This post was originally published at Novelicious.com and is now at WritingTipsOasis.com. WritingTipsOasis.com acquired Novelicious.com in June 2022.
My new novel Breakfast at Darcy’s is about a girl called Darcy who finds out at a funeral she’s 
the sole beneficiary of her Aunt’s wealthy estate. But the terms of her Aunt’s will state before Darcy can inherit any of her money she must go and live on a remote island off the west coast of Ireland for a whole year, and set up a new community of people to live there with her.
Being a city girl, Darcy doesn’t find the switch from high-heeled boots to wellington boots an easy one, or for that matter any of the other many changes that the island of Tara has in store for her…
Although Breakfast at Darcy’s is my usual fun rom-com, there are many themes I was able to explore within this story. Setting the novel on a remote Irish island meant I could incorporate some of the many Celtic myths and legends that immediately sprang to mind when writing. There are mentions of Finn McCool a mythical Irish warrior who is reputed to have built the Giant’s Causeway, and the Claddagh a traditional Irish ring given as a token of friendship or love.
The island in the story is surrounded in her own mysticism and magic too, and everyone who comes to live on Tara is changed in someway while they stay there. Some of the characters experience new ways of thinking too, and there are mentions of some of the many types of holistic healing that are becoming very popular right now, like Reiki, Tai Chi and crystal therapy.
But it’s still the romance that wins through in the end, and I hope I’ve created a story that will leave readers believing its possible to find love anywhere… even on an island!