The Fairy Cottage of Ballydara

Lose your heart in the quaint Irish village of Ballydara, and the tender love story that began in Becoming Emma...

With her career going down the tubes, Dublin girl Emma Carey vows to fulfill her one, simple New Year's resolution: make a quick journey to rural County Galway, to do a small favor for her former colleague and friend, Declan O'Donoghue. Who, for a lovely little while, had been more than a friend. And then suddenly…hadn't.

Arriving in Galway, a temporary nanny gig falls into her lap--and while shocked at first, Emma soon figures, why not? A friendly, picturesque little village like Ballydara will be a terrific place to lick her career wounds before a fresh start. Problem: it's not just any nanny gig—it's working for the man she's doing her best to fall out of love with. 

The kids, while adorable, are a real handful--and giving the ramshackle cottage next door a makeover complicates Emma's job further. She has to wonder, exactly what has she gotten herself into?

Single dad Declan has been going it alone far too long. Having Emma in his life again--the woman he's yearned for and never forgotten--he knows he's in over his head. But when Declan's relations, five beautiful, unconventional sisters, descend on the newly cozy cottage, his life, and Emma's, takes a completely unexpected turn…

In this gently romantic tale of found family, growing closer to Declan in a lovable, close-knit community, will Emma find the life and love she's dreamed of?

Wise and warmhearted, The Fairy Cottage of Ballydara is the third novel of the Emma Carey trilogy, and the sequel to Becoming Emma, both part of Susan Colleen Browne's Village of Ballydara series!

About the Author: Susan Colleen Browne weaves her love of Ireland and her passion for country living into her Village of Ballydara series, novels and stories of love, friendship and family set in the Irish countryside. She's also the author of the "Little Farm" homesteading non-fiction books, including her latest, Little Farm in the Garden.

Susan runs a little homestead with her husband in the Pacific Northwest, USA. When she isn't wrangling hens or tending vegetable beds, she's working on her next Irish novel or gardening memoir!