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Daisy O’Shea

Daisy O’Shea

Irish family mysteries

Some secrets wait a generation to be found.

Family secrets, fresh starts and the pull of the Irish coast. Emotional fiction rooted in a place like no other.

The Irish Key by Daisy O’Shea, book cover

Begin in Roone Bay with The Irish Key, book one of the Emerald Isle Series.

In reading order

The Emerald Isle Series

Five novels set in Roone Bay, on Ireland’s wild coast, where old feuds and hidden histories reach into the present. Each book follows a different woman searching for where she belongs.

  1. The Irish Key by Daisy O’Shea, book cover

    The Irish Key

    Who you’ll meet: Grace

    Book 1 in the Emerald Isle Series. In Roone Bay, Grace finds love, family, and the courage to begin again.

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  2. The Irish Child by Daisy O’Shea, book cover

    The Irish Child

    Who you’ll meet: a heartbroken newcomer from America

    Book 2 in the Emerald Isle Series. A heartbroken American woman arrives in Ireland’s wild Roone Bay seeking a fresh start and answers to a haunting family mystery.

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  3. The Irish Family Secret by Daisy O’Shea, book cover

    The Irish Family Secret

    Who you’ll meet: Ginny Kingston and Ruari Savage

    Book 3 in the Emerald Isle Series. When Ginny Kingston returns to Roone Bay, she is determined to uncover the truth behind her family’s long-standing feud with the Savages. Working with Ruari Savage—her forbidden first love—rekindles old feelings even as it stirs up dangerous secrets from the past. Together, they must decide whether revealing the truth will heal generations of division—or destroy their chance at happiness forever.

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  4. The Irish Daughter by Daisy O’Shea, book cover

    The Irish Daughter

    Who you’ll meet: Hannah Barry and Justin Sanders

    Book 4 in the Emerald Isle Series. When Hannah Barry learns the man she called father was never truly hers, her world fractures and the farmhouse she’s always known feels like a stranger’s home. A chance encounter with Justin Sanders—searching for his own family’s past—pulls her into a mystery that binds their stories together. But the truth hidden in Roone Bay’s silence may cost them both the love and belonging they’ve been desperate to find.

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  5. The Irish Inheritance by Daisy O’Shea, book five in the Emerald Isle Series

    The Irish Inheritance

    Who you’ll meet: Tara, Aoife and Declan Ford

    Book 5 in the Emerald Isle Series. With the help of local garda Declan Ford, Tara and Aoife must untangle a decades-old family secret and a possible cover-up that tore the sisters apart.

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“Wonderful… I loved it… My heart broke… Phenomenal… Had me flying through the pages… An unputdownable treasure.”
Page Turners, on The Irish Child
“Unputdownable… Captivating… Heart-warming… Breathtaking… Phenomenal.”
Page Turners, on The Irish Daughter
Legend of the Selkie by Daisy O’Shea, book cover

A standalone novel

Legend of the Selkie

Grainne discovers herself to be pregnant when the trawler her husband is on tragically founders in a freak storm. She is coming to terms with her strange legacy, when her life unravels in an unexpected manner, changing everything once again.

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A free anthology

Death of a Dream

Death of a Dream, free anthology, book cover

Short stories. Poems. Memoir.

Embracing joy, grief, myth and memory, this compilation is an introduction to the diverse genres I enjoy writing.