Review of Rebel Spirits by Paula J Beavan

Review of Rebel Spirits by Paula J Beavan

Release date: May 27th, 2026

Publisher: Paula J Beavan

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What the book is about:

Irish immigrant Ellen Maguire is fighting to keep her family’s roadside inn, The Harp and Hound, from ruin. With the railway diverting travellers and her father lost to grief, desperation drives her to a dangerous solution: distilling illegal poteen from her grandmother’s remedy book—a venture that could save them or destroy them.
When injured Englishman Jack Bell arrives searching for his missing niece, Ellen offers him shelter. Attraction flares—but her family’s future can’t be put at risk, not even for love.
As Ellen’s illicit trade draws the attention of sly-grog operators, ruffians, and the colonial authorities, pressure mounts on every side. Then Jack’s niece appears—with secrets of her own, and a threat that could ruin everything.
Torn between protecting her family and telling the truth to the man she loves, Ellen must decide how far she is willing to go.

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