Mabe's BurdenBook One Saving Shenanigans Trilogy
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Thanks for checking out my contemporary romance, Mabe's Burden. It's the first book in the Saving Shenanigans Trilogy. New chapters will be posted daily so be sure to watch your notifications!
Hot tempered, Mabe O'Banyon will do whatever it takes to keep the family's Irish pub, Shenanigans, out of the mob's dirty hands. She quickly learns, though, their attorney and the bank will offer no help. So, she calls in the reinforcements--Mara and Meg. She hasn't seen her two sisters for years, but her desperate message brings them running.
Commercial real estate developer, Aaron Shaw has a secret. He arrives in Monticello, FL, expecting to purchase a quaint Irish pub and move on to his next conquest. But the transaction doesn't take place as planned--in fact, it doesn't take place at all. The hardheaded owner--a stunning redhead with curves that don't quit--isn't selling.
With time running out and the mob on their heels, sexy hero Aaron wants nothing more than to save the woman he's fallen for from impending danger. Mabe is torn between love and loyalty with a man she loves but can't trust, and the need to hold on to her family's pub. Their choices lead them down a path neither could have guessed.
In this southern romance kindle book, Kelly Abell offers up a beginning to a trilogy romance series with this Book One of Saving Shenanigans. This story of love and loyalty with inspiring women and a sprinkle of romantic thriller suspense thrown in for good measure, will keep you on the edge of your seat and turning the pages. Be sure to keep reading with Meg's Secret, Book Two in the Saving Shenanigans Series.
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