"Fitting conclusion to this delightful trilogy."

By: Dorien Kelly

Genres: Romance Contemporary

Posted: November 10, 2005

Violet Kilbride has returned to the village of Duncarraig to clean out her late grandmother's home, never expecting to cross paths with her first love, Liam Rafferty. Liam, who's been living in America for the past 15 years, has reluctantly returned home, teenage daughter in tow, to pick up the pieces of his life. He's searching for a fortune in gold, said to be lost generations ago when an affair between a Rafferty and a Kilbride went awry.

Passions flare anew between Vi and Liam as the two pair up to hunt for the treasure, but baggage from their past threatens to tear the lovers apart again. Can they put past misunderstandings behind them and find the treasure of true love?

Ms. Kelly paints a vivid picture of a small village in Ireland, populated with characters you can't help but love, even as they frustrate you to no end. This is the third book of the Ballymuir trilogy, but you're never left wondering who's who and how they're connected. A delightful read!!

Book Summary

Ballymuir novel sweeps readers back to Ireland's mystical shores with a story of a legendary treasure and an unforgettable love.

When Ballymuir's sharp-witted artist Violet Kilbride, who inherited the gift of second sight from her beloved grandmother, decides to sell her nan's cottage in Duncarraig, she returns to a town that holds complicated memories. Vi fell in love with Liam Rafferty there one teenage summer and has never gotten over their failed romance. When she runs into Liam -- now a divorced dad -- the attraction flares anew. But just as quickly, their reignited passion is threatened by Liam's quest for the legendary treasure known as Rafferty's gold, which was entrusted to an ancestor of Vi's who was also scorned by a Rafferty man. Determined to find the gold herself -- and to see that it ends up in a museum -- Vi pits her second sight against Liam's fancy gold-hunting gadgets. But the lure of lost treasure doesn't stand a chance against a love like this...or does it?

Hot Whispers of an Irishman by Dorien Kelly

Hot Whispers of an Irishman

by: Dorien Kelly

Ballymuir trilogy

Pocket Books
December 1, 2005
Featuring: Violet Kilbride; Liam Rafferty
384 pages
ISBN: 0743464605
Paperback

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