Title: The Keeper of the Irish Secret (audio)   
Author:  Susanne O’Leary       
Genre:  Fiction, romance      
Rating:  4 out of 5

Lily Fleury used to love visiting her eccentric grandmother Sylvia in Ireland, taking long sunset walks on the beach and exploring the nooks and crannies of the family’s old home Magnolia Manor. But when she arrives from Dublin broken-hearted, hoping to heal in Sylvia’s warm embrace, she finds the once ornate Georgian house in disrepair and the gardens wildly overgrown. Sylvia has always been fiercely independent, but Lily can’t believe she hasn’t told anyone she’s been struggling.

Lily knows she can’t leave until she gets Sylvia back on her feet. Although mysterious local builder Dominic agrees to help, from the moment Lily looks into his fierce green eyes they clash over how to fix the sprawling estate. It’s only when she hears the soft Irish lilt of his voice as he sings in the local pub that their arguments ignite a spark of passion neither can ignore…

But when Lily finds a trunk of tattered letters in the gatehouse, she discovers a devastating secret Sylvia has been hiding about Magnolia Manor. And she soon learns the real reason Dominic agreed to help out. Lily wanted to save her family home, and could see a life here with Dominic, but will the truth force her to leave the man who has captured her heart and never return?

I really liked this narrator and her accent! That made listening to this book a fun experience. This was a sweet read, with a bit of a family mystery thrown in for good measure. I enjoyed Lily’s (and her sisters’) relationship with their grandmother, and I really loved the small-town feel of the setting. This is a fun weekend read.

Susanne O’Leary is a bestselling author. The Keeper of the Irish Secret is her newest novel.

(Galley courtesy of Dreamscape MEdia in exchange for an honest review.)

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