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Author and top-ten Amazon bestseller Catherine Walsh was born and raised in Ireland.  She has a degree in Popular Literature and the only prize she ever won for writing was at the age of 14 in school (but she still cherishes it.) She lived in London for a few years, where she worked in Publishing and the non-profit sector before returning to Dublin, where she now lives between the mountains and the sea. When not writing, she is trying and failing to not kill her houseplants.

Catherine Walsh Books In Order (by publication date)

One Night Only by Catherine Walsh

Prepare to laugh until you cry with this perfect feel-good romantic comedy about taking a chance on love. Fans of Sophie Ranald, Sophie Kinsella and Marian Keyes won’t be able to put this down!

Who could have predicted this? Being at the same wedding. In Ireland. There’s a reason one-night stands are one-night stands. You’re not supposed to see each other again, especially not when you’re the maid of honor, and he’s the groom’s brother…

Sarah Anderson has never been more excited about anything in her life. She’s going to her best friend’s wedding. And not just any wedding. An Irish wedding. Goodbye New York, hello rolling green hills and men with beautiful accents and twinkling eyes.

But Sarah should have known that not all guests are fairy-tale princes…

There’s the chinless Uncle Trevor, whose idea of small talk is to claim climate change is a conspiracy.

Then there’s Great Aunt Eileen, who doesn’t talk at all (she’s too busy replacing the hotel cutlery with her own set).

Worst of all, there’s Declan Murphy. Best man. Brother of the groom. And the man Sarah last saw naked.

Is there anything more mortifying than bumping into a one-night stand halfway across the world? Especially as Declan seems determined to embarrass Sarah at every turn. At least when the wedding’s over she’ll never have to see him again.

But, back in New York, Sarah finds the more she tries to forget Declan, the more she can’t shake the thought of that infuriatingly charming smile and the way he wears a tux…

Was he really just for one night only, or might Declan Murphy be The One?

Totally Booked UK: Enjoying a one-night stand just before she heads to Ireland for her best friend’s wedding, Sarah practically pushes him out the door the following morning – despite how gorgeous he may look. But Sarah doesn’t make commitments and relationships following trauma from her parents (mom cheated) and then her only long-term boyfriend not returning her love. Landing in Ireland, she is happy for her friend, although she feels somewhat out of being surrounded by family/friends she doesn’t know until the groom introduces his brother, Declan.

She wasn’t supposed to see him again, and now she is trapped at a wedding with her one-night stand. Declan isn’t exactly thrilled to be there, either. So they slip into a banter-filled evening until he lets it slip to his family that they had previously slept together. She was making things awkward as his mum attempted to match between them. They fall back into bed with each other the night before the wedding when Sarah feels sad about her friend’s relocation news, with Declan heading back to New York straight after the wedding without so much as a goodbye.

Their paths cross over the coming months, seeing him at one of his bars interrupting a date she was on and turning up at her office as a new client, although he wasn’t meant to be at the meeting. Spending time together eases her fear of commitment until details about Declan’s guarded past come to light, and Sarah pushes him away again. Has she pushed him away one too many times?

“Really?” He looks surprised. “You don’t have any Irish in you?” “Nope.” “Would you like some?”

The Rebound by Catherine Walsh

The perfect feel-good romantic comedy that will make you laugh until you cry and fall completely in love. Fans of Sophie Kinsella, Marian Keyes, and Emily Henry won’t be able to put this down!

A newly single girl. A tall dark handsome stranger. What could go wrong?

It’s 7 a.m. on a Monday and Abby Reynolds isn’t where she wants to be. She wants to be in her beautiful loft apartment in Manhattan, drinking a coffee with her fiancé.

Instead, she’s heading back to the childhood home in rural Ireland she swore she’d never return to, with some big old secrets. Namely that she’s suddenly found herself unemployed, homeless, and absolutely 100% single.

She’s feeling all out of luck. Until the first person she meets after she touches down is an absurdly hot guy called Luke, who offers her a lift home. Gazing deep into his sparkling emerald-green eyes, Abby knows instantly that he’s exactly what she needs to take her mind off everything. The perfect rebound.

It’s a flawless plan. Until the next day, when Abby realizes who he actually is. Not just a stranger. He is, in fact, Luke Bailey, aka the boy next door. Luke Bailey who—so help her God—she’s pretty sure she once shared baths with, back when they were kids. Not that she can allow herself to imagine him in a bath now, not without blushing from head to foot.

And judging by the smirk on his face, the same Luke Bailey who’s known exactly who she was the whole time… And who, like everyone in the village, still thinks she’s a high-flying New Yorker… who’s getting married next year.

Abby is certain getting under Luke will help her get over her ex. But the truth is stopping her. Can she admit to everyone back home that she’s single and has lost everything? Because, if she wants the boy next door, she may just have to…

Totally Booked UK: Finding herself stuck waiting for a bus back to her hometown, Abby can’t believe the news that the bus only runs on a Wednesday. Lucky for her, a handsome stranger offers to drive her as he is headed in the same direction. With fourteen hours of travelling under her belt, she is both keen and reluctant to get to her sister’s house. She lost her job, savings, investments and home when the financial company she worked for filed for bankruptcy, not to mention her engagement with Tyler, which was broken off just weeks before everything happened with her job.

Flirting with the stranger, she relaxes into the journey and reluctantly heads into her sister’s house for the third degree and why she is late, her job, life, etc. However, when the neighbours pop round for dinner the next day, the ones she grew up with as they were friends of her parents. She is in shock when it suddenly clicks that the handsome stranger is their son Luke, who she used to play with as a child – but he has changed somewhat since then. Flirting continues until her sister mentions Abby’s fiance, whom she has not told anyone they have broken up with, and Luke backs away.

Their paths crossed around the quaint Irish town, friendships overlapping and their feelings charging. Abby needs to come clean about Tyler to everyone, but when she learns that someone else has their heart set on Luke, it is time for her to back away. Can they ever work things out between then? But being home is a short-term solution, so this can only ever be a rebound thing – right?

Holiday Romance: Catherine Walsh Christmas Romcom Book 1 by Catherine Walsh

A totally gorgeous and escapist friends-to-lovers festive romance with a swoon-worthy hero. Perfect for fans of Sophie Kinsella, Mhairi McFarlane, and Christina Lauren.

She’s meant to be catching flights, not catching feelings…

Molly and Andrew are just trying to return to Ireland for the holidays when a freak snowstorm grounds their flight.

Nothing romantic has ever happened between them: they’re friends, and that’s all. But once a year, for the last ten years, Molly has spent seven hours and fifteen minutes sitting next to Andrew on the last flight before Christmas from Chicago to Dublin, drinking terrible aeroplane wine and catching up on each other’s lives. Despite all the ways the two friends are different, it’s the holiday tradition neither of them has ever wanted to give up.

Molly isn’t bothered by Christmas, but—in yet another way, they’re total opposites—Andrew is a full fanatic for the festive season, and she knows how much getting back to Ireland means to him. So, instead of doing the sane thing and just celebrating the holidays together in America, she does the stupid thing. The irrational thing. She vows to get him home. And in time for his mam’s famous Christmas dinner.

The clock is ticking. But Molly always has a plan. And—as long as the highly specific combination of taxis, planes, boats, and trains all run on time—it can’t possibly go wrong.

What she doesn’t know is that, as the snow falls over the city and over the heads of two friends who are sure they’re not meant to be together, the universe might have a plan of its own…

The Matchmaker by Catherine Walsh

A gorgeously escapist and utterly hilarious small-town romcom perfect for fans of Emily Henry, Sophie Kinsella and Christina Lauren.

Katie Collins has barely ever left her tiny Irish village of Ennisbawn. Why would she? With its tightknit community, friendly local pub, and gorgeous countryside, it has everything that Katie needs. That is, until hot-shot Callum Dempsey turns up.

Though she’d rather not admit it, hot is the perfect way to describe Callum. With his deep green eyes, strong jaw and (tattooed) arm-full of plans for a new hotel just outside the village, his arrival causes uproar in the village.

But when Katie discovers that the pub will need to be demolished as part of the plans, any feelings of attraction vanish in an instant. The pub is the last connection to her parents who met at Ennisbawn’s once-famous matchmaking festival.

So, after being laughed off the building site in her best flannel pyjamas for demanding the developers leave, Katie decides enough is enough and hatches a plan. She’s going to revive the matchmaking festival, save the pub, and single-handedly bring the town back to life again.

But as the plans for the festival escalate to brilliant, if terrifying, heights, Katie sees another side to Callum, and she’s forced to question where her feelings really lie. Callum is promising not just a new start for the village but potentially for Katie too. Will Katie discover that even when someone’s really not your type on paper, love might be a little bit more than just a formula?

Snowed In: Catherine Walsh Christmas Romcom Book 2 by Catherine Walsh

A swoonworthy and utterly gorgeous romantic comedy that will make you laugh out loud and fall completely in love. Fans of Emily Henry, Sophie Kinsella and Abby Jimenez won’t be able to put this down!

Megan is dreading going home for the holidays. She’s the village pariah, the she-devil who left local golden boy Isaac at the altar four years ago and ran away to the big city. She could really do without the drama. Particularly as he’s engaged again, and she’s just been dumped for the fourth time this year.

Christian’s fed up of being on his own every Christmas. He doesn’t mind being alone, but he hates his family’s sad eyes and soft tones as they sit around coupled up because he’s actually totally fine.

So when Megan bumps into Christian in a Dublin pub, they devise a pact to see them through the holiday season. They will be the very best fake dates for each other ever.

Rules are drawn up, a contract is signed on a wine-stained napkin. They will sit through each other’s family gatherings and be outrageously in love until freed from their annual obligations. After all, it’s only for a few weeks.

But with everyone home for the holidays and two big families to deal with alongside old friends, old flames and old feelings, things are bound to get messy. And when a snowed-in cabin and a little Christmas magic are added to the mix, anything could happen…

Book Series by Catherine Walsh

Catherine Walsh Christmas romcoms (2 books)

• Holiday Romance
• Snowed In

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