Hold Me Close by Shannyn Schroeder (O'Leary's #6) #NewRelease #Review #Giveaway @SSchroeder_

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HOLD ME CLOSE

O'Leary's #6

Shannyn Schroeder

Released July 21st, 2015

Kensington 

Leave it to the O’Learys to make romance a family affair…

Maggie O’Leary is finally coming home to Chicago. After more than a year in Ireland, she’s ready to make a plan for her future. But first, she’ll have to confront the tragedy that scarred her so deeply. Asking for a job in the family bar is the first step, and it’s one her family isn’t entirely happy about. At least Shane Callahan, her best friend in the world, is behind her a hundred percent. He’s also a hundred percent more lovable than she remembered…

Shane is determined to keep Maggie safe, even if it means working three jobs and giving up sleep to be around during her shifts at the bar. But when Maggie boldly tells him she needs more than a loyal friend now, Shane knows a single night together won’t be possible. The idea of spirited Maggie in his bed is electrifying, but will she believe he wants to give her his heart, too?

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I have to admit, I am a little sad to see a fun, and heartwarming series end.  I have enjoyed the O'Leary's and their huge, loud, boistrous family and I will really miss them.  Maybe Shannyn will write a set of cousins....

Anyway, I have been reading a few of the other reviews for HOLD ME CLOSE, and many of the readers say that Maggie was a bit brash and a little unlikable, but I am going to stick up for my girl here and say....well...she had been through A LOT, and sometimes you gotta be a bitch!  I am certainly one for a good week every month (HAHA), but the hurt can sometimes transfer to pain, and why is it we can LOVE a grumpy, asshole of a hero, who treats the heroine like crap, but it's not ok for the heroine to be a little crappy on her end?  (Food for Thought People!)

I for one thought Maggie was a true character that Schroeder wrote with superb skill, and delicacy.  It's hard to work the boundries, but she balanced everything so well, and had the readers really being able to feel for Maggie...and give me more of the sweetness that is Shane Callahan ANYDAY!!  Shane was a wonderful, super understanding character, and I am so happy that these two found their HEA together!

Always fun to be back with my O'Leary clan, and I definitely recommend the whole series if you are a fan of Belle Andre's Sullivans...the O'Leary's will keep you laughing and smiling!

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Shannyn Schroeder is the author of the O’Leary series, contemporary romances centered around a large Irish-American family in Chicago and the new Hot & Nerdy series about 3 nerdy friends and their last spring break. 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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TVBT: JUST A TASTE by Shannyn Schroeder (O'Leary's #5) #Review #Giveaway #NewRelease @KensingtonBooks @SSchroeder_

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Just a Taste 

The O’Learys # 5

Shannyn Schroeder

Releasing January 19th, 2015

Kensington

Grief has brought them together again—will love open the door to their future? When it’s an O’Leary in the picture, finding out is just part of the adventure…

Carmen Delgado is left reeling when her father dies. Taking care of him has been her sole purpose for so long, she’s forgotten what it’s like to have dreams of her own. And with steady, sexy Liam O’Leary inheriting a share in her dad’s successful food truck, Carmen is suddenly free to explore her life’s possibilities. She never expected Liam to provide the kind of temptation she’s not sure she can resist…

A talented chef, Liam O’Leary has been itching to open his own restaurant for years—and the death of his mentor is a reminder that time passes too quickly. Gus’s Taco Taxi isn’t exactly what he dreamed of, but he can’t desert Gus’s daughter. Working side by side is an unexpected pleasure—and grownup Carmen is alluring in all new ways. Is love on the menu—or will old fears and insecurities drive them apart?

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Loved this Book!  Where have I been that this is the first in the O'Leary's series from Shannyn Schroeder that I have read.  I will just have to go back and grab the rest, if they are as much fun as JUST A TASTE!

Ever wanted to know how to operate and run a Food Truck?  JUST A TASTE follows Liam and Carmen as they work out the kinks of taking over for her father Gus who has recently passed away, and trying to make a relationship grow and work throughout!

In Typical Schroeder fashion, the characters were well built, the story line was super fresh (no pun intended) and I loved the interaction between Liam and Carmen, especially the bedroom scenes....talk about heating things up!  It was nice to see a couple of completely different backgrounds making it work, and getting past the insecurities of a new relationship, and BIG changes to each of their lives!

I am not a reader who always LOVES the heroine, I can only think of a handful that I truly love, but Carmen was awesome.  From her insecurities to her spark of attitude...She is a heroine I could relate to.  And Liam...quiet most of the time, but when he wants to talk...watch out!  And I like me a man who isn't selfish in bed...hee hee!

JUST A TASTE has all the ingredients for a Must Read Romance...Humor, Great Characters, and a lot of Sexual Chemistry!

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Shannyn Schroeder is the author of the O’Leary series, contemporary romances centered around a large Irish-American family in Chicago and the new Hot & Nerdy series about 3 nerdy friends and their last spring break. 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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