Island

People think I belong to Connor. They're wrong. I've stood on this stretch of Ireland's west coast long before he was born, watching storms roll in from the Atlantic, listening to laughter, grief and silence settle beneath my roof. Families come and go. Children grow. Hearts break. Life carries on. Then Liv Olsen arrives. She wasn't expected. One wrong turn on a narrow road is all it takes, and suddenly there's another place set at my table. She tells herself she's only staying until she can leave. I've heard that before. Connor Donoghue believes he has his life carefully arranged. His three daughters, his work, the routines that keep everything standing. He doesn't notice the small changes at first. A chair that is no longer empty. A laugh that lingers in my kitchen. A stranger who begins to feel familiar. I have watched enough lives to know that the biggest changes rarely announce themselves. Set against the dramatic landscape of Ireland's west coast, Island is a novel about family, loss, belonging and the lives we were never meant to live.