The Love Book

In 1980, three schoolgirls visit St. Valentine's shrine in Dublin, to write their petitions for love. By 2010, these same women have discovered that finding love was the easy part - it's what you do with it once you've found it that's tricky.

When one of the women returns home unexpectedly from California, all three are forced to examine their choices, loves, and lives, which have proved surprising, and in some ways, precarious. So much for St. Valentine - if the saint has taught them anything about love - it's be careful what you wish for.

But real love is always a work in progress - and Vonnie, Abby and Diana must learn they need to open their eyes and more especially their hearts - because St. Valentine has some unfinished business with them...

“'Witty and warm emotion, mixed with tense excitement, will have you engrossed from the start. Definitely one for the suitcase. Excellent.'”

Superb. THE LOVE BOOK is not something you ever want to stop reading. - Sunday Independent Dublin

Praise for No Reservations:

'You'll devour this in one sitting . . . Grown-up, intelligent fiction. She just gets better and better.' - Cathy Kelly

The right mix of heartfelt emotion and upbeat humour - Image

An easy, polished read that has a lot of perceptive insight - Irish Independent

Fiona O'Brien left an award winning career in advertising to write her first novel in 2002. She lives in Sandymount, Dublin. She keeps a website at and can be found on Facebook.

In 1980, three schoolgirls visit St. Valentine's shrine in Dublin, to write their petitions for love. By 2010, these same women have discovered that finding love was the easy part - it's what you do with it once you've found it that's tricky.When one of the women returns home unexpectedly from California, all three are forced to examine their choices, loves, and lives, which have proved surprising, and in some ways, precarious. So much for St. Valentine - if the saint has taught them anything about love - it's be careful what you wish for.But real love is always a work in progress - and Vonnie, Abby and Diana must learn they need to open their eyes and more especially their hearts - because St. Valentine has some unfinished business with them...

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