The Blarney Factor — Kennedy Shaw

Rain Harper and her best friend since diapers, Josie Manning, are all set to enjoy their last girl's only trip before Josie's impending nuptials. Rain hopes to convince Josie she's making a big mistake by marrying the most boring and anal man in Texas without revealing a horrible secret.
The two African-American women embark on their first trip outside of the United States on an escorted motor coach tour of Ireland. Little do they know Rain's boss has landed them right smack in the middle of a terrorist plot and in the path of the CIA.
Sean Callahan, CIA Counter-terrorism analyst, is in Ireland trying to piece his life back together after a divorce from his actress wife. While visiting his paternal grandmother in Ireland, Sean is called back to work to do a little goodwill mission for the US government. Thwarting a terrorist uprising isn't Sean's area of expertise, considering he hadn't been a field agent in over five years. Being African-American and Irish, Sean can't resist when he discovers the target is a bus full of Americans.
Sean enlists the help of his Irish cousin, Tara, to act as his mark, and they pose as a couple. He's confident he can enjoy the tour with a minimum of fuss. That is until he meets Rain Harper from Dallas, Texas.
Rain is observant by nature. The audio book narrator's hobby is mystery writing, so she's used to filling in the gaps. She quickly realizes Sean and his cousin aren't what the couple claims to be and calls him on it. Sean can't believe he's been made so quickly and by a civilian no less.
Before the tour can get underway, a mature, suspicious gentleman joins the tour. Supposedly his companion is going to join the tour later. Sean's field instincts tell him the terrorist has just joined the tour.
Sean's boss tells him that Rain is the pigeon. She's carrying a computer flash drive hidden in a book her employer gave her as a present for her trip to Ireland and she has no idea she's carrying it. The plan is for the terrorists to somehow acquire the drive and pass along the instructions to the rebels of the Continuity Irish Republican Army (CIRA).
Which also makes Rain a target for the CIRA and that means trouble for Sean. The only way he can protect the free spirited woman is to join her on a pub-crawl with some of the women from the tour. Sean figures this will be easy, but Sean is so wrong. He's the first to fall. Rain escorts him back to his hotel room and attempts to put him to bed, but is momentarily distracted by his good looks and his totally kissable lips.


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