A Canvas of Summer Skies
(2025)(The second book in the Love in Ballycove series)
A novel by Maeve McBride
One daring design. One cautious surfer. And a rivalry that paints itself into something neither of them saw coming.
Muralist Niamh O'Shea has one dream for Ballycove's first Arts and Waves Festival: a thirty-foot sea-dragon blazing across the town's iconic cliffs. Former pro surfer Rory Donnelly, now running the Board and Bike shop, sees disaster in neon paint and tourist selfies. Thrown together as festival co-chairs, they agree on exactly one thing: they cannot stand each other.
Then the late-night planning sessions begin.
Salt-sweet breezes and shared secrets have a way of blurring the line between clashing and chemistry. When a slick outside investor dangles Rory a lucrative sponsorship, but only if Niamh's bold mural is replaced by bland corporate branding, he must choose between safe profit and the village's creative soul. And Niamh's hard-won reputation hangs on finishing the design that could define her career.
Forced into a fragile truce, they battle deadlines, relentless gossip, and their own stubborn pride. Every brush-stroke and tide-tumble lesson draws them closer, until rivalry softens into something as dazzling as the Atlantic sunset.
Perfect for fans of sweet enemies-to-lovers romance, grumpy-sunshine Irish love stories, and small-town reads with coastal charm. Book 2 of the Love in Ballycove series — each book is a standalone with a guaranteed happily-ever-after.
Genre: Romance
Muralist Niamh O'Shea has one dream for Ballycove's first Arts and Waves Festival: a thirty-foot sea-dragon blazing across the town's iconic cliffs. Former pro surfer Rory Donnelly, now running the Board and Bike shop, sees disaster in neon paint and tourist selfies. Thrown together as festival co-chairs, they agree on exactly one thing: they cannot stand each other.
Then the late-night planning sessions begin.
Salt-sweet breezes and shared secrets have a way of blurring the line between clashing and chemistry. When a slick outside investor dangles Rory a lucrative sponsorship, but only if Niamh's bold mural is replaced by bland corporate branding, he must choose between safe profit and the village's creative soul. And Niamh's hard-won reputation hangs on finishing the design that could define her career.
Forced into a fragile truce, they battle deadlines, relentless gossip, and their own stubborn pride. Every brush-stroke and tide-tumble lesson draws them closer, until rivalry softens into something as dazzling as the Atlantic sunset.
Perfect for fans of sweet enemies-to-lovers romance, grumpy-sunshine Irish love stories, and small-town reads with coastal charm. Book 2 of the Love in Ballycove series — each book is a standalone with a guaranteed happily-ever-after.
Genre: Romance
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