Author Lucinda Reilly on Seven Sisters and spending more time in West Cork

Bestselling author Lucinda Reilly plans on spending less time in airports and more time at her West Cork hideaway, writes Ellie O’Byrne

LUCINDA Riley brushes drops of rain from her coat, smiles and looks around, orienting herself. Her luggage is at her feet and she’s yet again in transit, stopping in Cork briefly amid the whirlwind her life has become since she began her  book series.

The best-selling author has been in Clonakilty, checking renovations to the house she and her husband Stephen bought last year. She has a vision for her new West Cork acquisition: “I’m on the slow boat to Ireland, and I’m staying here. Last year I thought, ‘Where do I want to rest my bones one day? I want to come home again.’ It will be my primary residencein three years’ time when the kids finish school.”