Happy St. Patrick’s Day!  In honor of the holiday, I’m sharing a clip from one of my previous titles, Family Matters, in which my heroine comes from a big and rather eccentric Irish family.

Enjoy the clip – and check out the giveaway info at the end of this post.

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The man took a deep breath, which now strained the buttons on his immaculate white shirt, and traced his thumbnail across one eyebrow. “I only argue before a jury. As we’re not in court—yet—that doesn’t apply here.”

She swallowed a wave of panic. “You’re a lawyer?”

“Yes.”

Great. A lawyer who had just stood ranting at Uncle Bren. Things couldn’t get any worse. Or could they? And did she really want to know? “You look like you could use a little assistance with this…meeting.”

He smiled. Despite the situation, she couldn’t help but notice how it changed his entire expression, easing the hard frown lines bisecting his forehead, even lightening the color of his eyes from near black to a dark greenish-gray. An interesting transformation.

She didn’t trust the change in him for a minute.

Still, she squinted at him and found her head tilting slightly, her fingers curling around an imaginary paintbrush. With an effort, she blinked, bringing herself back to harsh reality.

“I could use a warrant and a padded cell.” He gestured over his shoulder. “If you think you’ve got any chance of knocking some sense into that scam artist, go right ahead.”

She squinted again, not in pleasure this time. “Wait a minute—”

“You’ve got no call to say that,” Uncle Bren interrupted, glaring at the man.

He sounded intimidating enough, but Kerry knew the real threat would come from her grandmother, always famous for jumping into any brawl.

Kerry looked over her shoulder. Sure enough, here Gran came, pushing her way through the crowd, barreling toward the lawyer and Uncle Bren. Kerry moved hastily toward her. Fortunately, as she closed in, the crowd surged around them both.

“Out of my way, Kerry Anne. I don’t let anyone use such talk to my family, children nor grandchildren.” She added ominously, “And you know what happens when I get my Irish up.”

“I do know, Gran,” Kerry agreed, holding back a sigh.

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Hope you enjoyed the teaser!

Family Matters is available at your favorite booksellers, including:

Amazon   Barnes & Noble   Harlequin

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Details for the drawing:

Please note, I’ll be giving away five autographed print copies of Family Matters – and due to postal and international regulations, to winners with US/Canada addresses only.

To enter the giveaway, either share a favorite St. Patrick’s Day memory or answer the question:  Irish or not, do you celebrate the day?

From comments left by Friday, March 20th, I’ll draw 5 names and will announce the winners here on Monday, March 23rd.

If you already own Family Matters, feel free to enter anyway.  If your name is drawn, we’ll talk.  😉

All my best,

Barbara