Ballybeg

Series · 6 books · 2014-2015

By Sadie Haller, Magdalen Braden, Katie De Long, and more

Books in series

Love and Shenanigans

2014

A romantic comedy featuring a crashed wedding, a puppy with attitude, and a second chance romance. Falling for the groom…Three days before leaving Ireland on the adventure of a lifetime, Fiona Byrne returns to her hometown to attend the family wedding from hell. When she discovers the drunken vows she exchanged with the groom during a wild Las Vegas trip eight years previously mean they're legally married, her future plans ricochet out of control. Gavin Maguire's life is low on drama, high on stability, and free of pets. But Gavin hadn't reckoned on Fiona blasting back into his life and crashing his wedding. In the space of twenty-four hours, he loses a fiancée and a job, and gains a wife and a puppy. Can he salvage his bland-but-stable life? More importantly, can he resist losing his heart to Fiona all over again?

Seven First Kisses

2015

Looking for a new-to-you steamy romance series in Kindle Unlimited? Why not try seven? ZOE YORK, ZARA KEANE, SADIE HALLER, SIDNEY BRISTOL, IVY SINCLAIR, KATIE DE LONG, MAGDALEN BRADEN The SEVEN FIRST KISSES multi-author anthology represents some of the best steamy-to-scorching contemporary romance available to Kindle Unlimited subscribers. While all the stories kick off series, they are self-contained love stories—Happily Ever Afters guaranteed! Like our books? The authors in the set have more stories available for FREE through Kindle Unlimited! 'FALL OUT' (SEALs Undone #1) by ZOE YORK Drew Castle is a Navy SEAL with a bad case of indifference. Until Annie Martin shows up on his doorstep, scared out of her mind, and all of a sudden, keeping her safe becomes the most important mission of his life. And this time, he's on his own. 'LOVE AND SHENANIGANS' (Ballybeg #1) by ZARA KEANE An Irish romantic comedy featuring a crashed wedding, a labradoodle with attitude, and a second chance romance. Gavin Maguire's life is low on drama, high on stability, and free of pets. But he hadn't reckoned on Fiona Byrne blasting back into his life and crashing his wedding. In the space of twenty-four hours, he loses a fiancée and a job, and gains a wife and a labradoodle. Can Gavin salvage his bland-but-stable life? Or will he lose his heart to Fiona all over again? 'ONE GOLD HEART' (Dominant Chord #1) by SADIE HALLER Mac Wallis agrees to join the wind quintet, Dominant Cord, for the Christmas concert season as a favour to an old friend. It's her first step towards recovery after a vicious attack more than a decade before. However, sparks fly when Dominant Cord's unofficial leader, flutist, Finn Taylor takes issue with Mac's reliance on medication in order to perform. 'FESTIVE SEDUCTION' (Holiday Engagements #1) by SIDNEY BRISTOL A playful evening spent with her Dominant was all Jade expected from a snowed-in Christmas Eve. After a year of turmoil, she's ready for pleasure. But Philip has more in store for his submissive than Christmas light bondage. He'll push past her limits, and ask for everything. 'WHERE THE HEART BREAKS' (Willoughby Inn #1) by IVY SINCLAIR If there were a course in screwing up your life, Kate Spivey earned an A+. Trust is in short supply for Kate at the start of the summer before her senior year of college. Sentenced to spend it under the watchful eye of her aunt at the Willoughby Inn, Kate needs to prove that she has learned from her mistakes. 'QUEEN OF RHAPSODY' by KATIE DE LONG When Marie, a stripper, has a moment of vulnerability with her private investigator neighbor, she has no idea what she's in for—or what his intentions truly are. Rex only wants to help an old friend defend herself. It'll test his skills, make him call on people he never thought he'd see again. But as his investigation heats up, his preoccupation with Marie may become a deadly distraction. 'LOVE IN REALITY' (Blackjack Quartet #1) by MAGDALEN BRADEN Straight-arrow law student Libby Pembroke is improbably cast as the "Ditz" on The Fishbowl, a ludicrous TV reality show. It's all part of a plan by producer Rand Jennings to subvert the show and create a kick-ass movie script in the process.

Love and Blarney

2014

Married in Manhattan… Ruairí MacCarthy abandoned his life in New York to deal with a family crisis in Ireland. Twelve months later, he’s traded his three-piece suits and Wall Street career for jeans and a job managing his family’s pub in Ballybeg. When his estranged wife bursts back into his life looking for reconciliation, Ruairí must decide if home is where the heart is. …True Love in Ballybeg. Jayme King wants Ruairí back. She’s prepared to battle sheep, floods, and crazy Irish in-laws to get him. Discovering he lied about his past was a shock, but Jayme’s had months come to terms with the betrayal. Letting Ruairí go was the biggest mistake of her life. Can she persuade him to return to America and give their marriage a second chance?

Love and Leprechauns

2014

Tattooed in Tipperary, True Love in Ballybeg. Olivia Gant is determined to escape her abusive husband and build a new life. Only desperation drives her to rent business premises from Jonas O’Mahony, the man who tattooed her behind and broke her heart. Can she maintain a haughty distance? Jonas is a struggling single father. The last person he wants next door is the beautiful-but-infuriating Olivia. A childcare crisis forces him to strike a bargain with her: the lease to the cottage in return for babysitting. Can he resist her allures? When Olivia’s ex is clobbered to death with a garden gnome, the fickle finger of suspicion points to Olivia and Jonas. Can they prove their innocence, or is their happily ever after doomed?

Love and Mistletoe

2014

An alternate cover edition can be found here. Stand alone Christmas novella in the Ballybeg series of Irish romantic comedies. Love, laughter, and a Happily Ever After during the festive season! Kissed by Christmas, True Love by New Year Policeman Brian Glenn wants a promotion. Studying for a degree in criminology is the first step. When a member of Ballybeg's most notorious family struts into his forensic psychology class, his hopes for a peaceful semester vanish. Sharon MacCarthy is the last woman he should get involved with, however hot and bothered she makes him get under his police uniform. Can he survive the semester without succumbing to her charms? Sharon's had a rough few months. She knows her future job prospects depend on her finally finishing her degree. When she's paired with her secret crush for the semester project, she sees a chance for happiness. Can she persuade Brian that there's more to her than sequins, high heels, and a rap sheet?

Love and Shamrocks

2015

Trouble in Dublin, True Love in Ballybeg Clio Havelin needs a lucky break. Desperate to protect her child, Clio accepts her estranged mother’s offer of a refuge in Ballybeg. What can go wrong in a place with more cows than people? Her hope for a fresh start is smashed to smithereens when she’s blackmailed into facilitating the heist of the decade. So the last thing Clio needs is a sexy cop underfoot, especially when she’s one crime away from freedom. Too bad she’s already slept with him. Seán Mackey wants his life back. The former police detective is now stuck apprehending errant sheep in Ballybeg—population 3968, pubs 35. After months of frustration, he’s finally on the scent of a real case. When he’s sidelined into playing bodyguard for his nemesis, talk show hostess Helen Havelin, he’s pissed. And when his gorgeous one-night stand turns out to be Helen’s daughter, Clio, pissed turns to horrified.

Authors

Sadie Haller

Author · 16 books

USA Today bestselling author, Sadie Haller, lives in the little blue house by the sea with one husband, two dogs, three cats, and six hens (they actually live in a littler red house out the back). She writes kinky happy ever afters for musicians, politicians, celebrities, and the occasional member of the royal family.

Magdalen Braden

Author · 4 books

In her series of sexy contemporary romances, The Blackjack Quartet, Magdalen Braden writes about lawyers, judges, law students, paralegals … an entire fictional Philadelphia legal community, in fact. Hey, she left her legal career to return to her first love, romance writing, so it makes sense she'd write about the law. As she puts it, "I needed a day job to quit, so I went to law school." Be glad she doesn't draw on her other professional experiences, which include failed caterer, failed daycare administrator, failed editorial assistant, and failed hearing tester in a flour mill. Magdalen writes about Philadelphia because she went to law school there, practiced there, and even has a British patent attorney ex-husband still living in the Victorian South Philadelphia house Magdalen bought before they married. (The house used to be part of a convent—another aspect of her past that won't show up in her steamy novels.) In a shameless bid for attention, Magdalen has been known to tell people she and bestselling author Julie James have virtually identical legal careers: Magdalen went to a better law school but Julie had the better federal clerkship. In addition to writing, Magdalen keeps busy completing her Masters in Fine Arts degree from Stonecoast, the University of Southern Maine's MFA program, one of only two in the country that acknowledges romance novels exist, let alone comprise a wildly popular fiction genre. She even submitted a scholarly essay on Susan Elizabeth Phillips' "Dream a Little Dream" in her first semester. What time Magdalen has left over is spent with her second British husband (what can she say? She has a type!) in their two-hundred-year-old house in rural Pennsylvania with their cats and dog. Magdalen's debut romance, "Love in Reality", begins The Blackjack Quartet. Book three in the series, "Blackjack & Moonlight", was a 2012 finalist in the prestigious Romance Writers of America Golden Heart® contest and will be published in 2013 after "The Cost of Happiness" (Book Two) and before "Lost and Found" (Book Four). There are rumors she's even considering a fifth book in the series. Figures a former lawyer would try to sell a fifth book as part of a quartet …

Ivy Sinclair cut her romance teeth on classics like Gone With the Wind, Casablanca, An Affair to Remember, and Sabrina. She is a firm believer in true love, a happily ever after ending, and the medicinal use of chocolate to cure any ailment of the heart. Ivy's guilty pleasures include sushi, endless Starbucks lattes, and wine. Readers of Ivy's stories can expect smoldering sweet stories of romance that tug at the heartstrings.

Sidney Bristol

Author · 60 books

It can never be said that NYT & USA Today Bestselling author Sidney Bristol has had a ‘normal’ life. She is a recovering roller derby queen, former missionary, and tattoo addict. She grew up in a motor-home on the US highways (with an occasional jaunt into Canada and Mexico), traveling the rodeo circuit with her parents. Sidney has lived abroad in both Russia and Thailand, working with children and teenagers. She now lives in Texas where she splits her time between a job she loves, writing, reading and fostering cats. Sidney is represented by Nicole Resciniti of the Seymour Agency.

Zara Keane

Author · 28 books

Zara Keane is a USA Today bestselling author of Irish cozy mysteries and romantic comedies. Zara grew up in Dublin, Ireland, but spent her summers in a small town very similar to the fictitious Ballybeg and Smuggler's Cove. She currently lives in Switzerland with her family. When she’s not writing, Zara loves knitting, running, unplugged gaming, and adding to her insanely large lipstick collection. Don't miss a new story! For news, giveaways, and TWO free stories, sign up for Zara's Mailing List at https://zarakeane.com/newsletter/ Zara can also be found in her Facebook Reader Group, the Mystery Mavens.

Zoe York

Author · 61 books

New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Zoe York is a busy working mom of two young boys, wife to a very understanding soldier, and creator of modern, sexy, small town contemporary romances. She lives in London, Ontario and is currently chugging Americanos, wiping sticky fingers, and dreaming of heroes in and out of uniform.