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Maire

Linda Windsor · 355 pages

A fanciful, romantic tale of passion and faith that invites readers to the "God-graced mountains and plains" of Ireland. Maire, Gleannmara's warrior queen, finds her fierce heart is gentled when she takes a reformed mercenary -- a Christian, no less -- as hostage during a raid. At first she wonders what kind of God would make a fine warrior like Rowan of Emerys such a coward. But as she comes to k

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Song of the Silent Harp

B.J. Hoff · 560 pages

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Raiders from the Sea

Lois Walfrid Johnson · 199 pages

When Briana O’Toole rescues a stranger from drowning, she doesn’t realize that her actions may have put her family and neighbors in danger. Then, in one harrowing day, Viking raiders capture Bree and her brother Devin and take them away from their home in Ireland. All of the Irish prisoners are at the mercy of Mikkel, the proud young leader of the Vikings. When he separates Bree and Devin, Bree

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Flight of the Earls

Michael K. Reynolds · 423 pages

When famine strikes her family farm, Clare Hanley decides to leave Ireland for America, despite the fact that her older sister Margaret had similarly emigrated and had never been heard from again.

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Longing for Home

Sarah M. Eden · 400 pages

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No Safe Harbor

Elizabeth Ludwig

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Songs of Love and War

Santa Montefiore · 464 pages

Their lives were mapped out ahead of them. But love and war will change everything ... West Cork, Ireland, 1900. The year marks the start of a new century, and the birth of three very different women: Kitty Deverill, the flame-haired Anglo-Irish daughter of the castle, Bridie Doyle, the daughter of the Irish cook and Celia Deverill, Kitty's flamboyant English cousin. Together they grow up in the d

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In the Company of Secrets

Judith McCoy Miller · 381 pages

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Daughter of the Loom

Tracie Peterson, Judith McCoy Miller · 495 pages

The mill town of Lowell, Massachusetts, comes to life with intrigue and drama from the creative writing team of Judith Miller and Tracie Peterson. Young women at the end of the 19th century seek employment from driven men intent on transforming America's textile industry. Daughters of the Loom features Lilly Armbruster, who is forced to work in the mills as her only means for survival. But Lilly's

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Under the Hawthorn Tree

Marita Conlon-McKenna · 160 pages

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The Princes of Ireland

Edward Rutherfurd · 776 pages

A sweeping panorama steeped in the tragedy and glory that is Ireland, epitomizes the power and richness of Rutherford's storytelling magic. The saga begins in tribal, pre-Christian Ireland during the reign of the fierce and mighty High kings at Tara, with the fate of two lovers, the princely Conall and the ravishing Deirdre, whose travails cleverly echo the ancient Celtic legend of Cuchulainn.

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Deception's Princess

Esther M. Friesner · 324 pages

In Iron Age Ireland, Maeve, the fierce, willful youngest daughter of King Eochu of Connacht, is caught in a web of lies after rebelling to avoid fosterage with another highborn family and an arranged marriage.

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A Star Called Henry

Roddy Doyle · 352 pages

Doyle at his best- his portrait of turn-of-the-century Dublin's dark side is masterful. There is a Dickensian richness to language and character' The TimesBorn in the Dublin slums of 1901, his father a one-legged whorehouse bouncer and settler of scores, Henry Smart has to grow up fast. By the time he can walk he's out robbing and begging, often cold and always hungry, but a prince of the streets.

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The Silver Sword

Angela Elwell Hunt · 409 pages

The auburned-haired O'Connor women share a bond far deeper than their striking physical appearance. These courageous, high-spirited women all push against societal limits in this exciting historical, romantic novel that spans generations and countries from 13th-century Ireland to the excitement and mystery of 15th-century Prague.It is said that as Cahira, daughter of the great Irish king Rory O'Co

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Ireland

Melody Carlson · 256 pages

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Beyond the Cliffs of Kerry

Amanda Hughes · 398 pages

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In the Company of Others

Jan Karon · 399 pages

Father Tim and Cynthia arrive in the west of Ireland, intent on researching his Kavanagh ancestry. The charm of their lakeside B&B is broken when Cynthia startles a burglar and sprains her already-injured ankle. Then a cherished and valuable painting is stolen from the lodge owners, and Cynthia's pain pales in comparison to the wound at the center of this bitterly estranged Irish family.

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My Lady Judge

Cora Harrison · 310 pages

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The Shadows

Megan Chance · 394 pages

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Christine Falls

Benjamin Black, John Banville · 364 pages

"Quirke and Malachy Griffin were raised as brothers, though Quirke - rescued from an Irish orphanage by Malachy's father, the eminent Judge Garrett Griffin - was always the favored son. But Malachy married the American girl Quirke loved, and Quirke settled for her sister, who died in childbirth soon thereafter. Malachy went on to become a prominent obstetrician and Quirke a hard-drinking pathologi

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There You'll Find Me

Jenny B. Jones · 310 pages

Eighteen-year-old Finley, seeking God, quiet time to prepare for an audition at a prestigious music conservatory, and knowledge of the land her deceased brother loved, spends senior year in Ireland, where teen movie idol Beckett Rush, equally troubled, desires her company.

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The Stars for a Light

Lynn Morris, Gilbert Morris · 313 pages

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Chosen: The Lost Diaries of Queen Esther

Ginger Garrett · 298 pages

Wrenched from a simple life for her beauty, Esther finds herself at the mercy of King Xerxes. Leaving behind her only relative, her cousin Mordecai, and her first true love, Cyrus, she is thrown headlong into the unrestrained extravagance of palace living. Quick of mind and strong in spirit, she refuses to suffer the fate of her harem sisters and boldly challenges Xerxes to give of his heart befor

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