When things fall apart...it takes the firm hand of love to set things right.
There was consent and implied consent. When it was
discipline, it was implied, and he needed nothing more to carry out his duty to
her, but when it was for mood and her imbalance, it was important to him to
have new consent. In this case it was both, her mood today and its associated
meanness as well as discipline from her unaddressed behavior and disobedience
the night of the assault. His brothers didn’t always see it that way, but it
was his wife, his marriage, his life. This is how he wanted to live it.
“I don’t want your charity.”
Cián sighed. Maybe his brothers were on to something
after all. They had been married longer. He probably should just spank the mood
out of her.
“Aingeal, I have no idea why you are so petulant or
what it is you think you want but I can tell you what I want, and right now.”
She stared at him with her teeth biting her lower lip. “And it has become
obvious that it’s what you want too but you don’t know how to ask. I don’t know
what’s gotten into you, but I have a proven method on how to get it out.”
Molly’s pupils dilated in widened eyes as she looked
at Cián in dawning realization of his intent. “Um, I’m fine. Really. Let me
clear the dishes and I’ll get my coat.” When he didn’t stop her from her task,
he watched her grow tense. Instead of trying to smooth things over, her
shoulders stiffened, her movements were angry. She roughly tossed things around
making plenty of noise.
“Give me your hand, aingeal.” She ignored him,
busying herself with wiping the counters.
Cián stood back to see if she could settle herself.
But she simply rattled dishes and when he touched her arm, she shoved away from
him a third time, turning to gather the fry pan. That was enough. Time to help
her get rid of the angst. He grabbed the spatula still on the table and walked
toward his girl.
Blurb:
Newlywed Molly O’Connor loves a mystery of any kind and
solving them gets her blood pumping almost as much as her new husband Cián
O’Connor. Cián wants his wife to ease into her new life and is open to any way
she finds comfortable. Soon, however, it becomes obvious that running a clinic,
orienting to a large Irish family, and dealing with her protective husband
isn’t enough excitement for the love of his life.
When things progress from a little harmless fun to horse
thefts, assaults, kidnapping, and even murder, Cián puts his foot down. Despite
his admonitions, his bride is too emmeshed in the events going on around them
to heed his warnings for long. Molly becomes secretive, refusing to let go
until it’s too late, putting herself and her family in grave danger.
It will take help from the entire O’Connor clan along with
some special friends to ensure the young couple’s forever isn’t over before it
begins.
http://bit.ly/FrvrMolly
About the Author:
USA Today and #1 International best-selling author, Alyssa
Bailey, lives amongst the beauty of Southeast Alaska. She lives where the sky
meets the rainforest on the mountains; the mountains touch the ocean, and the wildlife frolic on land, sea, and air.
Humans, the ultimate interlopers, are wedged in where allowed and are properly thankful for the privilege.
She loves series and
finds she is expanding her horizons and comfort zone with every new book. Sometimes,
suspense and mystery stirs the plot. HEA’s are her passion.
Note about penning this book:
This last trilogy and especially the last book was difficult
for me. I have grown as an author during the writing of the O’Connors. If you
start from the beginning, with Liam and Jocelyn, you will not only follow the
progression of the family storyline but the story of my writing.
There were plenty of ups and downs and growing pains but at
the end of the day, like the O’Connors, I like where I am. And like them, the
next generation is in full swing and their third generation is beginning to
find love as I am beginning to spread my own wings to spaces and places I never
thought to go.
I hope you have fallen in love with the O’Connors. Would you
like to know of other new and wonderful places my writing might take us?
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The O'Connor Series:
Liam & Jocelyn's
Story
Ciaran and Katherine's
Story
Quinlan and
Cheyenne's Story
Kelli and Parker’s
Story
Cián
and Molly’s Story
Freeing Molly, Cián O’Connor Book 2
Lords and Little
Ladies Series:
Lord Kendrick Commands
(Book 4) TBA
Safe and Secure
Series:
Book 2 (2019)
Clearwater Ranch
Series
Camille’s Second
Chance (Book 2) May 2019
Lone Wind Series:
Anthologies
Heroes Undercover
Indie Works
In the Spirit of Christmas
Book Bites
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Hi Kathryn and Alyssa, I love the sound of this and enjoyed the snippet. This sounds like a great read. Thank you both :)
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