MARRYING MOLLY
(The McKenna Curse Novella)
by Patricia Rosemoor
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Pub Date 1 Dec 2020 | Archive Date 13 Dec 2020
Author Collective 20 | Dangerous Love Publishing
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Description
June 22, 1919
Donal McKenna,
Ye might have found happiness with another woman, but yer progeny will pay for this betrayal of me. I call on my faerie blood and my powers as a witch to give yers only sorrow in love, for should they act on their feelings, they will put their loved ones in mortal danger.
So be it,
Sheelin O’Keefe
Sheelin didn't know she was pregnant with Donal's son when she cast the curse and inadvertently cursed her own descendants, as well. Four generations of loved ones dying...when her sister-in-law and best friend is the latest victim, Molly Kavanaugh has had enough! She faces down her great-great grandmother's spirit and says she will end the curse...only how? She swears it's Sheelin telling her that to end the curse, a McKenna man must marry an O'Keefe woman he loves more than life itself. So when Molly has her motherless niece write a letter to Santa with her Christmas wish, the niece says Molly must write one, as well.
Dear Santa, Please let me meet a McKenna man who will help me end Sheelin O’Keefe’s horrible curse on both our families. Molly Kavanaugh
Excerpt:
Brigid was asleep and Finn had texted Molly that he had to make another stop before returning home. Molly settled down in the recliner near the blazing stone fireplace, where stockings hung for Brigid, Finn and Kate. Kate, who wouldn’t be here for Christmas. Obviously, her brother hadn’t been willing to let go of the holiday reminder. She looked away from it to the lit tree she had helped decorate before leaving for Ireland. Though it was beautiful, and though Christmas had always been her favorite holiday, this year she couldn’t properly appreciate it. She didn’t know that the holiday would ever be the same for her.
Starting to doze, she jerked awake when the doorbell rang. Had Finn forgotten his keys? Yawning, she left the recliner and headed for the entry. When she swung open the door, it was to a complete stranger.
“I’m looking for Finn Kavanaugh.”
“I’m sorry, but he’s not here at the moment.” Molly tried not to gape as she took him in. He was tall, his broad shoulders dusted with newly fallen snow. Ruggedly handsome, he had dark hair, muddy violet eyes and a small scar on his chin. Was she really awake or asleep and dreaming? He pretty much fit her description of her hero for her new book. “Um, I’m his sister, Molly. Finn didn’t tell me he was expecting anyone.”
A thread of excitement ran through her. An undefinable pull more than simple attraction. Not that she’d met a man this attractive in... well, maybe never.
He pulled out a leather holder from his suit jacket and flipped it open to show her his Chicago Police Department ID and star. When he said, “I’m here to talk to Mr. Kavanaugh about his wife’s probable murder,” Molly fought more tears and told herself that Kate wouldn’t want her to cry. Then he said, “I’m Detective Reilly McKenna.”
She nearly choked at the detective’s last name. A McKenna man. Here! She’d written her Dear Santa request less than an hour ago. Had Santa somehow sent him to her? Or had Sheelin? Her pulse raced at the idea.
Flustered, she forced herself to concentrate on the reason Detective Reilly McKenna had come by. “Murder? The police told us it was vehicular manslaughter or something like that.”
“The initial investigators thought it was a simple matter of hit and run because the driver was panicked. We now have a witness and video footage that makes us believe otherwise. That was how I landed the case.”
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| ISBN | 9798571801942 |
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Featured Reviews
Debbie C, Reviewer
This is the latest installment in the McKenna curse The curse was started when Donal McKenna fell in love and left Sheelin O’Keefe for another woman Sheelan having faerie blood cast a curse that no McKenna would ever fond love the only problem she didn't know she was pregnant with Donal's son and that she was cursing her own descendants
Moving to modern times and Molly Kavanaugh is fed up of losing family members to the curse and she confronts her ancestor to find a way to break the curse is for a McKenna man to marry a O'Keefe woman but not just marry he must love her more than life itself and she can't see how that is going to happen. That is until she is staying with her brother Finn and his young daughter after the death off Kate their wife and mother another victim of the curse her brother has been held up at work so when the door bell rings she assumes he has forgotten his key No it is the most stunning man she has even seen and when he introduces himself she is stunned to find he is non other than Detective Reilly McKenna he is here to tell them that Kate's wasn't a hit and run as first suspected but is most likely a murder. As they are thrown together by the case will romance bloom and finally brake the cuurse that has devastated both of their families for years..
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What would you do to end a centuries old family curse? A quick, one sitting read that begins with a trip to ancestral lands and ends with a Christmas miracle. The book will pique your interest in the other books of the series. What is your Christmas wish?
Anne M, Reviewer
Marrying Molly is a novella by Patricia Rosemoor, part of the McKenna Curse series. Molly is in Ireland when she hears of her sister-in-law/best friend's death in a hit and run. She is on her way back to Chicago but she has one more stop: the grave of Sheelin O'Keefe, her ggg-grandmother and the progenitor of this curse that has killed countless lovers, including her father, and her sister-in-law Kate. She asks Sheelin how she can break the curse and Sheelin's spirit rises from the grave to tell her: find a McKenna man to love an O'Keefe woman more than he loves his life. Oh, is that all? Several days later when she is with her brother and niece back in Chicago, a man rings the bell. It is the detective investigating Kate's MURDER. When did it turn into a murder? Moreover, the detective's name is McKenna. Can she make this happen? This string of senseless deaths?
First, let me say, I love this series. I love the fairy blood. I love the curse. I love the empathetic way some of them deal with the world. These are terrific love stories. I hope this is not the end. Molly can feel spirits. She has always been able to. She can feel Kate, and she could feel Sheelin. Riley has inherited something of that was well. It helps him as a detective. Often he can feel what is going on in someone's mind/heart. He was drawn to her immediately. She is fun, energetic, full of love to give, and makes a house a home. He is serious, good at his job, and naturally curious. They are in love before either of them realizes it. What a lovely Christmas story. It made my day. I totally recommend it.
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Karen R, Librarian
Marrying Molly is a novella length story set in Patricia Rosemoor’s McKenna Curse world and is packed with the same mystery and suspense readers have come to expect from this magical and fast-paced series. There is so much to enjoy about this story that it’s better left to the reader to discover all the twists and turns, murderous plots and a romance that comes out of nowhere. Marrying Molly is a wonderful addition to this thoroughly entertaining series and one I’m sure many will find enchanting.
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