Christmas Bells & Ballycove Vows

Grumpy-Sunshine Small-Town Irish Christmas Romance

By: Maeve McBride

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

A grumpy pub owner. A sunshine principal. One Christmas wedding they never meant to plan.
Ballycove voted them to the altar…whether they like it or not.
And pretending they don’t care is getting harder every day.

Seamus Gallagher likes his life simple. Quiet nights, steady pints, and absolutely no Christmas glitter. Sorcha Ní Riain runs on lists, school plays, and enough festive cheer to illuminate the entire Wild Atlantic Way. The only thing they have in common? A long, proud history of driving each other mad.

Then Ballycove wins a radio contest that funds one Christmas Eve wedding.
And the mischievous villagers vote the bickering pair straight to the altar.

To keep the prize money, Seamus and Sorcha make a pact:
Plan the wedding. Fix his leaking pub roof. Secure her new school wing.
Smile for the cameras. Then part ways. No feelings allowed.

But as decorations go missing, rehearsals fall apart, and every married couple in Ballycove turns into a matchmaker, their strictly practical arrangement starts to feel anything but.

And when a fierce Atlantic storm tears the pub roof off days before Christmas, Sorcha fears Seamus will sacrifice everything for a vow he never wanted. Calling off the wedding is the sensible choice…
but walking away might break both their hearts.

As the snow falls and the church bells wait in the quiet, Seamus and Sorcha must decide whether to end the charade—or admit the miracle right in front of them.

A warm, wholesome, small-town Christmas romance filled with banter, community, and the kind of love that can light an entire village. Perfect for fans of cozy holiday stories, grumpy/sunshine sparks, and Irish coastal charm.

AI voice is horrible

Disliked the AI voice; story was predictable. Never knew the names, Seamus and Saoirse, had so many wild pronunciations.