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  • Bibliography:
    18 Books
  • First Book:
    May 1993
  • Latest Book:
    November 2019
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Book List in Order: 18 titles



  • Seeking her fame and fortune in Dublin, small-town Irish woman Molly O'Brien finds herself torn between the love of the American who breaks down her defenses and the Irishman whom it is a sin to desire. Original....



  • They should have never come together that night. Rose O'Beirne Moffat was a lovely, high-spirited girl, schooled in a convent and knowing little of the power of the flesh. John Flynn was the most handsome young man in the county, and the most decen...



  • If the bus hadn't broken down that August afternoon on the road between Dublin and Cork, Elizabeth Sullivan would never have met George Gallaher, a travelling actor of infinite charm and fatal weakness. She would not have been forced to marry, nor fo...



  • Remembering her uncontrollable passion in the arms of a handsome worldly man who broke her heart, Elizabeth Sullivan seeks for release outside of her unfulfilling marriage and learns the painful price of forbidden desire. Original....



  • PASSIONS BEYOND THE PALE Hazel Slye was a slip of a girl when she was seduced and abandoned by the dashing George Gallaher. She was a beautiful woman of the world when she met Gallaher's handsome, heartbreakingly innocent son. She told herself it wa...



  • Sky McPherson, a small-town Montana newspaper reporter, stumbles upon the chilling secret behind the death of the pillars of her community, just as a mysterious schoolteacher from Ireland enters her life. Original....



  • What happens when someone you know and trust is accused of rape? What if that person is your brother who was placed in your sole charge from the age of a few months and whom you love as though he were your son? In Love Like Hate Adore, Angela Devine ...



  • You thought you'd heard the whole story? They painted the town green in the acclaimed international bestseller "Irish Girls About Town." Now "Irish Girls Are Back In Town" ...and their unique charm resonates throughout this high-spirited gathering...



  • Billy is an average-looking sixteen-year-old who lives in an ordinary house in an ordinary neighborhood on the north side of Dublin. Jesus, on the other hand, is a beautiful boy with continental manners, from the most sophisticated part of Barcelona....






  • A family drama between rival daughters that reveals a mothers passion. Larry is an 87-year-old widow. Old and frail, she remembers her youth as if it were yesterday and longs for her past vigor. Larry lives with her daughters. Martha, the good daught...



  • One summer changes everything... From the No 1 Irish bestselling author Deirdre Purcell comes Last Summer in Arcadia, a novel of marriage, family and survival. Perfect for fans of Maeve Binchy and Cathy Kelly.'Intimate, yet distinct. Purcell juggle...



  • The Husband is a gripping human story of love in its many guises, of losing everything and ultimately - in the small Midlands village of Glanmilish - of rediscovering the meaning of family.Marian Lescher's steady if predictable life in her native Chi...



  • Will wishes come true this holiday season? Find out in the sparkling new festive novel from No.1 bestselling author Deirdre Purcell... It is almost Christmas on the Santa Clara cruise liner, and as the ship sets sail from Barcelona for the last tim...



  • Will wishes come true this holiday season? Find out in the sparkling festive novel from No.1 bestselling author Deirdre Purcell...It is almost Christmas on the Santa Clara cruise liner, and as the ship sets sail from Barcelona for the last time, dram...



  • Love at first sight, on an ice floe, on a dream cruise. The sound of wedding bells soon after. Impossibly romantic, or so it seems...
    For mother-of-the-bride Grace, it is anything but. Years of caring for her beautiful, erratic and unpredictabl...



  • 'Thought-provoking, absorbing, superbly written ... Deirdre Purcell at her best' Patricia ScanlanA winter cruise sounds like a dream come true. But this gift from Grace's ex-husband is less a selfless act and more an effort to keep their highly destr...



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    May Lanigan's family activities lead to threats of eviction and the seizure of all her possessions. When she finds herself at the center of a public storm, an angel called Ambrose moves in. But when a publisher wants May to write her memoirs, Ambrose...



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    When her child is in danger, a woman will break all the rules... Deirdre Purcell's Marble Gardens is a compelling and original story with a perceptive eye into contemporary relationships. Perfect for fans of Maeve Binchy and Cathy Kelly. ...


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Deirdre Purcell has published 18 books.

Deirdre Purcell does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, That Christmas Wedding, was published in November 2019.

The first book by Deirdre Purcell, A Place of Stones, was published in May 1993.

No. Deirdre Purcell does not write books in series.