After a traumatic childhood where he is abandoned by his mother and his father commits suicide, Jonathan Melton finds loving adopted parents. As a young man, through a passion for English literature, he finds love with the gorgeous Sophia. Her free spirit brings happiness to Jonathan's life that he could have scarcely imagined. Everything is seemingly perfect as they marry and have a daughter. But tragedy changes everything. The baby dies unexpectedly and Jonathan is unable to cope. Distraught, his marriage to Sophia disintegrates and Jonathan hits rock bottom. Saved from repeating his father's suicide, a chance meeting in a Dublin bar will give Jonathan new hope. Inspired by the enigmatic Maoliosa, a series of serendipitous events will see Jonathan pushed to the brink once more, but these new trials will lead him to reconciliation, forgiveness and ultimately true love, as the magic of the Emerald Isle offers him redemption. 'Dublin in the Rain' is the first of a trilogy of contrasting stories around the theme of redemption by Andrew Critchley.