Always and Forever

From the bestselling author of The Year that Changed Everything comes a heartwarming story of three women whose daily stresses bring them to a spa in the hills of Ireland where their worlds collide. In the Irish town of Carrickwell, with its lush, endlessly rolling hills and authentic country tranquility, three women’s lives are anything but calm. There’s Mel, a compulsively ambitious mother and publicity manager at a high-powered PR firm—living proof that balancing motherhood and a full-time job is no walk in the park. The hot-headed, indomitable Cleo—just out of college with a degree in hotel management—would like nothing better than to modernize and revive her family’s dwindling hotel, but faces a constant battle with her old-fashioned parents. And finally, there’s the stylish, sweet-tempered Daisy, a self-consciously curvy fashion buyer for an upscale clothing boutique, who has been struggling—and longing—to have a baby with her absolutely perfect boyfriend. Although unconnected, these three women have one thing in common: they all need a break from their stressful lives. So each one sets out for a little R & R at the new Clouds Hill spa, built by an American woman with her own secret turmoil. It is there that Mel, Cleo, and Daisy meet—their worlds and troubles colliding—forming an intimate bond that helps them to realize what matters most in life, always and forever.