A mystical Irish tale set in the sleepy little village of Ballydara...

In this luminous prequel to the short story The Christmas Visitor, you'll meet the O'Donoghue family: Maeve, Declan, Nuala and Ava...and Frank, Maeve's husband. Frank is celebrating his retirement, planning to play lots of golf, when his son Declan shares shocking news. The next day, St. John's Eve (June 23rd), Frank takes a break from his golf game and heads for his favorite getaway, a secret well, to decide how to help Declan.

Frank also plans to make a fresh start for his own marriage to Maeve. This hidden glen has always had a calming, even magical effect on him. And there, deep in the woods, Frank has an extraordinary experience that leads him to re-examine his own life as a husband and father.

In this gentle, uplifting story, can one man's loving spirit lead to a family's reconciliation? The Secret Well and the sequel, The Christmas Visitor, are the origin stories for Susan's Ballydara Emma Carey trilogy: The Little Irish Gift Shop, Becoming Emma and The Fairy Cottage of Ballydara!

About the Author:

Susan Colleen Browne's warmhearted Village of Ballydara series includes the novels It Only Takes Once,The Galway Girls, and more. Susan is also the author of award-winning Little Farm in the Foothills, a true-life homesteading tale, and the latest book in her Little Farm series is Little Farm for the Holidays: Celebrating Christmas Homestead-Style.

When not writing, Susan is wrangling chickens, tending vegetable beds, and dreaming up new Irish stories. Many of the farm adventures in her Irish novel, The Galway Girls, have been inspired by Susan's real-life experiences!