A Bealtaine Bonfire Kiss (Love in Ballymara, #5)

They almost chose forever once. The ancient festival of Bealtaine gives them one more night to try.

The month of May in Ballymara arrives in wildflowers and long evenings, with a Bealtaine bonfire waiting on the strand like a dare. Fiona, florist and garden designer, is helping dress The Seaglass Inn for its biggest fundraising push yet, determined to keep her life calm and predictable. Then Seán returns to town, heritage carpenter and local historian, the man she almost married years ago and never forgot. When forced to work together for the heritage decision that could save Seaglass Inn, old sparks catch fast.

Fiona has built a beautiful life out of careful choices. She knows where everything belongs, including her heart. Seán does not fit anywhere she has made room for him. He shows up with sawdust on his hands, old stories in his pocket, and that familiar way of seeing straight through her.

Seán has lived with the guilt of leaving and the stubborn belief that it was too late to fix what he broke. He tells himself he came back for the inn, for the craft, for the history Ballymara is trying to keep. He does not tell himself he came back for Fiona.

The truth is simpler and more painful. They did not end because the love was gone. They ended because one misunderstanding made them both feel unwanted, and neither of them was brave enough to ask for the truth. Now the town needs them aligned, not divided. The Seaglass Inn needs heritage status that could unlock funding and stop the developer’s plan. And Fiona and Seán must decide whether they will let the past decide their future again.

Because the festival of Bealtaine is for new beginnings. But only if you dare to reach into the fire.

One kiss can be a goodbye. Or it can be the moment you finally come home...