Love in Ballybeg


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Spend a romantic summer in Ireland with this collection of small town Irish love stories. Escape with a Vegas wedding with an Irish twist, a naughty labradoodle, a marriage in trouble at Blarney Castle, a single dad and the woman who loves to hate him, a surprise pregnancy, two sexy cop heroes, a reformed thief heroine, and lots of shenanigans, Irish-style! With over 1,000 pages and 250+ five star reviews, you don’t want to miss this Irish romantic comedy collection including… 1. Love and Shenanigans A Vegas wedding with an Irish twist…or how to lose your job and fiancée in twenty-four hours and find a wife and a labradoodle. 2. Love and Blarney Weeks before their divorce is finalized, Jayme blasts back into Ruairí's life and drags him on a road trip to Blarney Castle. 3. Love and Leprechauns Desperation drives Olivia to rent a space for her new cafe from her ex-boyfriend, the sexy single dad who tattooed her behind and broke her heart. 4. Love and Mistletoe Can a girl in sequins with a rap sheet find love with a sexy but strait-laced cop before the New Year? Oh, yeah! 5. Love and Shamrocks Single mom and ex-thief Clio is forced to facilitate one last heist for her old boss. Clio's problems multiply when her hot one-night stand turns out to be the town cop. If you love romance with humor grab the entire bestselling Ballybeg series today!




Love and Shenanigans


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An Irish romantic comedy featuring a crashed wedding, a puppy with attitude, and a second chance romance. Falling for the groom… Three days before leaving Ireland on the adventure of a lifetime, Fiona Byrne returns to her hometown to attend the family wedding from hell. When she discovers the drunken vows she exchanged with the groom during a wild Las Vegas trip eight years previously mean they're legally married, her future plans ricochet out of control. Gavin Maguire's life is low on drama, high on stability, and free of pets. But Gavin hadn't reckoned on Fiona blasting back into his life and crashing his wedding. In the space of twenty-four hours, he loses a fiancée and a job, and gains a wife and a puppy. Can he salvage his bland-but-stable life? More importantly, can he resist losing his heart to Fiona all over again? ROMANCE TROPES: second chance at love, friends to lovers, Vegas wedding, international, Irish hero, Irish romance.







From Barley to Blarney


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This “sophisticated guide for fans of Irish whiskey” explores the history, distilleries, and pubs—and includes twelve original cocktails (The Wall Street Journal). An Irish whiskey guru, two bartender behemoths, and an adept writer combine forces to create this comprehensive guide to Irish whiskey. Starting with an introduction to the history of whiskey in Ireland, the authors explain what makes each style unique. An illustrated tour of the four Irish provinces features twenty-two distilleries and some of Ireland’s most iconic bars and pubs. From Barley to Blarney links rich historic heritage with today’s whiskey boom and a look ahead at the future for Irish whiskey producers. Then the fun really begins as the masterminds behind 2016’s “World’s Best Bar,” Dead Rabbit Grocery and Grog, share twelve original mixed-drink recipes tailor-made for Irish spirits.




Venetia Kelly's Traveling Show


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January 1932: Ben MacCarthy and his father watch a vagabond variety revue making a stop in the Irish countryside. After a two-hour kaleidoscope of low comedy, juggling, tumbling, and other entertainments, Ben’s father, mesmerized by Venetia Kelly, the troupe’s magnetic headliner, makes a fateful decision: to abandon his family and set off on the road with Miss Kelly and her caravan. Ben’s mother, shattered by the desertion, exhorts, “Find him and bring him back,” thereby sending the boy on a Homeric voyage into manhood. Interweaving a host of unforgettable creations—“King” Kelly, Venetia’s violent, Mephistophelean grandfather; Sarah Kelly, Venetia’s mysterious, amoral mother; and even a truth-telling ventriloquist’s dummy named Blarney—Frank Delaney unfurls a splendid narrative that spans half the world and a tumultuous decade.







Love's Proxy


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Blarney Castle


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Blarney Castle, the medieval home of the MacCarthy lords of Muskerry, is one of Ireland's best-known castles. Many visitors to Ireland include a trip to the castle in their itinerary, often queuing to kiss the Blarney Stone in hope of acquiring the 'gift of the gab.' Yet, despite the castle's ubiquitous image on postcards and tourist promotional literature, there is little acknowledgment of the building's historical and archaeological significance as a native lordly residence. This book - now available in paperback - brings the castle's architecture to the fore, placing it in the context of an expansive native lordship in late medieval Munster, and showing how changes in the layout and appearance of the building can be attributed to the castle's occupants, who continued to redefine their social standing and cultural identity through the Tudor reconquest and beyond.







Acting National Drama


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