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When a tree destroys Vicki's art gallery, she finds herself desperate for money. David offers help, but she is determined to make it on her own. Searching for what to paint, Vicki stumbles upon a mysterious necklace and starts painting portraits of a missing Native American girl. Private investigator Ben Stone becomes curious, and he reopens the cold case enlisting David's help. As Vicki delves deeper into her art, a former art teacher emerges, offering to boost her career. But his assistance comes with a dark cost.

Jenny promises her eccentric aunt she will run the antique shop and live in the hundred-year-old house in Cook’s Cove when her aunt dies. But is she prepared to give up her career, lifestyle, and fiancé in California or a life in a small Northwestern coastal town to fulfill that promise? Then a mysterious stranger at the funeral tells Jenny that someday she might learn the “truth” about her aunt.

For The Love of Ireland is a historical novel of love and loyalty, deception and honesty. It is about women fighting against traditional roles and gender discrimination during the 1880s. For The Love of Ireland is a work of fiction woven around actual events of the Irish Land League, a Chicago couple and the covert activities of the Clan na Gael.

The moment Jenny steps into aunt’s old house in Cook's Cove, she feels the secrets of the past whispering through its walls. Secrets promising to unravel everything she thought she knew about her family, her future, and herself. Grief is just the beginning. Keeping the promise she made to her aunt means leaving behind her life in San Francisco – the career, the lifestyle, even her fiancé. But she needs answers. Everyone is hiding something – her mother, fiancé, even the handsome Irishman whose presence stirs something deep within her.

A terrifying dream is just the beginning of Jenny’s nightmare. Echoes of the past creep into Jenny and Shaun’s relationship, sending it into a tailspin. Meanwhile, a psychopath weaves his web with mysterious gifts. Susan tries to warn Jenny. But there is only so much you can do from the grave. Out of desperation, Shaun declares he will stare down the devil if that is what it takes to save Jenny from her nightmare, not realizing that is exactly what he’d have to do.

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