Sweet Irish Kiss

By JoAnne Kenrick

Shaun Bell, a divorced workaholic, spends all his time tending bar in his Irish Pub. He's ready to love again, but the women who visit his bar are only after his infamous Irish cocktails. At the advice of his darts team over a tanker or two of Beamish, he applies to 1Night Stand to get back into the swing of things and enjoy the company of a woman specially selected for him by Madame Evangeline.

Rachel Taylor has issues. Her father broke her mother’s heart with his cheating and Rachel swore never to let that happen to her, but one ruined relationship after another and she’s realized she's got to get over being closed off to men. Perhaps a one-night stand is just the baby step she needs to begin to build trust again.

A match seemingly made in heaven...until morning rolls around and Shaun can't bring himself to say good-bye. Can he win her over with his secret weapon, a Sweet Irish Kiss, or is Rachel still too scared to love?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Decadent Publishing
• Release date: Sep 29, 2011
• ISBN: 9781613331064

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Sweet Irish Kiss

By

JoAnne Kenrick

A 1 Night Stand Story

Smashwords Edition

Copyright © 2011 by JoAnne Kenrick

ISBN: 978-1-61333-106-4

Cover art by Fantasia Frog Designs

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~DEDICATION~

To Valerie, Kate and Olivia...for starting the 1 NightStand Series which has given me endless hours of reading entertainment. I can only hope my addition does the series justice. Thanks, ladies!

Chapter One

Shaun drew back his arm, sucked in a breath, and took his shot. The instant his grip left the barrel, the dart ripped through the air with a precision only seen in that of a...well...drunk. Or someone inflicted with a bad case of nerves.

He missed the board by an inch, and the crowd reacted with rowdy laughter.

Bounce out!

He’s right, you totally missed that board. How many you had? Another one of them raised his glass in a salute. The action caused his pint of dark ale to swish down his clothes and over the wood floor. Oh shit, missus is gonna be pissed now. Supposed to be at work, not boozing it up in Bell’s with me Irish lot.

Shaun ignored the shout-outs, shuffled his right foot a touch more forward, and threw another. The tip of the dart tilted down the instant it took flight, and the Bell logo’d tail failed to catch air. It plummeted toward the oak floor and a nearby punter. He jerked his foot out the way in the nick of time, though, and his look of horror jolted Shaun straight. The punter laughed it off and tipped his empty glass in Shaun’s direction. He nodded in return. The nod was an unspoken rule in Bell’s Irish Pub—his pub. It meant a drink on-the-house, and only the regulars knew this.

Shit, me game is way off tonight.

"Ya game is fine, but ya booze-eyes are a problem. Not like ya ta drink this much. I

Reviews for Sweet Irish Kiss

[tometender · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Steamin' Hot Short!

[irishcontessa · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

Sweet Irish Kiss was the first book in the One Night Stand series that I had read even though it's (I think) number 70. There are a lot of these and they are all very short. Which is my gripe. Because it was good - but short, very short. And I have a love-hate relationship with short stories and novellas. It's not that I don't like them - I do! But I always want more!! So in a nutshell that's my review of Sweet Irish Kiss - it's good, I liked the characters (cuz who doesn't want a hot, Irish bartender?), it was hot and spicy, but it was over and I didn't want it to be.