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WALKING THE LINE

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Reads 6,586
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Parts 15
Time 1h 20m

NicolaMarshAuthor

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Finn Ahearn’s Irish luck runs out when he travels half way around the world to Sydney. 
The seedier side of the city’s Kings Cross soon catches up with him and he finds the only way he can get back on stable footing is to accept a bartending job, working for tough Aussie bar owner Ellie Finch. 

Ellie is a decade older than Finn but that doesn’t stop the charming Irishman from wooing her. 
Ellie doesn’t believe in the happily-ever-after dream any longer, not since hers imploded a long time ago. Her values are a world apart from Finn’s. They have absolutely nothing in common. 

But can a smooth-talking Irishman sway a hard-hearted cynic to believe in love again?All Rights Reserved

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