Iris Blobel

I assume when people hear of Australia their minds wander off to beautiful beaches, sunshine, surfing and maybe even the Great Barrier Reef! Yes, I understand, that was what I always dreamt of before moving here ... only to find out there's a different side to this vast country.

I live near Melbourne, and yes we have beaches, and yes we have the surf and the sunshine, but mainly during summer to enjoy. It's more like the European climate here. And yes it can get cold in Winter. Our Winter! And then one year I went even further south, even colder: Tasmania - the tiny isle just south of Australia. Okay, fair enough, it's a large island and comparable to the size of Scotland or West Virginia. Tassie’s got beaches, mountains, history, adventure AND ghosts! As they say, the rest is history - I wanted to include this beautiful spot in my next story. And what goes along better with dreams than Ireland? It was the obvious choice for the other side of the world, because most of all I love it. Anything Irish! But it also made sense, because the Irish have Shamrocks, Leprechauns, Lucky Charms, Fairies and so much more.

So I would like to take you on this journey. This journey about a dream, which takes a young Tassie girl to Ireland. Yet it's not only about Hollie's literal dream, but also about the dreams we all have in life, the dream we're living or we would like to live. It's about the dreams we talk about, but we won't do anything about, because life seems to be too demanding. Or sometimes just the "daydreaming" after reading a really nice story! That's what I like most. And the dream to meet "Mr Perfect", apologies, of course "Mrs Perfect" as well. Only sometimes to let go of the dream that "Mr Perfect" is indeed perfect, but doesn't quite look like the "man of our dreams", you know, the don't-judge-a-book-by-its-cover idea.

So do you fancy some dreaming?

Would you travel around the world to uncover the reason for your dreams?
Hollie Anderson does.

A young woman from Tasmania who lives on a farm just outside Launceston, she has got good looks, likes her job and loves to hang out with her friends. She should be happy, right?

But it’s a recurrent dream that throws her daily life into chaos and takes her on a journey to Ireland. While on her quest for answers she meets Sam in Dublin under unusual circumstances and both women, so different in many ways, find out they have one thing in common - and it changes their lives forever.