Cathy Kelly Books in Order

A short story anthology featuring Maeve Binchy alongside other popular Irish authors like Marian Keyes and Cathy Kelly. The stories celebrate the lives, loves, and friendships of modern Irish women.

Best friends Jo Ryan, a glamorous fashion journalist, and Aisling Moran, devoted mother of twin boys, believe they have everything under control. One Friday brings twin shocks – a suspicious lingerie receipt in Aisling’s husband’s pocket and a positive pregnancy test for commitment-shy Jo – upending their ideas about love and loyalty.

Evie is finally about to marry safe, dependable Simon, yet a nagging doubt won’t go away. Her sister Cara lurches from one romantic disaster to another, and best friend Olivia hides in a comfortable but wrong marriage. A family Christmas and a surprise engagement force all three to start again.

Advice columnist Dee writes soothing words for strangers while ignoring the chaos in her own life with lazy fiancé Gary and his overbearing mother. Newly separated Isabel has fled home to Dublin with her teenage daughters. When both women compete for the same newspaper job, unexpected solidarity begins to trump rivalry.

On holiday in Egypt, three very different Dublin women – heartbroken Hannah, baby-obsessed newlywed Emma and divorced mother Leonie – strike up an unlikely friendship. Back home, that bond helps each of them confront controlling families, old betrayals and the fear that it might be too late to change.

Hope imagines a quiet life raising her children in the Irish village of Redlion, until a move and an unexpected attraction shake her marriage. Her driven music-executive sister Sam, elegant widow Virginia and young singer Nicole are all forced to rethink careers, love and what they really want from the future.

In Kinvarra, the glamorous Miller sisters seem to have it all: Stella the high-powered lawyer, Tara the newlywed scriptwriter and bohemian youngest sister Holly. As their mother Rose’s fortieth wedding anniversary approaches, buried hurts and marital crises surface, testing whether this close-knit family can truly be honest with one another.

Irish sisters Elsie and Maisie have spent decades exaggerating their lives in letters between Dublin and Chicago. When Maisie’s sophisticated granddaughter arrives for an extended visit, Elsie’s down-to-earth family scramble to impress, only to discover that honesty and affection matter more than polished stories.

TV presenter Abby Barton looks like she has the perfect life in a pretty Irish town, but her marriage and teenage daughter are slipping away from her. With salon-owner Sally and generous single mum Lizzie – and newcomer Erin from Chicago – she discovers how friendship can steady even the rockiest times.

In Carrickwell, ambitious PR executive Mel, feisty hotel graduate Cleo and fashion buyer Daisy are each close to burning out. A stay at Leah’s new spa, Clouds Hill, brings the three strangers together, prompting them to question old choices and imagine braver futures for themselves and the people they love.

On pretty Summer Street, warm-hearted Christie Devlin seems to have an answer for everyone else’s problems, yet her own past is catching up with her. Single mum Faye, headstrong daughter Amber and cautious Maggie are all hiding painful secrets that, once exposed, could finally set them free.

This anthology, produced with a women’s magazine and a breast-cancer charity, gathers short stories from more than twenty popular authors, including Katie Fforde, about love, passion and betrayal—perfect for dipping into like a lively Sunday night book club.

Izzie Silver has carved out a glossy New York career booking models, but falling for a married man shatters her certainty about right and wrong. Back in coastal Tamarin, her aunt Anneliese faces betrayal and grandmother Lily’s wartime secrets emerge, teaching all three women hard lessons about love and forgiveness.

In the Irish town of Ardagh, family department store Kenny’s sits at the centre of everything. When a takeover threat and personal tragedy hit, Ingrid Fitzgerald, tapestry artist Star Bluestone and floor manager Charlie Fallon are forced to rethink love, loyalty and what a lifetime’s work is really worth.

A short novella about a woman who finds unexpected romance. Written as part of a literacy initiative, it features Binchy’s trademark warmth in a concise format.

After decades in New York, eighty-something Eleanor returns to Dublin’s Golden Square with a suitcase of memories and her mother’s handwritten ‘recipes for living’. Her new neighbours – scandal-hit actress Megan, over-stretched volunteer Rae and romantic daydreamer Connie – soon discover that home is less about place than about people.

A short, sun-soaked story about three strangers sharing a turbulent flight to Greece. Married couple Anthony and Carole hope a week away will heal old hurts, while widow Jessica is travelling alone for the first time; unexpected drama in the air forces each of them to face what they are really running from.

This festive collection of linked short stories follows women facing complicated Decembers – controlling mothers, lonely Christmas tables, dreaded office parties and mysterious fortune-tellers above a travel agency. Across the tales, Cathy Kelly mixes humour and heart to show how small acts of courage can make the season feel magical again.

In the coastal town of Avalon, postmistress Danae keeps everyone’s secrets while fiercely guarding her own. When her niece Mara arrives heartbroken and local woman Tess is forced to confront returning sister Suki and first love Cashel, the women of Willow Street are pushed toward difficult truths and new beginnings.

This young-adult romance anthology brings together nine short stories about first kisses, infatuation, heartbreak, friendship, and awkward romantic encounters. Adele Parks contributes alongside writers including Katie Dale, Cathy Kelly, Monica McInerney, Sinéad Moriarty, and Dyan Sheldon.

Australian Lillie Maguire travels to the Irish town of Redstone to meet the half-brother she never knew and the family who might finally claim her. There she becomes a quiet catalyst for change, helping exhausted Frankie, restless Peggy and troubled teenagers find fresh purpose – and sweetness – in their lives.

A romantic proposal at the Eiffel Tower should be pure joy for Michael and Katy, yet their good news unsettles everyone around them. As friends and family rally to plan the wedding, three women in particular must decide whether it is too late to rewrite their own love stories.

Cassie has built a careful life around her daughters, husband and domineering mother-in-law, while her sister Coco hides from commitment behind a vintage dress shop. As an old family wound resurfaces, the sisters and their grandmother Pearl must finally face the mother who walked away.

When Bess plans a grand birthday celebration for her much older husband Edward, she hopes to prove their May–December marriage really works. But resentful stepdaughter Jojo, guarded cousin Cari and long-estranged relatives arrive with their own baggage, exposing just how fragile the Brannigan clan truly is.

On the same day, Ginger turns thirty, Sam goes into labour on her fortieth birthday and Callie throws a lavish fiftieth party in Dublin. Over the year that follows, unexpected upheavals push each woman to rebuild her life and choose what happiness means on her own terms.

After Michael proposes to Katy high above Paris, their engagement sends ripples through their Irish town. Best friend Leila, widowed cake-maker Vonnie and headmistress Grace all find their own hearts tested as the upcoming wedding forces them to confront past hurts and second chances.

Three Dublin women – sharp, self-protective Sid, immaculate but insecure Marin and romantic single mum Bea – appear to have little in common. When friendship exposes the lies they tell themselves about love, money and motherhood, each has to decide what to hold on to and what to let go.

TV chef and busy mother Freya Abalone seems to have it all – blended family, new home and booming career – until a traumatic event leaves her battling a harsh inner critic she calls Mildred. As past and present pressures collide, Freya must fight for her own voice and the family she loves.

Four Robicheaux sisters head home to the glamorous Hotel Sorrento for their parents’ wedding, the first time they have all been together in years. Over one chaotic weekend, old rivalries, new romances and long-buried secrets force each woman to rethink what family means.

Lou has always said yes to everyone, from her ungrateful husband to her dramatic mother, but a disastrous fiftieth birthday and a shocking family secret push her to breaking point. Joining forces with her younger sister Tori, a TV presenter in crisis, she sets off on a journey across Ireland and Sicily to rediscover herself.

After a career-ending catastrophe, former therapist Rose Talisman opens a luxury retreat at a Corfu villa. Six guests arrive for a week of self-examination, but their hidden histories—and Rose’s own secret—put her hoped-for new start at risk.