{"title":"Patrick Taylor","description":"\u003cp\u003ePatrick Taylor's novels invite readers into the heart of rural Ireland, where community spirit and timeless traditions shape everyday life. With warmth and humour, his stories explore the charm and challenges of small-town living through richly drawn characters and evocative settings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFans of gentle, character-driven fiction will appreciate the blend of heartfelt moments and lighthearted wit found in these tales. Whether set during festive seasons or quiet days, each book offers a comforting glimpse into the rhythms of Irish country life.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"an-irish-country-courtship-by-patrick-taylor-9781250332196","title":"An Irish Country Courtship","description":"Patrick Taylor returns to Ballybucklebo in An Irish Country Courtship, a charming and heartfelt entry in the Irish Country series.\n\nBarry Laverty is settling in to the Irish village of Ballybucklebo, but with only a few more months before he becomes a full partner in Dr. O'Reilly's medical practice, an unexpected romantic reversal gives him second thoughts. Is tending to routine coughs and colds all he wants from life? Doctor Fingal Flahertie O'Reilly has personal upheavals as well. After mourning his deceased wife for decades, he's found a new love. But the budding courtship is not going over well with the doctors' housekeeper, who fears having her position usurped by O'Reilly's new flame.\n\nMeanwhile, life goes on in Ballybucklebo, and the two doctors will need all of their combined wit and compassion to put things right-just in time for their lives to change forever.","brand":"Macmillan Publishers New Zealand Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48240641081580,"sku":"9781250332196","price":41.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781250332196-an-irish-country-courtship-1.jpg?v=1787922380"},{"product_id":"an-irish-country-yuletide-by-patrick-taylor-9781250780904","title":"An Irish Country Yuletide","description":"A charming Christmas entry in Patrick Taylor's beloved internationally bestselling Irish Country series, An Irish Country Yuletide.\n\nDecember 1965.  'Tis the season once again in the cozy Irish village of Ballybucklebo, which means that Doctor Fingal Flahertie O'Reilly, his young colleague Barry Laverty, and their assorted friends, neighbors, and patients are enjoying all their favorite holiday traditions:  caroling, trimming the tree, finding the perfect gifts for their near and dear ones, and anticipating a proper Yuletide feast complete with roast turkey and chestnut stuffing. There's even the promise of snow in the air, raising the prospect of a white Christmas.  \n\nNot that trouble has entirely taken a holiday as the season brings its fair share of challenges as well, including a black-sheep brother hoping to reconcile with his estranged family before it's too late, a worrisome outbreak of chickenpox, and a sick little girl whose faith in Christmas is in danger of being crushed in the worst way.\n\nAs roaring fireplaces combat the brisk December chill, it's up to O'Reilly to play Santa, both literally and figuratively, to make sure that Ballybucklebo has a Christmas it will never forget!\n\nBonus: This heartwarming Yuletide tale also includes several mouth-watering recipes, straight from an Irish country kitchen.","brand":"Macmillan Publishers New Zealand Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48240641507564,"sku":"9781250780904","price":44.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781250780904-an-irish-country-yuletide-1.jpg?v=1787922396"},{"product_id":"fingal-oreilly-irish-doctor-by-patrick-taylor-9781250332318","title":"Fingal O'Reilly, Irish Doctor","description":"The beloved Irish Country series continues in Fingal O'Reilly, Irish Doctor, an enchanting novel by New York Times, USA Today, and Globe and Mail bestselling author Patrick Taylor.\n\nNewly married, Dr. Fingal Flahertie O'Reilly is ready to settle into domestic bliss, but something always seems to be pulling his attention away from home. Between difficult patients, riding accidents, and the shenanigans of the local animals, it seems nothing in the village is eager to let him rest.\n\nThe everyday complications of village life are very different from the challenges Fingal faced nearly thirty years earlier, when, fresh out of medical school, he accepted a post at the Aungier Street Dispensary, tending to the impoverished denizens of Dublin's tenement houses.\n\nShifting back and forth between the present and the past, Patrick Taylor's captivating new novel brings to life both the green young man O'Reilly once was and the canny village doctor readers have come to know and admire.","brand":"Macmillan Publishers New Zealand Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48241201119468,"sku":"9781250332318","price":41.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781250332318-fingal-o-reilly-irish-doctor-1.jpg?v=1787937060"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/collections\/patrick-taylor.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}