Legend of the Selkie

The book is branded a mystery, and that is true, but the mystery here is not a crime to be solved, bu

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Evocative, sensitive writing. There's a quiet, absolute control to this work. Like the sea beside which the story is set, the currents which stir it are powerful and hidden beneath the surface. It never hurries, drawing us deeper and deeper into the lives of the people of an Irish fishing village.

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The Back Story

The opening of the story was written while I took the Creative Writing Masters in Cork University. It later evolved into the current story. This book was rejected by Bookouture (and many others), but became the catalyst for The Irish Key, which Bookouture accepted. What is strange is that readers like this book equally as much as the later one that Bookouture decided was right for their list. So, editors don’t always get things right!

Daisy O'Shea

Romance

Encore this book!

Daisy O'Shea

Published by Bookouture as Daisy O’Shea (dual timeline fiction), self-published as Chris Lewando (thrillers) and Sue Lewando (Romance). I have a long history of determination (write-improve-write another book) and finally I have achieved a modicum of success. This has been financially liberating (not at best-seller level…). My new partner and I moved to Ireland (we both play Irish traditional music) and renovated a derelict on a shoestring. We now live our personal dream, debt-free. He has gone back to university to study paleo ecology, and I write. My small success story is derived not through excessive talent, but perseverance, and finally bumping into an editor who had faith in my work.

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