title: Irish Strength: The Irish Treasures Saga Book One
author:  Amanda Meredith 
description: <div>I love being a mom and a wife. I've been married for over 10 years to a man I would do anything for and have a 10 year old son and a 6 year old daughter. I see so much of myself in both of them that it sometimes brings me to tears (happy ones).</div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div>I also love writing. Romance to be specific. I love the happily ever after that I believe<i>everyone</i>deserves. My stories aren't exactly the 'stop and smell the roses' type romances. While I believe everyone deserves happiness and true love, I know that sometimes, you have to walk a hard road to find it. Those are the types of stories I like to write. The happily ever after that wasn't found, it was<i>earned</i>. I work to earn mine on a daily basis and so do my characters.</div><div><div>On other side-notes, I play acoustic guitar, sing, read like I get paid to, and support a rather unhealthy addiction to Pinterest.</div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div>I love to cook, which combined with my pinning addiction, leads to many experiments foisted on my unsuspecting husband and kids, mostly with good results. But sometimes, the dog gets what the family refuses to eat. And he never complains.</div></div>
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  [DEDICATION](nav.xhtml#rded)
  
  
  To Kenny, my partner in crime. Thank you for the  
  Thursday nights, for the log-lines, and the laughs.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [EPIGRAPH](nav.xhtml#repig)
  
  
  _Ní scéal rúin é más fios do thriúr é._
  
  
  An Irish saying, meaning ‘it’s not a secret if a third person knows about it’.
  
  
  The title of my book can be read in English, or can be given its Irish
  meaning. In Irish, Rúin means something hidden, a mystery, or a secret, but
  the word also has a long history as a term of endearment.
  
  
  **Dervla McTiernan**
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## CONTENTS
  
  
  
  
  
  * [Dedication](9781460708675_Dedication.xhtml#ded)
  
  
  * [Epigraph](9781460708675_Epigraph.xhtml#epig)
  
  
  * [Contents](nav.xhtml)
  
  
  * [Mayo, Ireland: February 1993](9781460708675_Part_1.xhtml#pt1)
  
  
  * [Prologue](9781460708675_Prologue.xhtml#pro)
  
  
  * [Galway, Ireland: Saturday 16 March 2013](9781460708675_Part_2.xhtml#pt2)
  
  
  