A Mothers Heart

Full of heart and essential truth, this moving book will sweep you to a very satisfying ending and perhaps a few happy tears KATIE FFORDE

A riveting family saga, with terrific characters, that has you utterly engrossed from start to finish. I loved it PATRICIA SCANLAN

I absolutely adored every page of it . . . No one blends love and loss, happiness and heartbreak quite the way Carmel does. Not since the late, great Maeve Binchy CLAUDIA CARROLL

An emotional family drama . . . full of the warmth weve come to associate with Carmels writing HAZEL GAYNOR

An exploration of familial love and grief . . . and how in the face of our greatest trials, our strongest bonds can be forged ROISIN MEANEY

Warm, uplifting and thought-provoking . . . The perfect book club read! DEBBIE JOHNSON

Beautifully written, warm and wise. I adored it ALEX BROWN

Hawkes Bay, New Zealand
While Rachel Butler likes her life in a pretty Dublin coastal village, her heart lies in Hawkes Bay, where she grew up. Visiting for the first time since tragedy tore her family apart, she and her stepchildren fall for its beauty and outdoor lifestyle.

Malahide, Ireland
As Rachel picks up the threads of her life as a single parent, she cant shake off the memories of her loving family in New Zealand and her dream house, the villa on the bay. But its time to move forwards with their life in Ireland, close to the childrens grandparents, amid the familiar surroundings they all know well.

Until the childrens grandmother, still grieving, starts to interfere, questioning Rachel's position as stepmother.

Until Rachels attempts to strengthen the family she loves so dearly backfires, pitting everyone against each other.

And until her late husbands parents mend the rift that has existed as long as shes been married bringing with them an explosive secret . . .