By: Shannyn Schroeder
Releasing
October 18, 2016
Self-Published
Self-Published
When at war, aim for the heart…
Connor
Duffy is desperate. His tell-all book on corrupt Chicago alderman Brady
Cavanagh isn’t telling enough to get publisher interest, and in order to get
the hot dirt, he must find a way to get closer to the man who let Connor go to
prison to cover for his own son’s misdeeds. So when fate puts Cavanagh’s
lively, artsy daughter across Connor’s path, he decides to take advantage of
the first bit of good luck he’s had in a long while.
… but
don't forget to keep your own under guard.
Fiona
Cavanagh needs a break. Between assisting with her father’s political campaign,
trying to please her unpleasable mother, and dealing with an ex who won’t go
away, she has no time for a life of her own. One night she meets sexy and
mysterious Connor and everything looks like it’s about to finally turn around…
until she discovers that the one man she thought she could love was using her
to get to her father. As dark family secrets unravel around her, Fiona finds
herself caught between love... and loyalty.
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Fiona fidgeted at the banquet table. Her cheeks hurt
from holding the same smile for hours. Her father stood to finally take the
podium and her smile dropped. Watching him take command of a room always
inspired her. She tended to get a little choked up when he went into full-on
patriotic mode.
The thing was, he believed everything he said. Despite
the phoniness of the politics and the glad-handing, he made her believe. Over
the years, he’d made a difference in the city and she wanted to think that even
if he weren’t her father, she’d still vote for him.
He started every speech in much the same way: Chicago
is a great city, rivaled by no other. She leaned forward and held her chin on
her fist to listen to her dad. God, she loved to hear him speak. Emotion
swelled and she began to think about what kind of jewelry she would make for
this election. Ever since childhood, she made something special for the
election, a bit of a good luck charm for her father to have while campaigning.
She remembered his first election. The flurry of
activity around their family was overwhelming, but the first time she heard her
dad speak, she’d recognized it as something special. Her chest filled with so
much emotion, she had no way to explain it. Instinctively, she knew he belonged
doing this. Most kids never understood that about their parents. They didn’t
get to see them at work, doing something they were passionate about.
Brady Cavanagh was as passionate about the city of
Chicago as he was about his family. When Fiona made him a flower out of tissue
paper for election night, she figured he’d keep it safely tucked in his pocket
for good luck, but when he took the stage, her flower stuck in his lapel,
having replaced the rose her mother had put there.
Not only had Fiona felt special that night, but she
also felt part of something bigger. For all of his faults, her father cared
about many things. That caring reverberated every time he spoke to a crowd.
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