Dags, your eloquent endorsement is welcome and I deeply appreciate it as your own work is full of Irish wit and humor. You have linked up the folklore of the selkie with ecological protection in our own country. I doubt that's been done before. Nora is a vehicle for Irish folklore while your own Nichole tries to make sense out of the intersection of selkie folklore with a crime scene. Your hero Boston is a regular sort who patiently endures his mother's stresses while pursuing his own responsibilities. It's been a pleasure watching your story grow as we followed their adventures. I'm sure it will grow some more as you polish it up. All the ingredients are there. Magic is alive. Anyone who hasn't experienced the adventures of Boston is missing something really different from the ordinary detective story. That recommendation comes from another half-Irish reader, i.e., Nadine.

Dags!  I think the entire site 'needs' to read Impetuous Heart.  It is a work of the soul.  I simply loved it and would be reading the entire story if I had the time!  I think it is a wonderful example of what writing is all about. Not only entertaining from one spectrum to another it is also so touching and beautifully written!  If I were to try writing my first novel?  I most likely would keep checking back to "Impetuous Heart" for reverence in sentence structure and how to evoke feelings and share those in words.  Plus Nadine talent of fully outlining each character so the reader can have a photo of them in their mind.  Great story for women and their struggle in a way in that time and age.
She shows her female characters from a pool of strength and belief. 

Oh.. and your novel!  Far cry form a 'silly indulgence"  Come on!  You know you are good and getting even better!
Yours I would read all over again in a heartbeat but am waiting to 'buy ' the novel.

I want a copy of Impetuous Heart !  I believe it will get there!  And I am totally sincere as a reader/reviewer and lover of stories well told.

Patti