Something to Prove
The
O’Learys
By: Shannyn Schroeder
eKensington
Releasing January 2014
Blurb
Two ambitious people team up to
prove themselves to their families—and find there may be more to their
partnership than just business…
Elizabeth Brannigan
is determined to show her father she’s capable of running the family business.
Saving his struggling Chicago bar seems like the perfect project. But she’ll
need a little help dealing with the rough crowd. Who better to assist her than
the handsome co-owner of a thriving Irish pub? Of course, with so much work to
do, there are bound to be a few late nights…
Colin
O’Leary’s father passed away before he could prove to him that he wasn’t a
screw-up. Now he wants to show his brother he’s responsible enough to own a bar
of his own—and Elizabeth may be able to help him. But when their professional
aspirations clash, tempers—and passions—flare. Are they mature enough to mix
business with pleasure—or will they have to choose between the two?
Excerpt #4 (363 words) – Elizabeth
and Colin have spent the morning making plans for their bar. It’s been rough
and they’ve butted heads multiple times. Elizabeth attempts to smooth things
over.
Maybe she’d
invite Colin to lunch. She had to be able to work with him. He hadn’t done
anything to make her think he wasn’t trustworthy. He’d done nothing wrong. In
fact, he’d come up with some good ideas.
She grabbed her purse and headed
back into the bar. He stiffened at the sight of her. Oh, yeah, this was going
well. “We missed lunch. I thought maybe you might want to grab something to eat
before we have to meet with people.”
His shoulders relaxed and his mouth
quirked. “Is that an invitation?”
“Yes. I’m sorry I snapped at you.”
“That’s all?”
What else did he want? She raised
her brows, waiting for an explanation.
“No ‘thank you’?”
“Why should I thank you for doing
your job?”
He walked around the bar and stood
much too close for her comfort. “I think you owe me a thank-you for rescuing
you from the biker.”
She rolled
her eyes. “You did not rescue me. I handled myself fine.”
His smile
broadened. “From where I stood, he was about to handle you.”
“I didn’t ask for your help.”
“What would
you have done if I wasn’t here?”
She debated
telling him that the door wouldn’t have been open. The clientele of this
establishment made her uneasy, but she wasn’t about to give him that fuel. “I
would’ve called the police.”
“Wrong
choice. You need me more than you thought, Legs.” He walked past her toward the
door.
“What did
you call me?”
“Legs.” He
tilted his head and his gaze ran down the length of her. “As in you’re all
leg.”
“My name is
Elizabeth.”
He smiled,
and her heart jumped. A smile should not have that effect.
He
continued, oblivious to her condition. “Anyway, if you’d made that call to the
cops, he would’ve gone into a rage. You have to be able to read people.”
“That’s why
I hired you. So we’re back to you just doing your job and no thanks are
necessary.” She turned to the door with her car keys in hand. His laugh echoed
in the empty bar behind her and she couldn’t hold her smile back.
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Author Info
Shannyn is
a former English teacher, who now works as a part-time editor while raising her
three kids.
Even though
she wrote from high school through college (mostly poetry), she’d never
considered a career as an author. Writing fell by the wayside as she focused
her energy on creating lesson plans and new and fabulous ways to torment her
teen students. One group in particular dubbed her “The Torture Master,” a title
she carried into motherhood.
After the
birth of baby number two, Shannyn resigned from teaching and fell in love with
reading romance novels. She read so many books so quickly that her husband
teased, “If you’re going to read so many damn books, why don’t you just write
one?”
So she did.
That first
book is safely buried on her hard drive, but the process set Shannyn on the
path to where she is today—agented with a debut ebook coming out with
Kensington in late 2012.
She is
recovering from her Diet Coke addiction, fears putting her foot in her mouth on
social media, and has a renewed appreciation for the bad girls of the world.
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