Coming Home to Killarney: Book 3 in the Devon Trilogy

Coming Home to Killarney is the third book in the Devon Trilogy. It too takes place in the tiny town of Devon, a town that was founded by the McIntyres and the Murphys, a Scottish and an Irish family. Both families are aware that there was a third founder, an Englishman, but they know nothing about the man who arrived in America, along with their own ancestors or why he left the idyllic village that he helped create.

When Claire Manning's grandfather asks her from his deathbed, to visit Devon, although bewildered, she agrees. For her grandfather, she will make the trip from Bainbridge Island, Washington, to the tiny town in the Northern California foothills. Her grandfather explains that his grandfather, her great great grandfather, made the same request of him. However, he neglected to follow through. Claire agrees to do it for her beloved and guilt-ridden grandfather. Her brother Grant insists on going with her. Together, they follow the bread crumbs of a journal to discover that their ancestor was indeed the third founder of the town.

While Grant, the ever-cynical detective, sees the worst in people they meet, Claire looks through the rose-colored lens of her artist eyes and sees the best and embraces the kindness with which they are greeted. What Grant does not expect when he meets psychologist, Catherine Carter, at the local pub, despite his bias against psychologists, his life will forever change. For the better. Nor does Claire expect to fall in love with Darcy Murphy's cousin, Ryan Gallagher, the cynical journalist who is determined to keep Claire, for her own good, at a distance.

As they get to know the descendants of the other town founders, the Murphys and the McIntyres, as well as their friends, the brother and sister realize that maybe that wasn't the only reason they were sent on and guided through this journey. Claire wonders if her grandfather had become psychic on his deathbed. Perhaps he sent them on this mission because he knew their destinies were here, and that they would find love and their true home.