The Girl from Donegal

Can you ever forget your first love? Donegal, Ireland, 1939As the world teeters on the brink of WWII, Eliza Lavery finds herself all alone in the world when her fiancé, Davey, becomes a victim of the Irish Civil War. But a chance meeting on Ballmastocker Bay with the handsome Matthew, a Leiutenant-Commander in the Royal Navy, changes her life forever and sees her leaving her beloved Irish coast for a new love and a new life in the dazzling, tropical island of Bermuda. Hamilton, Bermuda, 2022Eight decades later, as Saoirse visits her Aunt Kate in Bermuda, she is plagued by doubts about her recent engagement and the fiancé she has left behind in Donegal. Visiting her Aunt Kate, Eliza convinces her to delve into her past, uncovering a connection to a woman who found herself making a similar decision all those years ago. Both Saoirse and Eliza must make a choice between their past and their present, their first loves and their last, so they can both finally embrace a new future. But who will they both choose? Praise for The Girl from Donegal ‘A timeless love story, beautifully told across eighty years and two continents . . . Carmel takes us on an emotional rollercoaster’ HAZEL GAYNOR ‘[The] characters are unforgettable and drawn with real heart – you’re rooting for them from the get-go and with them all the way’ CATHERINE RYAN HOWARD