Deirdre Purcell Books

From the author of SKY and FRANCEY, a novel which charts what happens when someone who is known and trusted is accused of rape.

Seduced and abandoned by handsome George Gallaher, Hazel Slye falls in love with Gallaher's innocent son, only to encounter heartbreak once again when an unexpected inheritance and a forbidden romance threaten to part them forever

A novel told in the voices of two narrators: Violet, who in 1944 is imprisoned in the tower of a rambling country house by her family; and Claudine, a modern-day property negotiator who becomes involved in handling the sale of the derelict Whitecliff in 2004.

A wonderful novel from the No 1 Irish bestselling author of Falling for a DancerAn irresistible love story by the acclaimed author of A Place of Stones where the cruel hand of fate destroys a newfound love. A young man and woman 's passionate beginnings are ruined by a terrible secret that their parents buried for nearly two decades.

Seven of Irelands most accomplished female writers have crafted between them this delightfully entertaining novel. Featuring authors Maeve Binchy and Deirdre Purcell.

The moving and powerfully engaging story of three sisters marked by a family tragedy. In 1920s' rural Ireland, Pearl Somers lives happily with her parents, her sisters Opal and Ruby, and her little brother Willie, in the gate lodge of Kilnashone Castle, where her father is chauffeur to Lord and Lady Areton. But one dreadful night, a series of dramatic events unfold and the lives of all - elite and ordinary - are changed forever. Over 40 years later, Pearl has become a successful writer. Yet there is one story she has never told, until her young cousin Catherine confesses a secret of her own that opens a door to Pearl's past - one she thought had been firmly sealed forever. When Catherine discovers Pearl's story of heartbreak and yearning, she determines to do her best to reconcile past and present. But is it too late for Pearl to find her own happy ending?

From a cherished Irish author comes a moving seasonal tale of a mother, a daughter and affairs of the heart

An instant bestseller in Ireland and England, here is "an unputdownable story of Irish life and love" (Maeve Binchy). Molly new nothing of her real past. For all she knew, she was a true-blue Irishwoman. When she traveled to America as a rising star of the screen, she fell in love with an irresistible American, not knowing that their love could only lead to a nightmare, and the truth of who Molly really was.

Billy is an ordinary 16 year old who lives in Dublin. Jesus, on the other hand, is a rich boy with lovely manners who travels from Barcelona to live with Billy's family for 3 weeks. The plan is Billy should go back to Barcelona with Jesus.

The violent streets of Dublin are farm from the Big Sky country of Montana, but for beautiful and feisty Sky McPherson they are as close as a burning kiss. A stranger from Ireland who claims to be a vacationing schoolteacher lures onto the wildest shores of desire. But then a shocking murder draws her into its mystery and its menace.And suddenly Sky feels she can trust no one and nothing. Not the man who seems to be all she has ever wanted--nor the passionate pleasure she finds in his arms. Not the official verdict on a woman's horrifying death--nor the authorities who seek to draw a veil of silence over the case. And and as she faces a woman's ultimate temptation to love a stranger...and a journalist's compelling need to uncover the truth...layer after layer of dark secrets emerge from the past, to unleash even darker truths--and deadlier dangers....

The Husband is a gripping human story of love in its many guises, of losing everything and ultimately of rediscovering the meaning of family.

Five o'clock in the morning. The phone rings in Arabella Moraghan's Dublin bedsitter. The call is one she thought she'd never get: a message from the mother who abandoned her and her two siblings nearly forty years ago.

Sophie and Riba have known each other since childhood. Though they couldn't be more different - Sophie is elegant and diffident, while Riba is flamboyantly extrovert - the bond between them seems unbreakable. Then Riba's teenaged daughter Zelda falls gravely ill. Frustrated by the limitations of conventional medicine, Riba pins all her hopes on alternative methods. Sophie is torn between her loyalty to her friend and her fear that Zelda, whom she loves like the child she cannot have, will not get the help she desperately needs. United in their distress, Sophie and Riba's husband Brian find themselves drawn to each other. Time is running out for Zelda, for two marriages, and for a friendship...

A family drama between rival daughters that reveals a mothers passion. Larry is an 87-year-old widow. Old and frail, she remembers her youth as if it were yesterday and longs for her past vigor. Larry lives with her daughters. Martha, the good daughter, waits on her mothers every whim. Mary has a career, takes exotic vacations and is mothers favorite, though she never lifts a finger to help. Something has to give. One embarrassing evening, Father Jimmy comes to supper, and pent up feelings emerge. High drama follows, and Larry is nowhere to be found...

Op een stralende zomerdag is Rose O'Beirne Moffat met haar honden aan het wandelen over het uitgestrekte landgoed van haar vader. Het is de dag voor haar zestiende verjaardag, de dag dat ze John Flynn, de leuke jongen van het poortwachtershuis, ontmoet. John leert haar vissen, en daarna kust hij haar... Enkele maanden later emigreert John door armoede gedwongen naar Canada, treurend om het beeldschone meisje dat hij in Ierland moet achterlaten. John weet niet dat hun enige gestolen liefdesnacht tragische gevolgen heeft voor Rose. Zwanger, vernederd en afgewezen door haar moeder, resten haar slechts bitterzoete herinneringen aan haar eerste liefde. Op weg naar Canada ontmoet John de onstuimige Karen Larsen. Zij weet John te verleiden en krijgt ook een kind van hem. Door een wrede speling van het lot ontmoeten de twee liefdeskinderen elkaar jaren later in Ierland. Onbewust van het feit dat zij dezelfde vader hebben, geven zij toe aan een fatale aantrekkingskracht...

Als die 19-jährige Elizabeth 1937 schwanger wird, arrangieren ihre Eltern eine Heirat mit einem verwitweten Bauern, der eine Mutter für seine 4 Kinder braucht. Inmitten des einsamen ländlichen Lebens träumt Lizzy immer noch von einer grossen Liebe.

Ein gebrochenes Herz. Ein lang gehütetes Geheimnis. Ein Traum, der niemals starb … Irland in den 20er-Jahren. Pearl Somers lebt mit ihren Eltern und Geschwistern im Torhaus des Kilnashone Castle, wo ihr Vater als Chauffeur von Lord und Lady Areton arbeitet. Die Familie ist glücklich. Doch eines Nachts kommt es zu dramatischen Ereignissen, die das Leben aller Bewohner für immer verändern. Mehr als 40 Jahre später, Pearl ist eine erfolgreiche Autorin geworden, wird sie durch Zufall mit den Ereignissen von damals konfrontiert. Sie versucht, sich ihrer Vergangenheit zu stellen. Doch ist es für Pearl bereits zu spät, ihr Glück noch zu finden?

Was passiert, wenn das Liebste, das eine Mutter haben kann, in Gefahr ist? Spannend und lebensnah erzählt die irische Erfolgsautorin Deirdre Purcell von der extrovertierten Eily und der zurückhaltenden Sophie. Ihre Freundschaft aus Kindertagen und die Liebe zu ihren Männern stehen auf dem Prüfstand, als eine unheimliche Krankheit ihr Lebensgefüge ins Wanken bringt. 'Ein dichter Roman, mit überraschenden Wendungen – und einer so heillosen wie heilsamen Verwirrung der Gefühle.' Buchjournal

Un jeune Irlandais, Francey, ressent douloureusement l'absence de son père qui l'a abandonné. Il le retrouve le jour des obsèques de sa femme, une riche Américaine, qui laisse un part de son héritage aux trois fils de son mari. Ce roman agréable et facile, offre de nombreux rebondissements, un zeste d'érotisme, une bonne évocation de l'Irlande.

John und Rose lieben sich. Doch John muss Irland verlassen, um in Kanada zu arbeiten. Dass Rose ein Kind von ihm erwartet, erfährt er nicht. Erst Jahre später kommt es zu einem dramatischen Wiedersehen.