A bright, sunny Scottish island coastal scene — sparkling blue-green sea, white sandy beach, wildflowers on green clifftops, fluffy white clouds in a vivid blue sky. Warm golden light, cheerful and inviting atmosphere, romantic and uplifting.

What if you go somewhere for one year and accidentally build a life?

Come to Hellisay for a cosy, indulgent, and spicy escape, where the kettle has always just boiled, the gossip is always flowing, and happily ever afters are guaranteed.

The women are funny, fabulous, and gloriously complicated. The men are hot and competent. And on Hellisay, falling in love is rarely a private affair.

About the Author

M.A. NicNèill

M.A. NicNèill writes warm, funny, and unapologetically spicy contemporary romances set in the Scottish islands.

Drawing on family roots in the Outer Hebrides, she is the author of the Hellisay series, where romance, friendship, folklore, humour, and island life collide in a fictional Hebridean community.


Hellisay Maybe is her debut novel and the first of several interconnected standalone Hellisay romances, each following a different couple on the island.


She writes for readers who want laughter, heat, atmosphere, escapism, and the promise that, ultimately, things are going to be okay.

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Cover of Hellisay Maybe, Book One of the Hellisay Series

Book One · Launching 31st October

Hellisay Maybe

When Jenn Fraser’s life spectacularly implodes, she accepts a one-year lifeline to Hellisay: bake at the island airport café, live in the family cottage, and work out what the hell comes next.

Jenn has always been good at leaving.

Then she meets Ruairidh MacLean.

And suddenly, staying starts to look dangerously tempting.

Book Two · Coming Soon…

Hellisay Always

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Book Three · Coming Soon…

To Be Announced…

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