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Title: CATCH YOUR BREATH
Author: Shannyn Schroeder
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Series: O'Leary's, Book 4
About Catch Your Breath
As kids they steered clear of one another. That was then—this is now.
As a dedicated reporter, Moira O'Leary has access to Chicago's swankiest affairs. With her confidence and style, she blends right in with the elite crowd. But when her childhood crush starts popping up at posh events, she struggles to keep her cool. After all, he's always ignited something in her.
Undercover cop Jimmy O'Malley has always tried to avoid his best friend's little sister. Something about Moira spelled trouble. But watching her navigate Chicago's most elaborate galas with ease, Jimmy knows he needs her help to crack a case. Just as their chemistry ignites, Moira gets dangerously close to his investigation. Now, it's up to Jimmy to keep her safe. Can childhood crushes lead to breathless desire?
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He finally
caught sight of Moira again and followed. If she was working, she had an odd
way of doing her job. She stopped to pet every dog that walked in her path. By
the time he caught up with her, she was crouched on the ground nose to nose
with a beast of an animal. The dog looked big enough that it could easily maul
her, but she cooed and giggled when the thing licked her face.
Jimmy tucked
his hands in his pockets and watched for a minute. Moira interacted with the
dog like she’d found a long lost best friend. She laughed and played and looked
completely out of place with all of the other women. She sighed and stood,
taking a moment to brush dog hair off her dress.
When the dog
walker moved on, he sidled up next to Moira and tried to hold on to his anger.
If he let the gooey look on her face affect him, he’d be useless. “We need to
talk.”
She looked up
at him, using one hand to shield her eyes from the setting sun. “I thought we
already did. Do you want to set up that interview now?” Her eyes held an evil
glimmer, as if she knew what he’d said to Stan about the interview.
He grabbed her
elbow and guided her away from the crowd, around the back of the tent that held
the auction items. Fighting to keep his voice low, he said, “Why the hell would
you tell everyone I have a wife?”
She eased her
arm from his grasp and narrowed her eyes. He’d expected the sweet fuck-you
smile she liked to throw out when she caused trouble. “You have no idea who
you’re hanging out with, but I do. Those four are all married. They bring their
wives to every function and event. Or I should say their wives bring them. They
stand around and ogle every female in sight.”
“Yeah, I got
that.”
“The thing is,
if you want in, the wives are going to have to approve. The wives like Mayor
Park since he’s such a good wholesome guy, so they’ll be inclined to accept
you, but in their world, having a wife makes you safer.”
“Safer?”
“Less likely
to bring a bunch of single women around, making it easier for their husbands to
cheat.”
“They’re
surrounded by women at these events.”
“I didn’t say
it made sense. Their friendship extends beyond attending fund-raisers. The
wives are here to keep an eye on them, but they don’t follow them everywhere.
At least I don’t think they do.” She shifted so his shadow blocked the sun and
looked up at his face. “I’m not trying to screw things up for you. Trust me. I
understand these people.”
He believed
her, but it didn’t make the truth any easier. “Where the hell am I supposed to
get a wife?”
She huffed out
a breath. “Am I supposed to do everything for you?”
Her irritation
wouldn’t last. She had a hot temper, but once it blew, she went back to being
sunny Moira. And she wasn’t even pissed right now, so when she turned to walk
away, he followed.
He walked beside
her, as if they were there together, which he knew he shouldn’t, but since
she’d talked about interviewing him, he figured he could get away with it. She
waved to various people and stopped to chat with others.
With Moira,
though, it wasn’t bullshit small talk. She asked real questions. She knew
details about people’s lives, and they respected her for it. They opened up
around her, which would be a huge asset for her job. An asset he’d have to
avoid.
When they were
walking a stretch alone, he asked, “Why doesn’t it bother you?”
“What?”
“The way Stan
Decker talks about you.” Remembering the comments made him angry again. “I know
you heard him, but you acted like it was nothing.”
She shrugged.
“Because it was nothing.”
He stopped and
touched her arm to halt her. “That’s not true. No one should talk to you like
that.”
“He wasn’t
talking to me. It’s not his fault I
have excellent hearing.”
Jimmy thought
back. In truth, Stan had been respectful, at least in his words while talking
to Moira. “He stares at your chest.”
She laughed so
hard her shoulders shook. “Really?” She spread her hands in front of her chest.
“He’s far from the only man to do that. It happens so often, it doesn’t faze me
anymore.”
Jimmy made a
point of looking into her bright blue eyes. No sign of anger or hurt. It would
make him nuts if he saw men staring at his woman’s chest instead of her face.
But Moira’s not mine.
Doesn’t make
it right.”
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About the Author
Shannyn Schroeder is the author of the O’Leary series and the For Your Love series, contemporary romances centered around large Irish-American families in Chicago and the Hot & Nerdy series about nerdy friends finding love. Look for her new series – The Dating Challenge in 2019. When she’s not wrangling her three kids or writing, she watches a ton of TV and loves to bake cookies.
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