The Bathhouse

Some summers stay with you forever. Some you never escape.

Peggy Daly didn’t ask to inherit the Bathhouse—her late grandmother’s seaside home on the rugged coast of Lahinch. But when a lazy summer of parties and late nights begins to unfold inside its creaking walls, the house becomes something more: a sanctuary, a battlefield, a secret-keeper.

Her boyfriend, John, is pulling toward London and big dreams. Her best friend, Sarah, is slipping into strange new friendships. And then there’s Hugh Murphy—quiet, steady, watching—offering something Peggy never expected.

As tensions simmer and hearts collide, Peggy is forced to ask herself what it means to belong: to a place, to a person, to herself.

Set in 1990s Ireland, The Bathhouse is a tender, sharp, and emotionally charged novel about the messy beauty of youth, love, and letting go.