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Tormented rock star Liam O’Reilly left Dublin and found success, hoping to build a new life, free from the demons of his past. Now it seems he’s got everything he ever wanted, why isn’t he happy? Is it because he’s realised that the most important thing in his life is the promise that he never kept?
Sensitive and damaged Rain O’Donovan lives with...

Allow me to introduce myself.

My name is Niall Kerry. I’m almost forty years old, and I’m drowning in something that begins with ‘S’ – it doesn’t quite seem appropriate to write it down here.

After a lifetime out on a sports field, living as a champion – as someone who never had to ask for anything – I’ve suddenly found myself starting from...

A year ago, she begged me to stay.

A year later, it’s my turn to beg her not to go.

My obsession. My downfall.

I tried to resist, to keep her at a distance.

I tried to save myself.

But no one will be saved here, not even a selfish bastard like me.

My life has always been about sport and family, including my stupid brothers. Until that night, the night...

I’ve gone back: back to the place where it all started, where somebody else had the final say.

I did it out of love for my family.

I’m trying to rebuild my life, to stay standing, even though my legs hurt like hell. I’m concentrating on myself, on my career.

I’m ready to tear everything apart to try and keep it all together. To hate without feeling...

I’ve never liked lies. I’m an honest guy: I say exactly what I’m thinking without any filter. Without considering the consequences.

That’s why people always think I’m an idiot. Someone who only wants to have fun, who never has any problems.

Someone who never worries about the future.

I’ve made my decision.

I’ve chosen myself and left everything else...