Josephine (The Scottish Lions Book 1)

A slightly dark second chance romance set in the Irish Wolves World, about a hospitality consultant hired to open a club in the heart of Rome with a twisted secret hidden below.

Jo should have been leery when she found out the name of her client’s new club: Veleno—poison in Italian. Each floor was an ode to snakes… foreshadowing 101.

Jilted and betrayed by love, Josephine O’Connor jumps at the chance to fly to Rome to work on a new club for her parents’ hospitality business. A big project means less time to miss the MacGregor who tore her heart out. As if dealing with that betrayal isn’t enough, she finds a mysterious room at her new work site—a room she was clearly never meant to see…

On top of that, the man who hurt her when she was eighteen has returned, bringing up traumatic memories from the past that she’d prefer to leave buried.

Thomas MacGregor is a brawny Scotsman, retired Royal Marine, owner of a successful security business, and a shadow of his former self. He works, he speaks, he eats, but he isn’t living. Josephine is gone, and she’s blocked him so effectively from her life that he can barely breathe from missing her.

Now, after months of silence, Thomas discovers through mutual friends that Jo is acting strangely. What else can he do but book a flight to Italy and uncover what troubles have found her?

Trigger warning note from the author: Josephine has references to SA. However, this book is all about love, friendship, forgiveness, and finding joy. For those of you who enjoyed the witty banter of the Byrne sisters in The Irish Wolves Trilogy, never fear, Raven, River, and Rowan still have plenty to say to their bestie, Jo! This story might make you sniffle a few times, but it’s guaranteed to make you smile.