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A literary family drama with patricide at its heart.

When Mercy Mulcahy was 40 years old, she was accused of killing her elderly and tyrannical father. Now, at the end of her life, she has completed a book about what really happened on that fateful night of Christmas Eve, 1989.

The tragic and beautiful Mercy has devoted her life to protecting Star from her grandfather. His behavior so blighted her own life as a child – she never wanted it to touch her darling daughter.

Yet Star refuses to read a word. Her contempt for Mercy is as painful as it is inexplicable. 

What has Mercy done? What is she hiding? Was her father''s death, as many believe, an assisted suicide?

Or something even more sinister?

In this book, nothing is what it seems on the surface, and everywhere there are emotional twists and surprises.

Set in Ireland and California, Blue Mercy is a compelling family mystery, combing lyrical description with a page-turning style. 

Praise for Orna Ross and Blue Mercy

“A lyrical, gripping and heartbreakingly beautiful tale of love, loss and the ever-present possibility of redemption.” — WE Magazine for Women

“Epic sweep...ambitious scope... an intelligent book”. — Sunday Tribune

“A riveting story...vividly brought to life.” — Emigrant Online

Bright Star: 12 Poems to Inspire Book 1

An illustrated book of poems about births and beginnings.

“A lovely, emotional collection, something to treasure.” THE BOOKWORMERY

Bright Star is the first book in the Twelve Poems to Inspire series, a range of gift books for festivals like Valentine’s and Mother’s Day, and life occasions, like bereavement or new beginnings. Bright Star celebrates Christmas, other births, and beginnings of all kinds.

These twelve poems celebrate hope and the returning of light, and encourage us to rejoice in the human capacity to begin again and start over. 

In accessible, sometimes conversational, language the poet brings messages from the depth dimension, reassuring us that all is unfolding as it should.

Divided into four sections: Rebirth, Renew, Reconnect, and Rejoice, each poem is chosen and arranged by Orna Ross, and beautifully illustrated with a relevant picture from a contemporary photographer or artist. It is a collection that explores what it truly means to live an inspired life, attuned to all its aspects.

These are the kind of poems you reread often. You can rest on them and build a foundation on them. Experience the wonder of rebirth and starting over, through the powerful pleasure of inspirational poetry.

A beautiful gift for Christmas, or for anyone beginning anew.

More inspirational poems at: OrnaRoss.com/poetry

A break from your daily struggles is only a verse away…

Poet Orna Ross knows the power of words. As an award-winning author and one of the 100 most influential people in publishing (The Bookseller), Ross’s passion is the power of poetry and prose to change lives.

Through the Irish-born and globally-traveled poet’s centering and inspiring verse, the ordinary is transformed into the eternal; loneliness is reshaped into connection; and pain into understanding.

Keepers is a collection of stirringly crafted inspirational poetry.

It celebrates and explores both the immense and the seemingly insignificant. From soaring imagery to comforting Irish blessings, this collection of poems sweeps the reader into a world of peace and tranquility. Ross’s words brim with a worshipful appreciation of life itself.

If you like rich emotions, uplifting cadences, and brushes with the infinite, then you’ll love Orna Ross’s achingly beautiful work.

Buy Keepers to renew your spirit today!

"Ross'' verse is technically brilliant, emotionally beguiling and, at times, startling.”

~ Poetry Editor, The View From Here Literary Magazine

“Orna’s poetry reaches into the corners of your soul and pulls out all that is beautiful.”

~ SoWrite Linda

An illustrated gift-book of poems for a person you love, even if that person is you.“Technically brilliant, emotionally beguiling and, at times, startling.”—A View from HereThe Light of Love is the third book in the Twelve Poems to Inspire Gift Book series, a range of gift-books for festivals like Mother’s Day and Christmas, as well as milestones we all experience, including loss and new beginnings. The Light of Love celebrates Valentine’s Day—and love in all its forms.These twelve poems delve into the two sides of love—the euphoria and contentment we adore as well as the moments that test us along the way—while encouraging us to celebrate the full spectrum of life’s emotions viewed through a lens of love.In accessible, sometimes conversational, language the poet draws from her own marriage, friendships and family life, and reflects on love not just as collaborative emotion but an interior one we should also direct at ourselves.The poems in this collection are written to be reread often. Musing over their evocative yet accessible language, the reader will find comfort in the tender but powerful messages that only true love can provide.Strikingly real, with powerful candor and passion, the book contains two sections, Heartbreak and Heartease, each poem spectacularly illustrated by pictures the poet co-created with the AI artist app, Dream.Whoever needs this gift from you, these moving assertions of passion and pain, heart and healing will move you and reconnect you to the meaning of true love.A thoughtful gift for lovers on Valentine’s Day—or for a loved one any day of the year.

An illustrated book of poems about motherhood and caregiving.Circle of Life is the fourth book in the Twelve Poems to Inspire series, poetry gift books for special events, like Christmas or Valentine’s Day, and life occasions, including loss and new beginnings.The book is an ideal gift for a mother on Mother’s Day or anytime--and for anyone who nurtures or nurses, protects or pampers another.As in the other books in this series, some of the poems here celebrate beauty but they are not all sweetness and light. Orna Ross''s inspirational poetry is true to life’s most elemental forces, as well as the spirit concealed within.This book understands that mothering is a practice, as well as an experience. Something we give as well as receive. 

Whether we are male or female, whether we had a loving or cruel or neglectful mother, or no mother at all, we can still mother ourselves. And being well-mothered is what gives us the capacity to mother others. Just like mother love, poetry love is best embraced as mystery and blessing. This book fosters both.

If you’re a fan of Maya Angelou, Mary Oliver, Rumi or Seamus Heaney, you’ll find poems in this volume that will please you.

This is the kind of inspirational poetry that celebrates life, love and the resilience of the creative spirit.

While not shying away from adversity or suffering, it celebrates the dimension of life that goes beyond our cares and troubles, our thought and talk.

Here you’ll find poems about birth and rebirth, passion and perfection, and why true love never hurts.

There are also poems about writing and creative flow practice.

Whatever the subject, each poem offers you access to the open space where heart and mind is restored to spirit.

Do you think libraries don’t buy books from self-published authors? Think again.

In a 2016 survey conducted by US-based library service New Shelves Books, 92 percent of librarians reported they regularly purchase from self-published authors and small presses.

Clearly, librarians are buying self-published books that fit their acquisitions guidelines.

And libraries are full of avid readers. This Quick and Easy Guide from the AskALLi team at the Alliance of Independent Authors tells you all you need to know to get your book onto library shelves worldwide.