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The Girl in the Castle: Deverill Chronicles, Book I
Ireland. The early twentieth century.
Two girls on the cusp of womanhood. A nation on the brink of war.
Born on the ninth day of the ninth month in the year 1900, Kitty Deverill grows up in Castle Deverill, on the stunning green hills of West Cork, Ireland—the same place her ancestors have always dwelled. She isn’t fully Irish, as the son of the local veterinarian likes to tease her; but this doesn’t stop Kitty and Jack O’Leary from falling in love . . .
Bridie Doyle, daughter to Castle Deverill’s cook, cherishes her friendship with Kitty. Yet she can’t help dreaming of someday having wealth, having glamour, having . . . more. And when she discovers Kitty’s darkest secret, Bridie finds herself growing to resent the girl in the castle who seems to have it all.
As Irish and British forces collide in Southern Ireland, Jack enlists to fight—and Kitty throws herself into the cause for Irish liberty, running messages and ammunition between the rebels. But her allegiance to her family and her friends will soon be tested . . . and when Castle Deverill comes under attack, the only home and life she’s ever known are threatened.
The Daughters of Ireland: Deverill Chronicles, Book II
Ireland. 1925.
The war is over. But life will never be the same . . .
In the green hills of West Cork, Ireland, Castle Deverill has burned to the ground. But young Celia Deverill is determined to see her ruined ancestral home restored to its former glory—to the years when Celia ran through its vast halls with her cousin Kitty and their childhood friend Bridie Doyle.
Kitty herself is raising a young family, but she longs for Jack O’Leary—the long-ago sweetheart she cannot have. And soon Kitty must make a heartbreaking decision, one that could destroy everything she holds dear.
Bridie, once a cook’s daughter in Castle Deverill, is now a well-heeled New York City socialite. Yet her celebrity can’t erase a past act that haunts her still. Nor can it keep her from seeking revenge upon the woman who wronged her all those years ago.
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Cover photographs © Malgorzata Maj/Arcangel (woman); © Gabby Salazar/Getty Images (grass); © Patryk Kosmider/Shutterstock (castle); © danielo/Shutterstock (clouds); © photlinc/Shutterstock (sky); © Husjak/Shutterstock (texture)
Originally published as The Last Secret of the Deverills in Great Britain in 2017 by Simon & Schuster UK Ltd.
FIRST U.S. EDITION.
Digital Edition AUGUST 2018 ISBN: 978-0-06-245691-5
Version 06212018
Print ISBN: 978-0-06-245690-8 (paperback)
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