Bridie o'Neill and Cathal's Ghost

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Bridie O'Neill grew up in abject poverty in the back streets of Irish New York.Her mother was a drunk fonder of the bottle in Prohibition than her own children. Her father was kind but unable to cope, especially when confronted by his wife.When life becomes to much, Rosie O'Neill packs her daughter Bridie off to Ireland to live with her brother who breeds horses in County Wicklow.Uncle Conn and Aunt Siobhan couldn't be more different from her parents and take Bridie in as their own, loving her as they do their seven children who range from Daniel, aged nineteen - to Rosie, six.Circumstances dictate that for her safety, Bridie must be sent back to New York and her cousin Daniel accompanies her. Whilst there, both are abducted by Cathal O'Neill, a clan chief, who lives with his sister Neave in a smart area of Bridie's New York. Cathal owes a debt of honor to Uncle Conn's neighbor and close friend Niall Valentine.Here begins the convoluted story of the O'Neills, Cullens and Valentines - a story which takes all three families on a roller coaster ride of falsehoods and misunderstandings which lead to unforeseen happenings, with romance, terror and lies along the way..