Deirdre Purcell Books

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

Working on a newspaper in Montana, beautiful Sky Macpherson is bored by the small-town limitations of her job and frustrated by her infuriating family and a relationship going nowhere. Assigned by the editor of The Courier to write an obituary for the wife of one of the town's most influential citizens, Sky discovers that there is far more to the story than a tragic death. And that the truth may lead her to places she has never been, and danger from which she cannot escape. A stunning novel of suspense and family secrets set amidst the monumental beauty of the Montana landscape, Sky is also a woman's search for herself and the truth of love.

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.

A cast of seven Irish women writers have taken over the newly refurbished Finbar's Hotel for one memorable night . . .

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.