**"[An] irresistible invitation to share the lives of people who believe in enduring values."--Detroit Free Press **It began with Benny Hogan and Eve Malone, growing up, inseparable, in the village of Knockglen. Benny--the only child, yearning to break free from her adoring parents. . . .

**"[An] irresistible invitation to share the lives of people who believe in enduring values."--Detroit Free Press **It began with Benny Hogan and Eve Malone, growing up, inseparable, in the village of Knockglen. Benny--the only child, yearning to break free from her adoring parents. . . .

Eve--the orphaned offspring of a convent handyman and a rebellious blueblood, abandoned by her mother's wealthy family to be raised by nuns.

Eve and Benny--they knew the sins and secrets behind every villager's lace curtains . . . except their own. It widened at Dublin, at the university where Benny and Eve met beautiful Nan Mahlon and Jack Foley, a doctor's handsome son. But heartbreak and betrayal would bring the worlds of Knockglen and Dublin into explosive collision. Long-hidden lies would emerge to test the meaning of love and the strength of ties held within the fragile gold bands of a. . .* Circle Of Friends.Praise for Circle of Friends ** "A rare pleasure . . . at terrific tale, told by a master storyteller."--Susan Isaacs, * The New York Times Book Review**

"Circle of Friends welcomes you in."--* The Washington Post*