Ireland Pictures!

Hey Everyone!

I hope you guys are having a nice, relaxing weekend (and you moms are having a fantastic Mother's Day!). I'm spending the weekend working to catch up a bit after Ireland, but I wanted to make sure to share a few pictures of our trip before I got too distracted by other things. We had an amazing 10 days on the Emerald Isle, traveling around the west for 4 days before catching a train to Dublin. We spent 2 days in Dublin and then headed north to Armagh/Belfast as my mother in law (who joined us on this trip!) has family there.

I took a grand total of 3,000 pictures because I can't control myself when I have a camera in my hand, but I managed to sort through most of them and pull a few favorites to post. I would go back in a heartbeat, but it's definitely good to be home!

Adare Manor, our hotel the first night. My husband wanted to kick this trip off in style!

Celtic cross at the Rock of Cashel

A misty, rainy day at Kylemore Abbey

The view from the road to Lough (lake) Mask

Misty horses on the Sky Road, County Galway

The the outside (left) and inside of Dublin's gorgeous mall across from St. Stephen's Green

The Long Room, Trinity College

 

The Dark Hedges (Game of Thrones!)

Dunluce Castle

Carrick-a-Rede (We actually crossed that rope bridge. I thought death was imminent)

Sheep! I couldn't leave Ireland without a picture of a little lamb:)

The crazy rock formations at Giant's Causeway

The Titanic museum in Belfast. Each side of the museum was an exact scale replica of the ship's bow.

Me and Kevin. Just because:)

Irish Snark!

Hey everyone!

I just wanted to put up a quick post to let you know this blog will be slow for the next two weeks as I'm headed to IRELAND! *flails* I thought about trying to schedule posts for when I'm gone, but ultimately laziness won out and I always feel bad when I can't return comments, so I decided to give myself a break put up this little vacation message.

We're going to be all over the place in Ireland, but I think what I'm most excited for at the moment is the Game of Thrones tour we're taking in the north. I'm a huge TV/movie buff, so checking out some of the shooting locations has me positively giddy.

We're also going to spend two days in Dublin where I'll be keeping an eye out for Barrons and Ryodan. I'll be sure and report back on any sightings ;-)

Below are a few images of some of the places we're headed, and when I'm back I'll do a full recap with a ton of pictures because I always get carried away in the photograph department. Talk to all of you in a couple weeks!

THE DARK HEDGES

(Game of Thrones)

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KYLEMORE ABBEY

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ADARE MANOR

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GIANT'S CAUSEWAY

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CLIFFS OF MOHER

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Cover Reveal: See Me by Wendy Higgins

I'm absurdly excited today to get to share with you the cover for See Me, a new paranormal young adult novel by Wendy Higgins. Those of you who follow this blog regularly know I'm a Wendy fangirl of epic proportions (I LOVE YOU KAIDAN!), so it should come as no shock that I'm dying to get my hands on anything and everything she writes. And this newest book? SET IN IRELAND. There will be sexy accents coming from the mouths of even sexier boys!
One word: Yes.

Without further ado, take a look at See Me:

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While most seventeen-year-old American girls would refuse to let their parents marry them off to a stranger, Robyn Mason dreams of the mysterious McKale in Ireland, wondering how he’ll look and imagining his cute Irish accent. Prearranged bindings are common for magical families like her own, however when she travels to the whimsical Emerald Isle she discovers there’s more to her betrothal and McKale’s clan than she could have imagined.

What starts as an obligatory pairing between Robyn and McKale morphs over time into something they both need. But one giant obstacle stands the way of their budding romance: a seductive and deadly Fae princess accustomed to getting what she wants—and what she wants is McKale as her plaything. Love, desire, and jealousies collide as Robyn’s family and McKale’s clan must work together to outsmart the powerful Faeries and preserve the only hope left for their people.

Releases October 1st 

YA Romance and Magical Realism with a dash of Fantasy

See Me will be available in ebook from Amazon, B&N, and Kobo for $3.99, and paperback will be for sale through Amazon and Createspace for $10.99.  It will not be available for preorder. This book is being self-published by the author and her agent.

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WENDY HIGGINS

Wendy Higgins is the author of Sweet Evil and Sweet Peril from HarperTeen. She lives in the Washington D.C. area with her husband, daughter, son, and puppy Rue. 

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