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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

Books By Bernadette Walsh -- Stories of Resilience & Reinvention

Featured Novel

You Know, Yourself follows Marian Rafferty, an Irish woman hiding her past involvement with the IRA while building a quiet life in America. When buried secrets resurface, Marian must confront the guilt, betrayals, and choices she thought she had escaped forever.

emotional suspense

At Sea

Friends Forever

A gripping novel of friendship, betrayal, and 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.

Friends Forever

Friends Forever

Some friendships become history. Others become ghosts.


Sarah’s death draws Molly Reid back into a world of privilege, rivalry, and unfinished grief.

Stolen Innocence

Stolen Innocence

A haunting novel about silence, survival, and the cost of buried truths.


Twenty years after a political sex scandal destroyed her youth, Maura Lenihan has spent her life hiding in plain sight.

family drama/irish-american stories

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.

Johnny Be Good

The Girls on Rose Hill

The Girls on Rose Hill

Along the quiet streets of Long Island’s North Shore, appearances conceal everything.


Veronica thought inheriting the family house meant a fresh start. Then she found her mother’s letter.

A Safe Distance

The Girls on Rose Hill

A Safe Distance

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 Perfect Beach Read

Gold Coast Wives follows Wall Street lawyer Kate Ryan as she plunges into the absurdly glamorous world of reality television, where wealthy socialites battle for attention, status, and camera time. Funny, sharp, and satirical, the novel exposes the chaos hiding behind Botox, charity galas, and perfectly staged lives.

Box Set

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

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