Sinead Moriarty Books in Order

Thirtysomething makeup artist Emma Hamilton is certain a baby will arrive right on schedule once she comes off the pill. When nature refuses to cooperate, she plunges into fertility drugs, specialists and scheduled sex, with her sanity and marriage on the line.

After years of failed fertility treatment, Emma Hamilton decides that international adoption is the only way to become a mother. Navigating intrusive social workers, endless forms and her own doubts, she learns that love, not perfection, is what makes a family.

In this edition of Emma and James's story, the couple turn from fertility clinics to adopting a baby from Russia. As they battle bureaucracy, home inspections and cultural clashes, Emma slowly realises that the right fit is about hearts, not matching backgrounds.

Just as Emma and James finally bring home their adopted Russian baby, Emma discovers she is unexpectedly pregnant. Overnight their longed-for family becomes a double handful, and Emma must navigate smug parenting advice, chaotic relatives and her own fears about getting motherhood right.

Ambitious Kate O'Brien is climbing the London media ladder with no time for domesticity, until her older sister Fiona in Dublin faces a crisis that drags Kate home. Swapping pitch meetings for school runs, Kate has to decide what kind of life she really wants.

Columnist Niamh O'Flaherty grew up in a proudly Irish London household where certain rules were never questioned. Falling in love with Pierre, an older French academic who is also Black, forces both their families to confront prejudice, tradition and what happiness truly looks like.

Ava juggles a demanding job, a distracted husband, two very different teenage daughters and a father determined to misbehave his way through old age. When one daughter’s eating disorder spirals, the whole family is forced to rethink love, control and what really matters.

Devoted but exhausted Julie is raising four little boys on a tight budget, envying glamorous Sophie and high-flying lawyer Louise. As each sister's supposedly perfect life quietly unravels, they discover how much they still need one another.

Sophie has grown up cherished by her single mother Anna, while artist Laura still mourns the baby she lost years before. When a chance discovery connects the two families, long buried choices about motherhood, sacrifice and identity explode into the open.

Emma and James Hamilton have survived infertility, adoption and job loss, and their marriage feels rock solid, until a move to London leaves Emma isolated. Anonymous texts that seem to know their every secret soon have her doubting everything she thought she could trust.

Julie, Louise and Sophie Devlin have always relied on one another, but money, careers and aging bodies are pulling them in different directions. An inheritance, a shattering diagnosis and an ex with a younger girlfriend force the sisters to confront the secrets they have been hiding.

Alice is slowly rebuilding life for herself and her daughters after husband Ben's sudden death, even daring to love again. When Ben unexpectedly returns, presumed dead but very much alive, the family must choose between the future they have created and the past they still long for.

After her husband's affair, Kate moves her three children back into her father's cramped house, just as middle child Jess is diagnosed with cancer. Caught between medical advice, her ex and her daughter's wishes, Kate has to decide what being a good mother really means.

Lucy Murphy sacrificed her own ambitions when she became pregnant at eighteen, and now she is determined her teenage twins will grab every chance. But when she drags them into an elite new school, pressure, privilege and hidden struggles threaten to break the family apart.

Every year Sarah writes a loving birthday letter to her daughter Izzy, then a new pregnancy and a sudden collapse shatter their safe world. As doctors demand decisions, her husband and sister clash over how far to fight for Sarah's life.

Three couples at different stages of life land on the same therapist's couch, from a marriage that has run aground to a new relationship haunted by past trauma. As secrets surface, each must decide what they are willing to fight for.

Ruby is used to being the spare friend in her trio at school, until Safa, a Syrian refugee, joins the class and is seated beside her. As the girls slowly open up about family, fear and belonging, their friendship challenges prejudice on both sides.

Riley's comfortable life collapses when her dad dies suddenly, leaving huge debts and an eviction notice. Determined to hide the truth from her classmates, she discovers homelessness, unexpected kindness and how pride can stop you from asking for the help you desperately need.

Since her mum died, eco-obsessed Hope has thrown herself into saving the planet, driving her grieving family to distraction with strict new rules. Convinced no one understands her, she sets off alone to find Greta Thunberg, forcing everyone to confront what they might lose.

After their mother's death, Julie, Louise and Sophie Devlin are each juggling teenage dramas, careers and grief. When a fragile daughter, a toxic rugby parents' group and a disastrous party collide, the sisters must pull together to protect the next generation.

Amanda, Katie and Melanie are very different women linked by one formidable mother-in-law, Nancy, and the family business she refuses to loosen her grip on. When a crisis hits, the sisters-in-law are pushed to choose between loyalty, ambition and their own happiness.