Michelle Vernal Books in Order

Rebecca leaves New Zealand hoping to escape her successful sister's shadow, then is summoned home to manage her cooking school and children. Between demanding guests, family trouble, and competing romantic possibilities, she must reconsider what happiness might look like.

With a stalled engagement and an unhappy life in New Zealand, Annie accepts her Greek pen pal’s invitation to Crete. Joined by her best friend Carl, she begins questioning the future she planned and exploring what might make her happy.

After her mother’s death, Kitty discovers a journal revealing a heritage hidden for fifty years. Traveling from France to Ireland, she searches for unknown relatives and confronts a family feud that could endanger her own chance at love.

Aisling returns to help run her family’s Dublin guesthouse while nursing a broken heart. Managing demanding relatives, eccentric staff and unpredictable guests leaves little time to recover, until an older visitor’s hidden history challenges her assumptions about love and second chances.

Burned out by London work and disappointing relationships, Isla returns to her grandmother’s home in Bibury. Reconnecting with her childhood sweetheart and uncovering old Valentine cards helps her reconsider what she wants from work, love and life.

A dying woman asks backpacker Isabel to find Constance and deliver an apology. Her search connects a present-day accident in New Zealand with love and loss on the wartime Isle of Wight, uncovering secrets that have survived for decades.

Roisin returns to Dublin for Christmas while facing the end of her marriage and unresolved feelings for Shay. Meanwhile, another woman receives an unexpected chance to revisit a lost romance, bringing two stories of second chances into the O’Mara celebrations.

Moira keeps a new romance secret from her curious family, while guest Tessa returns to Dublin to confront memories of school bullying. Their unexpected friendship helps each reconsider the past and find confidence in the possibility of a fresh start.

The O’Mara family gathers at its Dublin guesthouse to welcome the new century. Laughter, surprises and an unexpected encounter for Mammy complicate a New Year’s Eve celebration filled with familiar faces.

After discovering her husband’s secret, Roisin returns to her family with Noah. Meanwhile, guest Reggie Nolan seeks the courage to repair a relationship damaged thirty years earlier.

Maureen and her daughter Moira travel through Vietnam, meeting an Australian widow fulfilling her husband’s last wish. Their shared journey changes how they understand family and one another.

After a devastating accident upends her future with Sam, Ellie throws herself into restoring her grandparents’ old house. Help from a local builder offers hope, but her mother’s unexpected arrival forces her to confront wounds that renovation alone cannot heal.

A Valentine’s Day wedding approaches with fewer than eight weeks to prepare. Family feuds complicate the guest list, while an invitation forces Noreen to reconsider a painful estrangement from the niece she once treated as a daughter.

When Mammy discovers one of her daughters is pregnant, a family conference brings conflict instead of comfort. Meanwhile, receptionist Bronagh becomes increasingly curious about why Leonard keeps her apart from his sister Joan.

Widowed Maureen O’Mara has begun a new life by the seaside and found a man who understands her loss. Introducing him to her daughters, however, means confronting their loyalty to the father they still cherish.

Former dancer Veronica struggles with family demands and the memory of the daughter she gave up for adoption. Discovering a hidden chapter in her family’s past changes her outlook, just as a letter from the Isle of Wight threatens further upheaval.

Raised in a bridal shop after becoming separated from her mother, Sabrina seeks answers about her origins. A new romance and the shop’s mysterious connection to the past draw her into a journey that could reveal the truth or cost her future.

The O’Maras visit Los Angeles, staying in Cormac’s Bel Air mansion while enjoying a holiday full of unexpected mishaps. For Cormac, their arrival also brings an opportunity to explain the sadness behind his departure from Dublin decades earlier.

New mother Moira struggles with responsibilities she once felt sure she could handle. Meanwhile, guesthouse worker Nina conceals the reason she left Spain, as both women search for support.

An unexpected customer brings Sabrina another opportunity to travel through her bridal shop’s mysterious past. The chance to find her missing mother pulls against her growing relationship with Adam, forcing her to weigh answers against the life she is building.

A wartime wedding photograph may hold the answer to Sabrina’s mother’s disappearance. Traveling with Adam into Liverpool during the Second World War, she searches for her family while facing dangers that could prevent either of them from returning home.

Aisling’s determination to have a child grows, while housekeeper Ita searches for love despite doubts about herself. Meanwhile, Mammy’s modest gathering to introduce herself and Donal to their neighbors expands into a much larger party.

A family reunion brings the O’Maras to Claredoncally, where Roisin hopes to resolve uncertainty about her relationship. Returning emigrant Glen also faces difficult memories when an unexpected guest forces him to reconsider why he left Ireland.

Heartbroken Shannon returns to her family’s Irish inn for Christmas and meets an American claiming to be her elderly neighbor’s grandson. Suspicion gives way to attraction, but a troubling secret threatens the trust growing between them.

Pregnant Aisling struggles to manage the guesthouse while new receptionist Freya tries to escape her mother’s reputation. As workplace tensions develop and the pregnancy becomes harder, Mammy announces that she is moving in to help.

When Sabrina becomes engaged, Evelyn gives her the ring from her own lost romance. Meeting the groom’s father revives a painful secret, forcing Evelyn to choose between protecting Sabrina’s happiness and finally confronting the past that shaped their family.

Returning to Emerald Bay for Christmas, Ava hopes to rebuild her relationship with Shane. Doing so would mean leaving her twin sister’s London life behind, and a crisis at the harbor threatens the future she has barely dared to imagine.

Interior designer Imogen returns to Emerald Bay to renovate a manor and hopes to reconnect with her first love. Working beside a former school prankster challenges her expectations, forcing her to reconsider both an old romance and her idea of home.

Patrick’s wedding to Cindy takes the O’Maras to Santorini. Mammy questions their beach ceremony, but the destination offers an opportunity for a family holiday alongside the marriage celebrations.

Roisin prepares to open her yoga studio while Mammy’s help creates complications. At the guesthouse, cook Mrs Flaherty faces an unexpected problem and finds companionship through an unlikely visitor.

Bronagh wants her long-distance relationship with Leonard to become permanent, but her ultimatum sends him back to Liverpool. Aisling and Mammy follow, hoping to repair the romance, only to discover a secret that complicates their mission.

Hannah returns to Emerald Bay to oppose a development threatening cherished countryside, only to find its lead developer staying at her family’s inn. Growing attraction complicates her campaign as she searches for the person behind the plans.

Grace hides her attraction to Chris because their families have long been enemies. Organizing a charity concert for a friend brings them closer, but buried truths behind the feud threaten both the event and any chance of a shared future.

Journalist Jess follows the dedication in an old children’s book to an isolated Irish farm. Researching its tragic history brings her close to guarded farmer Owen, leaving her torn between the demands of her job and an unexpected possibility of happiness.

Maureen and Donal gather their blended family aboard a cruise ship headed for the Mexican Riviera. What promises to be a relaxed holiday of sunshine, excursions and plentiful food soon encounters the unpredictable dynamics of the O’Mara clan.

Maureen joins Donal’s Kenny Rogers tribute band on a Mexican Riviera cruise. Between performances and sightseeing, fellow entertainers reveal heartbreak and secrets, turning the voyage into a personal adventure.

Cecelia hides her aristocratic background while seeking refuge for herself and her unborn child in an Irish institution. When her family finds her and takes the baby, she turns toward a secret network of women to help reunite them.

In 1920 Ireland, unmarried mother Maudie is sent to an institution where her newborn daughter is taken away. Discovering the child has been adopted in America, she faces an immense journey with little money and no family support.

Bronagh’s carefully planned wedding is complicated by her mother’s demands. Meanwhile, guest Patricia revisits her abandoned costume-design ambitions, finding an opportunity to contribute to the approaching celebration at O’Mara’s.

In 1939 Ireland, Sheila leaves her baby at an adoption house before fleeing a cruel husband for America. A diary preserves the love she cannot express in person, while a perilous Atlantic crossing threatens her hope of ever returning for her son.

Mary-Kate’s baby is taken from her in the kind of institution where she herself grew up. A letter promises help and reveals that her father may still be alive, drawing her into family secrets that could offer rescue or renewed danger.