The Trouble with Birdies

Some people fall in love at first sight.

Aoife Gallagher falls into it while arguing about a four-hundred-pound designer golf-club headcover.

Working weddings at one of Ireland's most exclusive golf clubs wasn't part of Aoife's dream life. Neither was becoming the accidental headline beside the country's most famous golfer.

Declan Quinn has spent years living under cameras, sponsors, impossible expectations, and the crushing weight of being everyone's golden boy. After the worst season of his career, one disastrous charity event introduces him to the one woman completely unimpressed by his fame.

She thinks golf is "lawn management with emotional trauma."

He thinks she's the funniest person he's ever met.

Between a tiny dog with no respect for personal space, a ridiculously overdressed golf-bag mascot named Teddy, meddling family, relentless media attention, viral internet rumours, and an entire Irish community determined to play matchmaker, neither of them stands a chance.

But fame has a price.

So does falling for someone who refuses to pretend.

As the cameras close in and old insecurities refuse to stay buried, Declan and Aoife must decide whether love is worth risking the lives they've carefully built—or whether the safest shot is the one they never take.

Warm, witty, deeply romantic, and packed with unforgettable characters, The Trouble with Birdies is a heartfelt Irish romantic comedy about finding the person who laughs with you before they ever fall in love with you.

Perfect for readers who love:

• Slow-burn romance

• Opposites attract

• Celebrity × ordinary woman

• Sports romance

• Small-town Ireland

• Sharp banter

• Found family

• Curvy heroine representation

• Emotional healing

• Dogs that steal every scene

• Laugh-out-loud romantic comedy with genuine heart

If you enjoy Emily Henry, Beth O'Leary, Mhairi McFarlane, Sophie Kinsella, Abby Jimenez, or Catherine Walsh, you'll fall in love with Emerald Harbour.

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