A collection of stirringly crafted inspirational poetry, celebrating and exploring both the immense and the seemingly insignificant. From soaring imagery to comforting Irish blessings, this collection of poems sweeps the reader into a world of peace and tranquility and invite you to share in Orna Ross's worshipful appreciation of life.

An anthology of extracts from some of Orna Ross's best books: stories and poems as well as books from the GO CREATIVE! series. Inspirations, and illuminations to ignite your own creative flow and insights into the author's own creative process.

A collection of three bestselling novels from Orna Ross. AFTER THE RISING is a multi-generational murder mystery of love, revenge and redemption set against the background of the Irish Civil War. HER SECRET ROSE is the first book in The Yeats-Gonne Trilogy, chronicling the passionate relationship between W.B. Yeats and Maud Gonne. BLUE MERCY is a contemporary family drama, with a murder at its heart, full of emotional twists and surprises The three together provide a great value, bumper treat and the perfect introduction to the wide-ranging work of this bestselling and award-winning author.

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Poetry: there are times in life when nothing else will do. This is the first in a series of poetry pamphlets by a bestselling and acclaimed novelist, a collection of ten poems about ten widely different things, but all circling the theme of daily inspiration and creative presence.

Poetry: there are times in life when nothing else will do. This is the second in a series of poetry pamphlets by a bestselling and acclaimed novelist, a collection of ten poems about ten widely different things, but all circling the theme of daily inspiration and creative presence.

Poetry: there are times in life when nothing else will do. This is the third in a series of poetry pamphlets by a bestselling and acclaimed novelist, a collection of ten poems about ten widely different things, but all circling the theme of daily inspiration and creative presence.

Poetry: there are times in life when nothing else will do. This is the fourth in a series of poetry pamphlets by a bestselling and acclaimed novelist, a collection of ten poems about ten widely different things, but all circling the theme of daily inspiration and creative presence.

Poetry: there are times in life when nothing else will do. This is the fifth in a series of poetry pamphlets by a bestselling and acclaimed novelist, a collection of ten poems about ten widely different things, but all circling the theme of daily inspiration and creative presence.

The mid-winter holiday provides the perfect space to indulge the pleasure of poetry and in this pamphlet you’ll find a poem for each of the twelve days of that holiday season. All these Christmas poems circle around the story we’ve been telling for 2000 years about what happened in Bethlehem on a certain 25th December – and the deep questions that underwrite it.

Willie Yeats was 23 years old in 1889, when Maud Gonne, six feet tall, elegantly beautiful and passionately political, came calling to his house and “the troubling of his life” began. He spread his dreams under her feet, as they set about creating a new Ireland, through his poetry and her politics, and their shared interest in the occult. Yeats forged a poetic career from his unrequited love for Gonne, his unattainable muse. But as this novel says, “when looked at from the woman’s side of the bedsheet, most tales take a turning, and this one more than most.” Delving deep into their letters and journals, and communications of the family and friends around them, uncovers a story that doesn’t quite fit the poetic myth. Packed with emotional twists and surprises, Her Secret Rose is a novel of secrets and intrigue, passion and politics, mystery and magic, that brings to life 1890s Dublin, London and Paris, two fascinating characters — and a charismatic love affair that altered the course of history for two nations.

Will you side with mother or daughter? When Mercy Mulcahy was 40 years old, she was accused of killing her elderly and tyrannical father. Now, at the end of her life, she has written a book about what really happened on that fateful night of Christmas Eve, 1989. The tragic and beautiful Mercy has devoted her life to protecting Star, especially from the father whose behavior so blighted her own life. Yet Star vehemently resists reading her manuscript. Why? What is Mercy hiding? Was her father's death, as many believe, an assisted suicide? Or something even more sinister? In this book, nothing is what it seems on the surface and everywhere there are emotional twists and surprises. ("Breathtaking, and I mean literally -- actual gasps will happen" said one reader review). Set in Ireland and California, Blue Mercy is a compelling novel that combines lyrical description with a page-turning style to create an enthralling tale of love, loss and the ever-present possibility of redemption.

It's August in the long, hot summer of 1995 and Jo Devereux can't believe that she hasn't yet returned home to San Francisco, though the time for her to have her baby draws near. Still resisting Rory O'Donovan, her childhood sweetheart, she is also still excavating their family's entwined and twisted history. After months thinking and writing about her great-uncle Barney's death at the hands of Dan O'Donovan, she is brought to consider just who led Dan to his grisly death, suffocation in Mucknamore's notorious sinking sands. Combing the family letters and diaries for what has gone unsaid, Jo is unprepared for the knowledge of how it affected her own life fifty years on. But what does this mean for her and Rory, as he draws ever closer? BEFORE THE FALL (sequel to AFTER THE RISING) is a sweeping, multigenerational tale set in 1920s and 1990s Ireland and 1980s San Francisco. A novel for anyone who ever tried to break free.

When Jo Devereux returns to Ireland after an absence of 20 years, the last person she expects to meet at her mother's funeral is Rory O'Donovan. The unexplained conflict between Rory's family and Jo's was the one constant of her childhood and caused their painful breakup. Now she's back in Mucknamore, the Irish village where they both grew up, he's urging her to stay on and she's tempted. Because of him? Because her mother no longer lives? Because her life in San Francisco is such a mess? Or because, being a writer, she always swore she'd write a book about it all. Jo settles into a shed near the beach and embarks on a quest, uncovering astonishing truths about her mother and grandmother, about women's role in the conflict that became known as "The War of The Brothers", and about a killing with consequences that have ricocheted through the generations -- leading ultimately to the revolt that made her leave home. Rory, mired in an unhappy marriage, is urging her to rebel again but reading her family history has made Jo cautious. "Rebellion has an energy that sweeps people up," she tells him, "but what happens after the rising?" That's the question she must answer if her exhumation of the past is to redeem her future. AFTER THE RISING was Orna Ross's debut novel. Widely acclaimed and an instant bestseller,it's a compelling story of love, loss, revenge and the search for redemption. Its sequel is BEFORE THE FALL.