The Trouble With Secrets

Kilteegan Bridge, County Cork, Ireland 1958

For eighteen-year-old Lena O’Sullivan, life feels like a cage with invisible bars. While everyone expects her to follow the well-worn path of marriage to a local boy and raising a family, Lena dreams of adventure and a world beyond the rolling hills of Kilteegan Bridge.

Malachy Berger is heir to a vast fortune, owner of the most magnificent house in the county, and blessed with an education that opens doors to anywhere in the world, Malachy represents everything Lena has ever yearned for. Not only is Malachy intriguing but there’s something deliciously mysterious about his eccentric German father and their enigmatic past that has the entire village whispering behind closed doors.

When Lena and Malachy’s friendship blossoms into something deeper, their families react with shocking hostility. But why? What dark secrets are they so desperate to hide? What could possibly be so dangerous about two young people falling in love?

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