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Summary: Wonderful new author!
Review: Warning - do not start reading this book unless you have *lots* of free time. I only ordered this book from Amazon because I enjoyed the other stories in the "Irish Eyes" series. Man, am I glad I did! TO MARRY AN IRISH ROGUE is set in a small village in the west of Ireland. One evening, at the weekly ladies night in the local pub, the women of the village realize that it has been more than 4 years since the last wedding in town. Not for a lack of men, because there are plenty of bachelors around, but because none of them seem to be in the marrying mood. The women come to two conclusion about the situation that evening. One, the main reason that the men in town are reluctant to marry is that their hero, local business man and world class millionaire playboy, Brian Hanrahan is still single. Secondly, the bachelors in town have life too easy. Why should they marry if there are plenty of women around to cook, and clean and look after them. The village women decide on a bold plan. They will "boycott" the men until they see the light and get married. In the pub that night is reporter Tara O'Connel. She is in the village to do an expose on "the Brian", but decides that the bachelor boycott is too good a story to pass up. From then on out it is open season on the bachelor of Kilbooly. There is no more cooking, no more cleaning and no more cuddling. It is wonderful watching the owmne and men circle each other, the women trying to boycott the men they love and the men, completely confused about what is going on. At the same time, Brian finds himself attracted to Tara, even though she is a dreaded reporter. From page one of the book you feel like you are in a village in Ireland. The language, the description and the characters provide a rich, almost plush texture to the story. Ms. Hendrix makes you really care about this town and these people, all of them, even the bachelors who are too clueless to figure out that they are being boycotted. Buy this book, curl up with a cup of tea and settle in for the best story you will read in a long time.
Rating:
Summary: Wonderful new author!
Review: Warning - do not start reading this book unless you have *lots* of free time. I only ordered this book from Amazon because I enjoyed the other stories in the "Irish Eyes" series. Man, am I glad I did! TO MARRY AN IRISH ROGUE is set in a small village in the west of Ireland. One evening, at the weekly ladies night in the local pub, the women of the village realize that it has been more than 4 years since the last wedding in town. Not for a lack of men, because there are plenty of bachelors around, but because none of them seem to be in the marrying mood. The women come to two conclusion about the situation that evening. One, the main reason that the men in town are reluctant to marry is that their hero, local business man and world class millionaire playboy, Brian Hanrahan is still single. Secondly, the bachelors in town have life too easy. Why should they marry if there are plenty of women around to cook, and clean and look after them. The village women decide on a bold plan. They will "boycott" the men until they see the light and get married. In the pub that night is reporter Tara O'Connel. She is in the village to do an expose on "the Brian", but decides that the bachelor boycott is too good a story to pass up. From then on out it is open season on the bachelor of Kilbooly. There is no more cooking, no more cleaning and no more cuddling. It is wonderful watching the owmne and men circle each other, the women trying to boycott the men they love and the men, completely confused about what is going on. At the same time, Brian finds himself attracted to Tara, even though she is a dreaded reporter. From page one of the book you feel like you are in a village in Ireland. The language, the description and the characters provide a rich, almost plush texture to the story. Ms. Hendrix makes you really care about this town and these people, all of them, even the bachelors who are too clueless to figure out that they are being boycotted. Buy this book, curl up with a cup of tea and settle in for the best story you will read in a long time.
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Summary: SLAINTE (Gaelic for CHEERS)
Review: What a cute story depicting life in a quaint Irish village! Makes me want all that much more, to travel to dear old Eire! Tara Brid O'Connell, a TV reporter, travels to the town of Kilbooly to do a story on the richest bachelor, Brian Hanrahan, who as an industrialist, has been remaking villages throughout the county, into prospering towns......and Tara is one who wants to see no fast-food restaurants in place of tiny town shops.... One night she overheard a group of women complaining that their men just wouldn't ask for their hands in marriage...it had been four years since the last wedding has taken place....with the help of Tara, they scheme a plot to open up the men's eyes and see how much they would benefit from marriage.........what to do? It's more a case of what NOT to do..........they stopped cleaning, cooking, and caring for their men.....to let them see how much they were really needed! (so began the Midnight Court).......... Tara started doing the story on this predicament, as well as trying to get interviews with Brian.............they each were totally attracted to one other, even while fighting this attraction.....The author did a great job building the relationship up, even while they were mistrustful of each other...of course, true love does win in the end, and I just loved the first love scene........phew...hot flash here! (hint: a van...........) The secondary characters were outstanding, especially Aileen and Tommy, who have been seeing each other for 13 years, and Brian's feisty and sometimes meddling grandmother, Ailis, who threatened to disinherit Brian if he didn't marry soon! This book is crying out for a sequel..........we fans can't be left in the dark as to the future stories of Aileen, Siobhan or Crissy and their men! The cover of this book, done is (of course!) emerald green, is what first caught my eye........since then, I've bought the other few "Irish Eyes" romances put out by Jove.........Of course the story itself is what compelled me to write this review......I so love books, that when I find one that stands out, I want to share it with everyone..........this books is a "keeper"............hope we all can convince the author to someday write that sequel...............
Rating:
Summary: SLAINTE (Gaelic for CHEERS)
Review: What a cute story depicting life in a quaint Irish village! Makes me want all that much more, to travel to dear old Eire! Tara Brid O'Connell, a TV reporter, travels to the town of Kilbooly to do a story on the richest bachelor, Brian Hanrahan, who as an industrialist, has been remaking villages throughout the county, into prospering towns......and Tara is one who wants to see no fast-food restaurants in place of tiny town shops.... One night she overheard a group of women complaining that their men just wouldn't ask for their hands in marriage...it had been four years since the last wedding has taken place....with the help of Tara, they scheme a plot to open up the men's eyes and see how much they would benefit from marriage.........what to do? It's more a case of what NOT to do..........they stopped cleaning, cooking, and caring for their men.....to let them see how much they were really needed! (so began the Midnight Court).......... Tara started doing the story on this predicament, as well as trying to get interviews with Brian.............they each were totally attracted to one other, even while fighting this attraction.....The author did a great job building the relationship up, even while they were mistrustful of each other...of course, true love does win in the end, and I just loved the first love scene........phew...hot flash here! (hint: a van...........) The secondary characters were outstanding, especially Aileen and Tommy, who have been seeing each other for 13 years, and Brian's feisty and sometimes meddling grandmother, Ailis, who threatened to disinherit Brian if he didn't marry soon! This book is crying out for a sequel..........we fans can't be left in the dark as to the future stories of Aileen, Siobhan or Crissy and their men! The cover of this book, done is (of course!) emerald green, is what first caught my eye........since then, I've bought the other few "Irish Eyes" romances put out by Jove.........Of course the story itself is what compelled me to write this review......I so love books, that when I find one that stands out, I want to share it with everyone..........this books is a "keeper"............hope we all can convince the author to someday write that sequel...............
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