{"product_id":"a-bealtaine-bonfire-kiss-maeve-mcbride-9798196911286","title":"A Bealtaine Bonfire Kiss: Sweet, Small-Town Irish Romance","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAn old misunderstanding, a bonfire night, and a second chance bright as flames.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMay in Ballymara arrives in wildflowers and long evenings, with a Bealtaine bonfire waiting on the strand like a dare.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFiona, florist and garden designer, has built a beautiful life out of careful choices. She knows where everything belongs, including her heart. Seán does not fit anywhere she has made room for him. He is the heritage carpenter and local historian she almost married years ago, the one she never quite forgot, and he has just come back to town.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThey are forced to work together. The Seaglass Inn needs heritage status to unlock the funding that could stop the developer's plan for good, and Seán is the only person who can make that case. Fiona is already dressing the inn for its biggest fundraising push yet. The town needs them aligned, not divided.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSeán has lived with the guilt of leaving and the stubborn belief that it was too late to fix what he broke. He tells himself he came back for the inn, for the craft, for the history Ballymara is trying to keep. He does not tell himself he came back for Fiona.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe truth is simpler and more painful. They did not end because the love was gone. They ended because one misunderstanding made them both feel unwanted, and neither of them was brave enough to ask for the truth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the bonfire light flickers across the strand, they must decide whether they will let the past decide their future again.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eOne kiss can be a goodbye. Or it can be the moment you finally come home.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePerfect for readers who love: \u003c\/b\u003e second chance romance, former sweethearts reunited, Irish festival settings, slow-burn emotional tension, and a happily ever after that has been a long time coming.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Maeve McBride\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798196911286\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/14\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 258\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.57lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.54d","brand":"Maeve McBride","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49173151187199,"sku":"9798196911286","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-bealtaine-bonfire-kiss-maeve-mcbride-9798196911286","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}