GRR Reviews Hard Irish Luck: A Southern Steam Novel by Jennifer Saints

Hard Irish Luck is one heck of a romantic suspense where a guy went in with a disguise, but ended up falling for the enemy, so to speak. The plot had been used before, but it's very nicely executed.

Jared Weldon, running Shamrock Construction with his brother, was sure that McKenna Construction was doing something underhanded to beat them in bids. Jared, not willing to losing his wild bachelor lifestyle, is determined to find something wrong with his enemy, and will even go undercover to do it. A chance encounter had him rescue a pretty girl in a bar. Only later did he realize the girl he rescued was no other than Roxanne "Rocky" McKenna, who took over after her father had a stroke. When he rescued her again the next day at her jobsite and was injured, he misrepresented himself as a security agent in his (other) brother's Security company... // Rocky McKenna had a bitter divorce three years ago and is determined to run the company as a tight ship, esp. when her father is now in the hospital, in a coma, barely clinging to life. But that kiss and rescue by Jared awoke something in her that cannot be denied. When Jared rescued her again, Rocky denied her life is in danger, but Jared was too sweet to pass up. They continue their liaison, and Jared wanted to confess, but one incident after another threatened to kill them both... And the hints point back to the turbulent past of the Irish Republic Army... and some deep family secrets that had been hidden for decades...

A lesser author would have simply put the motivation of the bad guys as "greed", but this one had a twist on that theme that added to old family secrets that had been hidden for decades. This is a great example of romantic suspense.

Category: Romantic Suspense

Primary Plot: Man in disguise wanting to destroy his competitor's firm fell for the other firm's leader, but someone's after them both...

Overall Rating: 5/5

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