The O'Donovans' affluent lifestyle is mostly unaffected by simmering tensions for Home Rule in Ireland. Change intrudes upon their lives when Grace O'Donovan welcomes her older sister, Deirdre, home from her year abroad. Grace expects to find her sister worldlier, more sophisticated after her sojourn in Europe. Instead, Deirdre is moody and listless. Unbeknownst to Grace, Deirdre is concealing a well-guarded secret. When their childhood friend and neighbor Cecil Sloane discovers Deirdre's hidden past, he demands her hand in marriage in return for his silence. A price so dear it shakes the O'Donovan family to its core, tests Grace’s courage and loyalty.

Corrib Red

Literature & Fiction

Hopper, Patricia

Genre Fiction

Cactus Rain Publishing, LLC

Kilpara

Createspace Independent Pub

Only the heart knows where home truly is. Ellis O’Donovan was an American through and through. He had no intention of going to his ancestral home in Ireland. After all, his parents were chased out by the English. But his mother insists on being taken back to die at her old estate, Kilpara. Ellis reluctantly agrees, expecting a quick round trip. Kilpara and its residents have other plans. The strife Ellis finds between his desire to return to his life in America, and to aid his kin in Ireland reaches a dangerous pinnacle when he meets Morrigan, the daughter of the very English overlord who has taken his birthright. About the Author: Patricia Hopper is the author of several award-winning articles and short fiction pieces. She is a native of Ireland, now making her home in West Virginia. This is her debut novel.

Romance

Historical

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

Baltimore 1895Aunjel's career at the Metropole Gentlemen's Club unravels when the singer injures a U.S. congressman with a near-fatal knife wound, after he drunkenly accosts her onstage. Her life spirals further downward from news that her mother is critically ill. Aunjel rushes to her mother's home at Stonebridge House, an estate owned by the O'Donovans in Maryland. Before her death, her mother confesses that Ellis, one of three O'Donovan brothers, now living in Ireland, is Aunjel's biological father. Left with no family and unable to return to Baltimore, Aunjel accepts Ellis O'Donovan's offer to become a governess to his granddaughter at Kilpara in Ireland. When an elusive enemy threatens the O'Donovan family, Ellis's daughter, Grace, suspects the new governess. Is Grace correct in her assumption, or are other forces seeking vengeance against the O'Donovans, and even Aunjel herself?

Aunjel (O'Donovan Family Saga)

Ellis O'Donovan was an American through and through. He had no intention of going to his ancestral home in Ireland. After all, his parents were chased out by the English. But his mother insists on being taken back to die at her old estate, Kilpara. Ellis reluctantly agrees, expecting a quick round trip. Kilpara and its residents have other plans. The strife Ellis finds between his desire to return to his life in America, and to aid his kin in Ireland reaches a dangerous pinnacle when he meets Morrigan, the daughter of the very English overlord who has taken his birthright. Praise for "Kilpara": ...a recommended pick not for 'romance readers' or 'historical novel' enthusiasts, but for those who usually eschew either genre for its lack of "you are there" intimacy, presented in abundance in "Kilpara." - D.Donovan, "Midwest Book Review" A captivating journey back in time. - Laura Treacy Bentley, author, "Lake Effect" and "The Silver Tattoo" A riveting and satisfying read from beginning to end! - John M. Cahill, author, "Primitive Passions"

Bygone Era Books

Prudence Velcray has known only heartbreak on Valentine's Day. Vowing this year will be different, she ends the romance with her boyfriend before she is dealt another crushing blow. Determined to boycott the romantic holiday she retreats to Snowline Mountain Resort and becomes a wallflower in plain sight of couples in love. Here, she collides with Dr. Sebastian Stone at the ice rink, a man who can mean only trouble. He's the brother of her third grade Valentine who jinxed her from ever finding love. To wrench matters, cupid's misguided arrow ensnares her in a hopeless attraction that she neither wants nor can deny.Sebastian Stone has devoted his life to medicine, scarred by his brother Nicholas' battle with leukemia when they were children. He has avoided long-term relationships and views Valentine's Day as entrapment into commitments he has no intention of keeping. Yet he is captivated by Prudence Velcray when they accidently meet at Snowline Mountain Resort. Circumstances throw them together and they share a kiss that Sebastian can't forget. As he rebels against his feelings for Prudence, he can't help himself from pursuing her or falling in love with her. When he almost loses her trust, and a childhood secret is revealed, he must prove to Prudence he is worthy of her love.

Cupid's Strings

Satin Romance

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Corrib Red

Kilpara

Kilpara

Aunjel (O'Donovan Family Saga)

Kilpara

Cupid's Strings