home in Donegal, victims of the Clearances of 1861. It is the first step in what will be a long and eventful journey for Rose, one that will take her from Done...