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Cissie, Mary and Peg first meet at Glenallen, the mysterious home of the wealthy Fitzallen family overlooked by a brooding mountain, and a deep friendship is forged. All are caught in a chilling web of powerful emotions, family hatreds and the intangible presence of a deep and ancient force.

When Tom Walsh sets sail for America he knows it may be the last time he sees his beloved Ireland. Thirty years later, the rewards of the Gold Rush have made Tom a rich man. Then his daughter persuades him to buy the cursed Hope Diamond.

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Jenny never knew her mother and is a child when her father is killed. But Jenny discovers an old mask in the attic, a sinister stranger who whispers dreams of the impossible. On her visits home to Kilashane from the city, Dee is fascinated by an old house, and she and Jenny are linked by the past.

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Dublin, 1969: Patricia agrees to spend the night with her boyfriend; Joan dreams of a career as a lawyer; and Sarah awakes from a nightmare, but there is no relief from the horrors. Twenty years later these women are unexpectedly brought together, with their very survival at stake.

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Daniel falls in love with Helen, his friend Kieran's cousin, the moment he sees her. He can't understand why Kieran is so dismissive of Helen, but by the time the truth unfolds, the years will have brought them all down paths of passion and loss.

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Polly Caine is 44 and feels that life is passing her by, so she puts an advert in the Encounters column of the Sunday Times. She regrets it immediately until one photograph catches her eye. With the help of her friends Polly begins to face up to the lack of satisfaction in her life.

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Aine is a neglected and lonely child, haunted by the castle, Dunbeg, where she spends her summers. It is here she meets her American cousin, Rupert: a meeting that will change her life. Determined to leave behind all that held her captive as a child, Aine grows up haunted, by Dunbeg and by Rupert.

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Unwittingly swept up in the tragic drama and upheaval of Ireland's War of Independence, Kitty Delaney, a woman of great strength and passion, finds herself torn between loyalty and commitment to her husband, Leonard, and her love for the enigmatic and disturbing Paul Stratton.