After the Match

He left chasing a future. She stayed and built one without him. Now the past has walked back in-with a name, a heartbeat, and a truth that can't stay hidden. Aoife Byrne has spent years turning scraps into something solid-running community clinics, raising her daughter, and building a life that doesn't depend on anyone else showing up. It's not glamorous, but it's hers. Hard-earned. Steady. Enough. Then Eoin Daly comes home. Rugby star. Local legend. The boy she loved before everything split into before and after. He's back for a week. That's all it's meant to be. Outreach, appearances, a tidy return. Until he walks into her clinic... And meets the daughter he never knew existed. Now there are no clean exits. No easy versions of the truth. Only a child watching. A history that never really ended. And a future neither of them planned-but both of them might still choose. Tender, sharp, and deeply human, After the Match is a story about second chances, quiet courage, and what it really means to show up-when it matters most

Pagina's: 300, Paperback, Independently published