Christmas Bells & Ballycove Vows
(2025)(The sixth book in the Love in Ballycove series)
A novel by Maeve McBride
A grumpy pub owner. A sunshine principal. One Christmas wedding neither of them planned.
Seamus Gallagher likes his life simple: quiet nights, steady pints, and absolutely no Christmas glitter. Primary-school principal Sorcha Ni Riain runs on lists, glitter glue, and enough festive cheer to illuminate the entire Wild Atlantic Way. The only thing they have in common? A long, proud history of driving each other mad.
Then Ballycove wins a radio contest that funds one Christmas Eve wedding.
And the mischievous villagers vote the bickering pair straight to the altar.
To keep the prize money, Seamus and Sorcha make a pact: plan the wedding, fix his leaking pub roof, secure her new school wing, then part ways. No feelings allowed.
But as decorations go missing, rehearsals fall apart, and every married couple in Ballycove turns matchmaker, their strictly practical arrangement starts to feel anything but. When a fierce Atlantic storm tears the pub roof apart a week before Christmas, Sorcha fears Seamus will sacrifice everything for a vow he never wanted. Walking away would protect their pride and the town's prize money, but destroy the fierce loyalty and unexpected tenderness blooming beneath their bickering.
As Ballycove's newly-wed couples rally to rebuild, Seamus and Sorcha must choose: end the charade, or admit the miracle right in front of them.
Perfect for fans of sweet grumpy-sunshine Christmas romance, forced-proximity Irish love stories, and small-town holiday reads filled with banter and heart. The grand finale of the Love in Ballycove series.
Genre: Romance
Seamus Gallagher likes his life simple: quiet nights, steady pints, and absolutely no Christmas glitter. Primary-school principal Sorcha Ni Riain runs on lists, glitter glue, and enough festive cheer to illuminate the entire Wild Atlantic Way. The only thing they have in common? A long, proud history of driving each other mad.
Then Ballycove wins a radio contest that funds one Christmas Eve wedding.
And the mischievous villagers vote the bickering pair straight to the altar.
To keep the prize money, Seamus and Sorcha make a pact: plan the wedding, fix his leaking pub roof, secure her new school wing, then part ways. No feelings allowed.
But as decorations go missing, rehearsals fall apart, and every married couple in Ballycove turns matchmaker, their strictly practical arrangement starts to feel anything but. When a fierce Atlantic storm tears the pub roof apart a week before Christmas, Sorcha fears Seamus will sacrifice everything for a vow he never wanted. Walking away would protect their pride and the town's prize money, but destroy the fierce loyalty and unexpected tenderness blooming beneath their bickering.
As Ballycove's newly-wed couples rally to rebuild, Seamus and Sorcha must choose: end the charade, or admit the miracle right in front of them.
Perfect for fans of sweet grumpy-sunshine Christmas romance, forced-proximity Irish love stories, and small-town holiday reads filled with banter and heart. The grand finale of the Love in Ballycove series.
Genre: Romance
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