It Only Takes Once

By: Susan Colleen Browne

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

A breezy Irish tale of love, friendship and family, the first of the Village of Ballydara series... Twenty-six-year-old Aislin Moore, a Dublin single mum, is at a crossroads: while a lot of her life needs improvement, what she really needs is a father. Not for herself, mind, but for her young son, daddy-hungry Kevin--and she’s determined to succeed at motherhood, if nothing else. So Aislin follows the mad impulse to track down the perfect father-figure for her little boy...

Who else but her first love, Ben Carpenter?

Ben is great father material, and has a lovely manor house tucked away in County Galway. Yet after her truly awful breakup with him seven years ago, commitment-shy Aislin is determined to keep things platonic: enemies to friends, she can do. But friends to lovers only happens in films, right?

Reluctant to risk her heart with Ben a second time, Aislin is shocked by a gesture from her estranged father, which inspires a journey with unexpected consequences. In this heartfelt novel of secrets, second chances and forgiveness, will Aislin find her own fairy-tale ending?
Susan Colleen Browne's Village of Ballydara series, set in a sleepy Irish village, also includes The Galway Girls (Book 4), a warmhearted tale of women’s friendship and discovering love in the misty green hills of County Galway. Susan's New Ballydara Release is now available: her 7th Irish novel, The Fairy Cottage of Ballydara!