High Potential

Katie Horgan is going places: soon she'll be a partner in the prestigious law firm where she works. But her love life is going nowhere - until she meets Jim Donnelly. Jim is brilliant, handsome and, like her parents, Irish. The only problem is that he already has a girlfriend.

When Katie is sent to Ireland as part of her training, she happily settles into life in Dublin where she works in a clinic that provides free legal advice to the homeless. She befriends Mags who makes it her business to initiate Katie to Dublin's social scene. Then Jim Donnelly comes home on a visit, their relationship deepens, but everything begins to unravel...

Bit by bit, the truth comes out, about Jim, Mags, and the reason that Katie's parents left Ireland - and Katie learns that life and love are not as black and white as she always thought.

Ber Carroll was born in Blarney, County Cork, and moved to Australia in 1995. She worked as a finance director in the information technology industry until the release of her first novel, Executive Affair. Her second book, Just Business, was published in Ireland and Germany and these novels, plus her third, High Potential, were released in Australia in 2008. Her latest novel, The Better Woman, is released in April 2009. Ber lives in Sydney's Northern Beaches with her husband and two children.

‘this novel is about several…interesting things, including the nature of ambition in the workplace, the social history of Ireland and the miseries it could cause for women, and the connections between Ireland and Australia…the plots and sub-plots are handled well and gallop along’ SYDNEY MORNING HERALD

‘There’s a lot happening here, but Carroll avoids confusion and melodrama. Compelling.' WEEKEND GOLD COAST BULLETIN

‘Ber Carroll came from Ireland to Australia 13 years ago and brought with her a distinct talent for writing modern-day romances about savvy girls who live between Ireland and Australia. Along with the Irish flavour, Carroll uses her finance background to give her books a real edge. ’ THE AGE

‘I enjoyed this book and managed to read it in just two sittings. It is a very decent example of Aussie chick-lit. The ingredients were all spot on – believable plot, an engaging pace, and a very likeable but ever so slightly flawed lead character.’ AUSTRALIAN BOOKSELLER & PUBLISHER

‘If you enjoy reading Marian Keyes or Monica McInerney then you will really enjoy HIGH POTENTIAL…an engrossing and rewarding read’ MANLY DAILY