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Layers Beneath (2nd in the Doolan Family series) - contemporary romance HEA standalone
Layers Beneath (2nd in the Doolan Family series) - contemporary romance HEA standalone
Layers Beneath (2nd in the Doolan Family series) - contemporary romance HEA standalone
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This is the second book in the Doolan Family series. It can be read as a standalone, but follows chronologically from 'A Second Chance.'

When Aiden Doolan wakes up in hospital having collapsed while giving a verbal warning to his brother, (Okay, so he was reaming Danny a new one for screwing up a contract) he is warned by his Doctor, "Learn to relax... Or die before you're forty". Aiden has no clue how to relax. He has never had the opportunity!
Cue Cassie who - as far as Aiden can tell - has turned chilling out into an art form.
The problem is Cassie cannot stand her best friend Shannon's 'Stick-Up-His-Ass' humorless big brother; and Aiden thinks Cassandra is a flighty trust fund brat with no responsibilities.
So when Shannon decides big brother Aiden needs to stay with Cassie in San Diego until he learns to relax, it seems it will only be a matter of time before one of them kills, dismembers and buries the other.
Or is it? After a shaky start, the pair begin to see the layers of personality beneath those that they judged each other by, and a grudging respect begins to develop into a deepening friendship. Could two such different people find a middle ground?
As Aiden realizes that he is more than the person who built up Doolan security with a single minded obsession, more than the judgmental ass he has become, more than the coward he believed himself to be, he wonders whether he could risk his family's -most especially Shannon's - wrath and seek a closer relationship with Cass.
Cass has always felt she couldn't risk her heart, and dived into short term relationships with a f*** by date. Aiden shows her that she deserves more from herself and from a relationship. Can she ever believe she could find long term happiness with one man? And why does a certain Control Freak from Boston make her wonder what she might have been missing?
This, the second book in the Doolan family series is as much about how we judge each other on what aspects are revealed in the early days of first meeting someone, as it is a modern romance.
The book contains bad language, scenes of a sexual nature, a bridezilla in the making, and plenty of humor.

Also by Annie Campbell
A Second Chance - First in the Doolan Family Series (Shannon and Clay)
Lying Straight
Dreams of a Tomorrow
Tomorrow Begins Today

LanguageEnglish
Release dateJul 2, 2016
ISBN9781311262158
Layers Beneath (2nd in the Doolan Family series) - contemporary romance HEA standalone
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Annie Campbell

Annie Campbell is a pen name, I am not sure why I felt unable to put my own name to my work, part of it goes back to old personal issues. Now that I have completed my fifth book, I have greater belief in my work and my worth, but back when I first began the publishing process for Tomorrow Begins Today, I felt a little insecure. Also, because the main character I had created, Lou, was semi autobiographical, I wasn't at that time ready to own certain aspects of our similarities. Now, not only can I publicly own my historic over reliance on alcohol, but I am proud of my recovery and achievements in sobriety. I shy from calling myself an alcoholic, not because I am concerned about any stigma, but because having spent 3.5 years with others in recovery, I genuinely do not believe I fall into that category. Regardless of title, I had an unhealthy relationship with the bottle for 30 odd years and am happily, healthily sober nowadays. I live on the East Coast of Scotland with my tolerant husband and my impatient Labradoodle Molly. I work part time, which is necessary as I have an insular personality and writing is an isolating profession. If I didn't have to go to work, I would probably rarely leave the house or speak to others.

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