Black Irish

By Tracey Lee Hoy

At the end there was a beginning, and then the circle must return. There would always be a beginning.

The damaged peat bog Celtic cross she had found at the ancient monastic site in Athlone was probably hundreds, if not around a thousand years old and she’d felt something strange when she touched it.

When Jack Gruffydd reads the strange advertisement for a psychic he is intrigued enough to answer the odd call for help. After several phone calls and emails, Jack finally flies to Ireland however is greatly disturbed by a peculiar sense of recognition and foreboding on meeting the very elusive and charming Kate.
When he touches the ancient cross, fear crosses Jack’s heart and time forces its weight upon him as it has done many times before. This time is different, though. This time, he understands.
Jack and Kate are about to discover that they have a history.

Black Irish is a short story prologue to the Conwy series.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Tracey Lee Hoy
• Release date: May 13, 2011
• ISBN: 9781458071019

Tracey Lee Hoy

Australian born, Author, Artist and Musician,Tracey lives with her family in the beautiful countryside of South Wales.Tracey's first edition of, Rhuddlan, first book in the Conwy series was first published by Authorhouse in 2007. Rhuddlan, Conwy, Padraig, and Galen's Child are now available in ebook format from most international distributors and Smashwords. The fifth and final book in the Conwy series: Caery's Gift should be available in 2020Other titles by this author are: Lilláen of the Lake, What Brainstem and Other Anecdotes, Illustrated Children’s picture book Cadwy's Haircut, and Writing was the Easy Part – a self-help guide to improving writing.Tracey's latest book is Isobel's Dreaming, was published on February, 10th 2019.

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Black Irish

By Tracey Lee Hoy

Copyright © 2011 Tracey Lee Hoy

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For Tanya, who gave me my very own celtic cross and lives across the Irish Sea.

And at the end there was a beginning,

Then the circle returned,

For there would always be a beginning.

Part One

There she was.

Through the crowded post-flight crowd in airport Arrivals, he saw her waving frenetically, lifting a hand cautiously in return, however his smile faltered. He expected a younger woman...much different to what he now saw. This had to be her as she seemed to be looking right at him. His heart dipped.

Great. He cast a glance upward to the heavens in anguish as the large, greying woman hefted herself toward him - only her booming voice to rival the trunkish thighs. She had sounded somewhat different on the phone—young and beautiful. For the love of God, this woman was older than his mother. He blushed, thinking only of the endless,