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Loudheart

Her voice went viral without her permission. Reclaiming it will require more than proving the clip was edited.

Seven seconds made Aoife O’Rourke Galway’s newest villain.
A viral audio clip appears to show seventeen-year-old Aoife mocking Niall Kavanagh’s stammer. By the time she realises the recording has been edited, thousands of strangers have...

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Reinbound

She survived the fall. Now she has ten days to save her home—and decide whether the man who can sell it is the one person she can trust.
Eighteen months after a championship accident ends Maeve Callaghan’s career and leaves her living with chronic pain, Carrickmore is running out of money.

Then Cole Sheridan arrives from Montana with his...

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Saltwater Vows

A promise carried her across the Atlantic. Only freedom can make it a vow.Máire O’Shea arrives in Boston with two dresses, a hidden gold ring, and an agreement to marry a man she barely knows.

Thomas Reilly offers no grand declarations—only his late mother’s gloves, a place beside him, and the hope that two people with little might build more...

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Praise

“Laura Carpenter writes with the emotional precision of a literary novelist and the momentum of a master storyteller. Every scene feels intentional, every relationship earned. Her books don’t just entertain—they linger. You finish them changed.”

– Jessica Powell

“I laughed, cried, and then sat in silence for ten minutes because I didn’t want to leave these characters. Laura Carpenter doesn’t write ‘romance’—she writes lives, families, and love stories that feel achingly real.”

– Stacey Mitchell

“Once you start a Laura Carpenter book, your plans are cancelled. Her stories are cinematic, addictive, and deeply human. It’s like watching a prestige TV series unfold on the page.”

– Amelia Wenzel

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The original spark for A House Full Again was actually the house itself.

I pictured a home filled with toys, schoolbags, half-finished cups of tea, damp towels, children shouting...


Meet the Author

This month, Harbour Pages Youth Book Club had the pleasure of interviewing local author Laura Carpenter, whose novels explore family, friendship, hope, and the...

Hello lovely reader,

July always feels like the halfway point in the year—a chance to pause, catch our breath, and look ahead.

I've been spending my days deep in the world of...

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