Dancing to an Irish Reel by Claire Fullerton Review!

Twenty five year old Hailey Crossan takes a trip to Ireland during her sabbatical from the Los Angeles record business. While on the trip, she is unexpectedly offered a job in the Irish music business that is too good to turn down, so she decides to stay.
Although Hailey works in Galway City, she lives in the rural area of Connemara, an area steeped in history and famous for its Irish traditional music. When Hailey meets famous Irish traditional musician, Liam Hennessey, a confusing relationship begins, which Hailey thinks may be the result of their differing cultures,for Liam is married to the music, and so unbalanced at the prospect of love, that he won't come closer nor completely go away. And so begins the push and pull of an attraction that Hailey struggles to decipher. Thankfully, a handful of local friends come to her aid, and Hailey comes to love a land and its people-- both with more charm than she ever imagined. 

Claire Fullerton's second novel, "Dancing to an Irish Reel," ( fiction set on the western coast of Ireland) was released by Vinspire Publishing on March 17th, 2015. It was listed on Books go Social's Top 7 books to read the Holiday Season of 2015, and was the book blogger, Ronovan Hester of Ronovan Writes # 1 book to read of 2015. Claire is also the author of Paranormal Mystery, "A Portal in Time," (Vinspire.) She is a four time award winning essayist, a contributor to numerous magazines, a five time contributor to the "Chicken Soup for the Soul" book series, and a consistent contributor to The Wild Geese online Irish community. She hails from Memphis,TN and now lives in Malibu,CA. Claire is currently writing her third novel, which is a family saga set in the South based on her 2013 award winning essay in the San Francisco Writers Conference.

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My Thoughts

Ah Ireland! Just thinking of Ireland makes me wistful. Dancing to an Irish Reel by Claire Fullerton is a story of a young woman, Hailey, who takes a trip to Ireland and ends up staying, albiet illegally as her visa expired, and working in an Irish music business helping to bring exposure to local talents. While there she meets a young talented traditional musician, Liam. Liam is a very quiet, reserved and broody young man and Hailey develops an attraction to him. 

The author weaves a wonderful story of Ireland, it's people and customs along with the two main characters, Hailey and Liam. With descriptive narratives, you can almost imagine that you are there and smell the peat bog and feel the mist on your skin! I really enjoyed this story and hope to read more by this author! Want a taste of Ireland? Then this read is a must!

I received a copy of this book for review and was not monetarily compensated.