Tara Heavey: 5 books

In any normal situation Fiona and Sarah would be friends. They are both smart and loving, great mothers, brilliant at life. And they both need a pal. But when Sarah arrives in Fiona's small town on the Clare coast, it's not a normal situation. Sarah is on a mission and before either she or Fiona knows...

Legal secretary Fern can't quite believe her luck when posh barrister James Carver takes a shine to her.  With her mahogany brown hair - 'I blend into the office furniture' - and green eyes, she doesn't feel in any way special.  After all, a typing speed of 60 wpm and a dream of becoming an artist...

Liz Clancy blames her father for everything that has gone wrong in her life.  There's her job in the bookshop from which she keeps getting fired because she's rude to the customers; then there's her disastrous penchant for older men, not least the magnetic charms of her boss.  Even her olive-dark...

Though she doesn't know it, the day Aoife spots a neglected walled garden is the day her life begins again ... The garden casts a spell over her and Aoife persuades its owner to let her take it over and advertises for helpers. Just two turn up: Uri, a retired tailor, and Emily, a gentle student....

Single mother Rachel and young son Ember are on the run from something - or is it someone? - dark and threatening. They hope that they are running towards a better life, a life of hope and light. But will they be able to remain unseen and fully escape their past? To create the future that they both...