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Title: SOMETHING TO PROVE
Author: Shannyn Schroeder
Genre: Contemporary Romance
About SOMETHING TO PROVE:
More than business...
Determined to show her father she's capable of running the family business, Elizabeth Brannigan sets out to save his struggling Chicago bar. But she'll need a little help dealing with the rough crowd. When she encounters the handsome co-owner of a thriving Irish pub, she's more than ready to take on those late night shenanigans.
Colin O’Leary’s father passed away before he could prove to him that he wasn’t a screw-up. Now he wants to show his brother he’s responsible enough to own a bar of his own. And Elizabeth just might be the saving grace he's always needed. Can they mix a little business and pleasure or will the merger destroy everything?
EXCERPT:
Moments after Elizabeth had left, Colin walked into the office, dying to hear her proposition. “What did Legs want?”
“Huh?” Ryan looked up from the computer screen.
“Long legs, power suit. Had a proposition?”
“Oh. Her name is Elizabeth Brannigan.”
“I heard her name when she introduced herself, but she’s a lot of leg. What was the proposition?”
“Get your mind out of the gutter. It was business. I just Googled her. Her father is some big investor in resorts in Florida. He buys them when they’re run-down and fixes them.”
“What does that have to do with you?”
“She bought a bar and wants help.”
“And?”
“I told her no. I don’t have time to add another business. Although, now that I’m looking at the money and power behind her dad…the profit might be worth it.”
“I’ll do it.” The words left his mouth before he thought clearly about what he was suggesting.
“What?”
“Give me the information. I’ll work with her.”
Ryan shook his head. “She’s not looking for a bed-buddy. She needs a business partner.”
Colin’s shoulders tightened. “I can do that. You just said that it would be profitable. Something like that would give me the money I need to open my own place.”
Anger flashed in Ryan’s eyes. “So much for being here. It hasn’t even been a week since you swore you weren’t going anywhere. That I could count on you.”
Guilt sank into Colin. It was a feeling he knew too well. “You run two bars and have for a long time. It’s a fact you’ve been shoving in my face for a year now. I can do what you do. I’m not an idiot.”
They stared at each other like they had as children, each thinking he knew best, each knowing they worked better together than apart.
“Whatever.” Ryan flung a business card at him. “Do what you want. That’s something you excel at.”
Colin scooped up the card and tucked it into his pocket. “I’ll be at the bar if you need anything.”
Ryan answered with a grunt. He’d get over it. At least Colin was pretty sure he would. He was ready for this. If that meant he had to prove it to Ryan first, he would.
Back at the bar, he pulled the card out. Elizabeth Brannigan, VP Brannigan Enterprises. Hmmm…VP explained the power suits she always wore. Also explained the stick up her ass when she’d introduced herself.
Completely different from the woman who was pliant and moaning in his arms. He knew he’d made the right choice by not sleeping with her. If he was going to get into bed with her, she was damn well going to be sober enough to remember it.
And enjoy it.
On the back of the card, neatly printed, Sheraton Hotel Higgins. Now he knew where to track her down.
Stick up her ass or not, Colin could make this happen. He’d help her make the bar a success, they’d sell with a nice profit, maybe have a little fun on the side, and then go their separate ways. How hard could it be?
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