Maeve Gallagher O’Neill is an Irish romance writer whose debut novella, The Boys in the Band, explores small-town music, friendship, and love along the Donegal coast.
She writes under the Finnegans Forge Imprint.
The Books:
When two friends, Claire from Toronto and Mia from Boston, wander into a tiny coastal pub in County Sligo, Ireland, they expect a quiet pint and a bit of local colour. What they find instead are the musicians who will turn their holiday into something unforgettable.
At O’Hanlon’s Pub, the air hums with reels, laughter, and the kind of chemistry you cannot fake. Claire is not looking for love, certainly not with Declan Hanlon, the fiddle player whose eyes hold the sea and whose music stirs something she cannot name.
As music spills into the night and friendship deepens into something more, Claire begins to wonder whether this was meant to be a passing fling or the start of her own Irish love song.
Set against the wild beauty of Ireland’s Atlantic coast, The Boys in the Band is a witty, romantic escape about friendship, fate, and the power of music to bring two hearts into tune.
When American music journalist Meagan Carter arrives in Ballyshannon to cover a small Irish music festival, she expects fiddles, drizzle, and maybe a story. She does not expect Ronan Byrne, the local frontman with a voice that cuts straight through her defences.
He is supposed to be an interview, not a heartbeat. Yet as the weekend unfolds between sound checks and pints, Meagan finds herself torn between professional distance and the pull of something real.
In a town where the rain never quite stops and the pub lights never quite go out, Meagan discovers that authenticity can cost everything, and that sometimes the truth sounds a lot like love.
Warm, witty, and drenched in Irish atmosphere, Whiskey in the Rain is a story of music, trust, and the kind of connection that changes how you hear the world.
Bundoran. The Irish coast. A summer that was never meant to last.
When Shannon arrives in Bundoran for a holiday with her best friend, she plans on sea air, music, and maybe a few too many pints, not a local lad with a laugh that could warm the Atlantic. Then Ruairí walks into her life, tall, broad-shouldered, and reckless enough to make her forget herself.
What begins as a sun-soaked fling becomes something harder to leave behind. Between surf sessions, late nights, and the hum of music spilling from O’Hanlon’s pub, Shannon and Ruairí find something that feels real, even as summer fades and reality waits beyond the waves.
But Bundoran has a way of keeping its secrets, and every tide must turn.
Young Hearts Run Wild is a seaside Irish romance full of laughter, heartache, and that one summer you will never forget.
When Danny O’Connell answers a text on a quiet Monday, he thinks he is just clearing the air.
By Saturday, he belongs to her.
Danny’s life is simple. He works at the garage, pays his bills, and keeps to himself.
Then Amber Murphy walks back into it. She is beautiful, controlled, and dangerous in ways he feels in his chest before he feels them anywhere else.
One word from her changes everything.
Beg.
What begins as a single Saturday night in Cork turns into a secret arrangement neither of them can leave behind.
Blindfolds, restraints, heat that builds until it hurts.
And the one rule Danny cannot stop breaking: do not fall for her.
Amber keeps her walls high. Saturday nights are business. Masks, cameras, control.
But Danny sees the parts she never shows the world. The cracks, the softness, the want she refuses to admit.
As the money grows and pressure builds, the line between performance and something dangerously real begins to blur.
They must both decide how far they are willing to go for the one thing they never planned to feel.
A story about power, trust, desire, and the kind of connection that ruins you in the best possible way.
Amber and Danny lit up the screen in Fifty Shades of Amber, but once the rush fades, real life brings new complications. Passion is not enough, and the real challenge begins.
Shannon and Ruairí step into the spotlight with their own spark and a tension they can barely hide. What begins as a practical partnership quickly turns volatile, and every look and touch threatens to cross a line none of them planned to test.
Amber feels the shift. Danny sees it too.
Roles change, jealousy builds, and friendships strain as ambition and desire collide.
Partnership turns to pressure.
Pressure turns to temptation.
Temptation becomes a risk for all four.
Fifty Shades Deeper explores what happens when heat meets reality, and when loyalty, vulnerability, and ambition threaten the very bonds that brought them together.
Hotter, bolder, and far more dangerous.
Cillian never expects one moment in a Donegal café to change his life, but Aisling does exactly that. Their connection is instant and unsettling, a spark that grows into something fierce and dangerously real.
Aisling keeps her past hidden. Cillian avoids anything that forces him to face himself. Together they find something rare, but one truth waits to tear it open and pull both of their lives apart.
Secrets surface. Loyalties shake. Each reveal hits harder than the last. What begins as a quiet meeting becomes a journey of trust, fear, desire, and choices that cut deep. Cillian must confront what he believes about love, bravery, and who he truly is.
This is not a simple romance. It is raw, human, full of twists, and unforgettable long after the last page.