A Coward's Escape
Muirghein O'Reilly is nineteen years old and pregnant when her husband, poor Scottish immigrant Jamie Alexander, leaves to make his fortune in the riches of the New World.
But when a year passes without sight nor sound of Jamie, Muirghein must accept that the love of her life has died at sea and that she is left with a bastard son and a less-than-crystalline reputation after her marriage.
Introduce the Doyles, a proud, wealthy Irish family with two twin sons, Cillian and Quillan, one of which Muirghein can't stand, the other of which she wants to love.
But when a year passes without sight nor sound of Jamie, Muirghein must accept that the love of her life has died at sea and that she is left with a bastard son and a less-than-crystalline reputation after her marriage.
Introduce the Doyles, a proud, wealthy Irish family with two twin sons, Cillian and Quillan, one of which Muirghein can't stand, the other of which she wants to love.
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Part One: A Rock by the Ocean
Muirghein makes the first life-changing decision. -
Part Two: A Rock on the Cliff
Muirghein examines her present and realises that it might echo her past. -
Part Three: A Rock on the Surface
Muirghein makes her final decision.