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Clare Dowling
***BESTSELLING COMMERCIAL FICTION AT ITS MOST ENTERTAINING***
Clare Dowling is the Irish No.1 bestselling author of eight women’s fiction novels. Clare is sold in 8 languages worldwide. Her most recent novel, A Special Delivery, is an Irish Times bestseller.
Clare Dowling was born in Kilkenny in 1968. She trained as an actress and has worked in theatre, film and radio. She began writing for theatre in 1992 and has had five stage plays produced in Dublin. She co-writes a weekly children's fiction series on the Internet and she is currently a scriptwriter on Ireland's top soap, FAIR CITY. She lives in Dublin and is married with a son.
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'Very funny and original' - Cathy Kelly
'The wry voice, confident plotting and upbeat mood - where irony and warmth are tightly interlaced elevate this to a very satisfying read' - Marian Keyes
Great subplots and hilarious supporting characters..will leave you with a positive and uplifting feeling at the end' - Irish Tatler

A Special Delivery
Every family has its ups and downs ...
Aisling Brady is miserable. So is her husband Mossy. The three kids are too. Yet nobody dares say a thing. Instead the Bradys keep their heads down and grimly look forward to another miserable Christmas in Dublin.
What Aisling doesn't know is that this year, they will get the most unexpected gift of all. One that will bring joy and heartbreak, hope and a string of sleepless nights.
As their world is turned upside down, questions have to be asked. But are the Bradys ready to face the truth about themselves? And what each of them has done?
Territory | Publisher/Agent |
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World | Darley Anderson Agency |
UK & Commonwealth | Headline |

Can't Take My Eyes Off You
Clara's been away for too long. So, after ten great years in London, and with boyfriend Matthew in tow, she arrives home in Castlemoy, a town with nineteen pubs and a shiny new motorway to civilisation.
The family welcomes her with open arms: her diet-shy mother, her closet-dwelling sister and her actor brother who scratches a living doing voiceover ads for chicken.
Not everyone is delighted to see her though. Jason, her long-ago ex, seems to have old scores to settle. Soon Clara finds herself being watched, followed and manipulated from afar. How can she make him stop? And if she tells, who will believe her?
As her dreams of happily-ever-after begin to shatter, Clara decides it's time to wrestle her life back.
Territory | Publisher/Agent |
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UK & Commonwealth | Headline |
World | Darley Anderson Agency |

Would I Lie To You?
Why tell the truth... if you know it's going to hurt?
Hannah has known Ellen and Barbara since they shared student digs. So when Ollie, the father of her daughter Cleo, unexpectedly walks out, who better to turn to than her best friends?
The reunion takes place in Ellen and husband Mark's converted farmhouse in France, where Hannah slowly becomes reacquainted with nature - the white-back pigs, the rooster with the mental health issues - and, more importantly, what she really wants out of her life.
Then something shocking happens, which threatens not only her recovery, but the very bonds of her friendship with Ellen and Barbara. Her loyalty is put to the test - if she does the right thing, will it blow Ellen's marriage out of the water? And why does she find herself turning to Ollie, of all people, for advice...?
Territory | Publisher/Agent |
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World | Darley Anderson Agency |
UK & Commonwealth | Headline |

Too Close For Comfort
There's nobody like your sister when things go wrong.
At least that's what Ali hopes as she flees America and a broken marriage. Emma will surely take her and her three kids in, and it'll be just like old times, right? But the last thing Emma needs right now is her sister descending upon of her. Not when she's recovering from some earth-shattering news of her own. How can she tell Ali her secret, when she can't even get her head around it herself?
Ali and Emma want to pick up where they left off - but it's not going to be easy.
Territory | Publisher/Agent |
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World | Darley Anderson Agency |
UK & Commonwealth | Headline |
Poland | Remi Katarzyna Portnicka |

Just The Three Of Us
Debs
is having an affair with a married man. Not that she meant to or
anything. But while she was miserably hanging around waiting for Mr Right
– if only she could lose that stubborn half stone – Bob just
kind of happened. Lovely, kind, sexy Bob.
Geri is married to Bob. She also thinks he’s lovely, kind and sexy,
even if the last bit has worn thin after seventeen years of marriage. And
two kids. And the horrible sound he makes brushing his teeth in the mornings.
But, surely, Bob wouldn’t do anything to hurt her...
So for now it’s just the three of them – but how long can that
last?
Territory | Publisher/Agent |
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World | Darley Anderson Agency |
UK & Commonwealth | Headline |
Italy | Newton Compton |
Serbia | Evro Giunti |
Turkey | Epsilon |

Going It Alone
*No3
ON THE IRISH BESTSELLER LIST**
A hilarious and romantic novel about marriage, motherhood and mid-life crises.
Millie's biological clock has been ticking for some time, and on the eve
of her fortieth birthday the alarm bell starts ringing. She needs to have
a baby and fast, but after months of fruitless trying, her husband Andrew
is feeling like a walking sperm bank and their marriage is in crisis.
Matters come to a head when Andrews job relocates to London and Millie decides
that if he wont stick around to get her pregnant, then shell do it without
him. Setting her sights on Spain, Millie embarks on a voyage of discovery.
Territory | Publisher/Agent |
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World | Darley Anderson Agency |
UK & Commonwealth | Headline |
Germany | Droemer |
Italy | Newton & Compton |
Latvia | Kontinents |

No Strings Attached
***
IN AT NO3 ON THE IRISH TIMES BESTSELLER LISTS***
After a series of toxic bachelors, Mia finally meets David. But the night
before their wedding, David's car is discovered on the top of a steep cliff,
with his clothes neatly folded on the bonnet. To add insult to injury, his
credit card number shows up two days later in the south of France. Has he
got cold feet? Or has something more sinister happened to David? Mia sets
off to France in search of answers, accompanied by David's best friend Lenny,
the most toxic bachelor of them all. He's on a mission to convince Mia that
relationships were never meant to last forever. And he's game if she is!
Territory | Publisher/Agent |
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World | Darley Anderson Agency |
UK & Commonwealth | Headline |
France | Hachette Livre |
Germany | Droemer |
Latvia | Kontinents |
Turkey | Epsilon |

My Fabulous Divorce
SOMETIMES
HAPPINESS IS HARD TO FIND...
Jackie Ball knows that happiness is hard to find, so when Dan Lewis jogs
into her life with his skin-tight shorts and sexy smile she grabs him while
she can. One night he produces a diamond ring and suggests he trade
in his BMW for a people carrier.
But there’s a fly in the ointment – her first husband Henry.
As far as Jackie’s concerned, their marriage was like a bad dream,
so she hires a solicitor and sets about moving on.
But Henry has some old scores to settle and the divorce papers hitting the
dog-haired mat are just the excuse he needs. It’s not that he
still loves her, but Jackie walked out on him without even leaving a note
and now he wants to know why…
My Fabulous Divorce is a contemporary romantic
comedy about a modern marriage, how expectations and realities can often
bitterly collide, and how love can triumph despite the odds.
‘For Sheila O’Flanagan and Cathy Kelly fans,
a warm, Irish, poignant read’ - Bookseller
‘Very warm, very funny...witty and refreshingly honest’
- Irish World
Territory | Publisher/Agent |
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World | Darley Anderson Agency |
UK & Commonwealth | Headline |
Brazil | Bertrand Brasil |
France | Hachette Livre |
Germany | Droemer |
Italy | Newton & Compton |
Latvia | Kontinents |
Poland | Dolnoslaskie |
Serbia | Evro Giunti |