Saving Grace - Ciara Geraghty

After her brother, Patrick, dies in a tragic accident, Grace O'Brien finds that her life is spiralling out of control. Things come to a head when, after a night out, Grace wakes up the next morning besides Bernard O'Malley, the newewst member at the firm where Grace works. Matters are made worse because Grace is actually in a long-distance relationship with Shane. As Grace tries to forget about her one-night stand with Bernard, she finds herself more and more attracted to him. Grace also tries to forget about what happened in Spain, can she find the strength to move on? I'd never really heard of Ciara Geraghty's debut novel Saving Grace up until a little while ...  Read the complete review

When Grace awakes from a night on the out-of-date Baileys, next to Bernard from IT, the scene is set for a Chick Lit extravaganza, with hidden depths. This is the first novel from Ciara Geraghty, an Irish author, and just perfect for anyone who loves the world of Marian Keyes. That isn't to say that Geraghty is a carbon copy, she manages to create her own believable and funny character in Grace who you feel that you know already from the first few pages of the book. Grace has a boyfriend, Shane, who she thinks at the start to be "The One", even though he is away in England and rather sparing with his phone calls. When geeky but endearing ...  Read the complete review