This Special Edition of Becoming Emma includes two connected short stories, The Secret Well and The Christmas Visitor!

Dublin girl Emma Carey has just embarked on another fresh start—the job of her dreams at Ireland Place, a quirky Irish arts center in a picturesque Victorian mansion near Seattle. At thirty-one, sweet, plucky Emma, with her sister Hazel's support, is finally poised for career success...if she can only avoid her fatal flaw—the one that's ruined every other job: falling for her boss.

A dedicated family man, Declan O'Donoghue is an Irish dad devoted to his children, the lights of his life. But as the new manager at Ireland Place, he could never have guessed his earnest, endearing colleague, and their unlikely friendship, could take his breath away. Yet he knows he and Emma can never be more than friends...

Hazel Carey has always been protective of her elder sister Emma—at twenty, she's the practical one, while Emma is a dreamer. Yet seeing her sister's heart-melting fancy for her new boss, Hazel wonders how will she keep Emma from real heartbreak this time?

The two novelette-length stories, The Secret Well and The Christmas Visitor (also available separately), link Emma, Declan and Hazel to the quaint little village of Ballydara, and bring you deeper into Declan's and Hazel's lives and relationships.

At Christmastime, Emma's boisterous family faces a crisis—and tests her resolve to take her life in a new direction.

With humor and tenderness, Becoming Emma continues Emma's journey toward her own happily-ever-after. This heartfelt, charming page-turner, the 2nd novel of the Emma Carey trilogy, is part of Susan Colleen Browne's Village of Ballydara series, set in a cozy Irish village in the West of Ireland...

Emma and Declan's love story continues in Book 7, The Fairy Cottage of Ballydara!

About the Author:

Susan Colleen Browne weaves her love of Ireland and her passion for country living into her Village of Ballydara series, novels and stories of love, friendship and family set in the Irish countryside. She's also the author of an award-winning memoir, Little Farm in the Foothills, and the popular guide, Little Farm in the Garden.

Susan runs a little homestead with her husband in the Pacific Northwest, USA. When Susan isn't wrangling hens or tending vegetable beds, she's working on her next Irish book!