Verna Cassidy

Past Lives and Family Ties. Set in a small Irish town. Old romances reignite whilst reunions are sour than expected. Visions of Cian come to Conor guiding him towards the killer whose identity is close than he ever imagined.

Lizzie is struggling to make ends meet. She lives with constant anxiety about the strong reputation she must maintain before the people surrounding her. She is crippled by the cost of living in the modern Irish society, bore down by the prices of the inhalers she needs to breathe. Lizzie finds herself manipulating her way around the money problems in her life, hurting others and herself in the process. This is all done to avoid the acceptance of help from her wealthy family, who value money and class far too much for Lizzie to ignore it. Her determination to avoid this so-called failure pushes her to the edge, until she can no longer hide from the truth of her struggles.

Robbie attempts to move out of his parents house but soon realizes that renting in Dublin isn't as simple as he thought. Accompanying him on his journey are his piggy bank and the voice narrating his life.

James, a homosexual man, and Grace, an aroace woman, maintain a false marriage to protect themselves from a harsh society. On his 40th birthday, James begins a journey of self discovery...