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My Wild Irish Rose (Irish Eyes)

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With the burial of her father in New York City, Rose Larkin has only one living relative, her Aunt Kate. Knowing she needs money, Rose plans to marry one of her boring suitors, but Kate objects. Kate plans to fund Rose so that her niece can live life to the fullest as an adventuress before settling into the doldrums of marriage.

The duo travels to Dublin where they meet rogue Everett Costello who sets up the naive women so that he can have his way with the lovely Rose. Unable to remain on the sidelines, horse farmer Cullen O'Banyon intercedes and rescues Rose from the dastardly clutches of Everett. Kate informs Cullen that she found the perfect job for Rose to begin her adventures. Kate will sing and dance at the French Academy. Cullen explains that a lady does not sing nor dance at the French Academy. Unable to resist the two ladies, Cullen, the widowed father of two lads decides it is time for him to have an adventure too.

MY WILD IRISH ROSE is an amusing historical romance set in the last decade of the nineteenth century. Rose and Cullen are a delightful charcaters who prefer a simple life, but go through the motions of adventuring due to their caring for Aunt Kate. Rachel Wilson provides her fans with a warm, humorous tale that is simply fun to read.

Harriet Klausner

Possibly the worst read of the summer. Ludicrous situation, not a single character who could have existed outside of this fictitious nonsense. The very premise is insulting... two peabrained characters (the heroine and her aunt) decide that she needs turn-of-the-century adventure before marriage by becoming an adventuress, with no real understanding of what that entails. The hero is a staid, nice man who rescues them from the world. Bah humbug. I was bored and irritated...and the author has the talent to do better.