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Bernadette Walsh

Women's Fiction
  • Home
  • Books & Awards
  • New to Bernadette?
  • About/In Person Events
  • Video Interviews
  • Blog
  • You Know, Yourself
  • A Safe Distance
  • At Sea
  • Johnny Be Good
  • The Girls on Rose Hill
  • Stolen Innocence
  • Friends Forever
  • Gold Coast Wives
  • Liberty
  • Custom Celtic Creations
  • Fearless Fiction Podcast
Family Secrets, Friendship, and the Hidden Lives of Women

Women’s Fiction with Heart, History & Hidden Scars

Bernadette Walsh is a Long Island novelist who writes emotionally charged women's fiction exploring friendship, betrayal, family secrets, marriage, motherhood, Irish-American identity, and the tensions beneath seemingly ordinary lives.

What you'll find here

Stories About:

  • Family secrets
  • Female friendship
  • Betrayal and loyalty
  • Marriage and hidden lives
  • Irish-American families
  • Emotional suspense
  • Coastal communities and complicated relationships

Readers Love Bernadette Walsh

Johnny Be Good

A Safe Distance

A Safe Distance

"Somehow, Bernadette Walsh always seems to rip my heart out. Yet, I always come back for more. Johnny Be Good is no exception."

A Safe Distance

A Safe Distance

A Safe Distance

"There are times when you want to read a book with characters that you will laugh with, characters that you will hug when they are crying, and characters that deserve your long sigh and eye roll. Author Bernadette Walsh is a master at blending all these emotions into unforgettable stories. I highly recommend her latest book, A Safe Distance."

You Know, Yourself

The Girls on Rose Hill

The Girls on Rose Hill

"This book cracked me wide open in a way I didn’t see coming. You Know, Yourself isn’t just a story—it’s a confession wrapped in decades of silence, regret, and aching truth. And it’s the kind of book that stays with you, whispering in your ear long after you’ve put it down."

The Girls on Rose Hill

The Girls on Rose Hill

The Girls on Rose Hill

"The Girls on Rose Hill is a beautifully written story about the complicated relationship between three generations of women. It will touch you, make you laugh, and make you cry. Bernadette Walsh's subtle use of language, traditions, and manners painted an authentic portrait of an Irish Catholic family. I loved it."

LATEST RELEASE

Friendship, Betrayal & Disappearance At Sea.

When three longtime friends vanish during a fishing trip, the families left behind must confront the secrets, resentments, and hidden relationships that surface in the aftermath.


Perfect for readers who enjoy:

  • emotional suspense
  • family secrets
  • layered female characters
  • atmospheric coastal fiction


New Readers Start Here

Want suspense and mystery?

→ At Sea

→ Friends Forever

Looking for emotional family drama?

→ The Girls on Rose Hill

→ Johnny Be Good

→ Stolen Innocence


Interested in Irish-American family stories?

→ You Know, Yourself

→ The Girls on Rose Hill

→ Johnny Be Good

→ Stolen Innocence

Love Stories About Friendship & Betrayal?

→ A Safe Distance

→ Friends Forever

What about "ripped from the headlines" drama? 

→ Stolen Innocence 

→ You Know, Yourself

How about a funny chick-lit beach read? 

→ Gold Coast Wives


NOVELS

You Know, Yourself

The Girls on Rose Hill

You Know, Yourself

She crossed an ocean to escape her past. Now the past is coming home.


An Irish woman’s carefully built American life begins to unravel when the secrets of her past resurface.

A Safe Distance

The Girls on Rose Hill

You Know, Yourself

Behind every carefully kept distance lies a secret waiting to unravel.


As the world shuts down, two families discover how fragile their lives — and marriages — really are.

The Girls on Rose Hill

The Girls on Rose Hill

The Girls on Rose Hill

Returning home means facing the one truth Ellen has spent a lifetime avoiding.


A haunting novel about family secrets, identity, and the pull of home.

FREE EBOOK COPIES

Perfect for Book Clubs

Explore discussion-worthy novels about:

  • friendship
  • betrayal
  • family secrets
  • marriage
  • grief and healing


Each book page has:

  • discussion guides
  • reader questions



FEARLESS FICTION PODCAST

Conversations About Fiction, Writing & Storytelling

Bernadette is the host of the Fearless Fiction Podcast featuring conversations with bestselling authors and writers exploring women’s fiction, suspense, creativity, and publishing.


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