The house on Willow Street / Cathy Kelly.

The warm and wonderful new novel from the natural heir to Maeve Binchy Jess is happy with her lot; she lives in the idyllic Irish coastal village, Avalon, with her teenage son, Zach, and works in the local antiques shop. Her only regret in life is that everything went so horribly wrong with her first love, Cashel. Suki, Jess's sister, fled Ireland years ago to marry politician Kyle Richardon, but when Suki discovers that a biographer wants to tell-all about the Richardsons' there is only one place she can go to ensure that her secrets stay hidden. Danae is the village post mistress in Avalon and she's worked very hard to make sure nobody knows where she came from or who she is! Her past is her business and that's the way she would like to keep it. In Galway, Mara sits with a smile glued to her face at the wedding of her ex; she only wants to ask him one thing: why did he tell her he loved her? Needing to put her past behind her Mara packs up her life and gets ready for a fresh start. Can these four women lay their pasts to rest? Or, do they need to look back before they can begin to live for the future?

In the sleepy Irish coastal town of Avalon the big house on Willow Street has stood for generations. The big house is up for sale, and with its memories, especially for Cashel, who returns to the town with the ghosts of the distant past -- and the woman he swore to forget -- still haunting him.

In the sleepy Irish coastal town of Avalon the big house on Willow Street has stood for generations. The big house is up for sale, and with its memories, especially for Cashel, who returns to the town with the ghosts of the distant past - and the woman he swore to forget - still haunting him.