Straight Up

Authors: Martin, Deirdre
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
BISAC/Subject: FIC027020, FIC027250, FIC027330
ISBN: 9781101404461, Related ISBNs: 0425234665, 1101404469, 9780425234662, 9781101404461
Classification: Fiction
Number of pages: 352,
Audience: General/trade
Synopsis: Even a man on the run can enjoy the thrill of the chase...

Hiding from New York's Irish mob, Liam O'Brien is in Ireland working as a bartender in his parents' old village. Hurt once by a man, Aislinn McCafferty is the local ice queen, which the unsuspecting Liam soon learns the hard way.

Accepting a wager from the pub's owner, Liam pursues Aislinn. But neither of them expects this donnybrook of the sexes to turn into an unlikely love...
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