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ОглавлениеKathleen O’Reilly is an award-winning author of several romance novels who is pursuing her lifelong goal of sleeping late, creating a panty-hose-free work environment and entertaining readers all over the world. She lives in New York with her husband, two children and one rabbit. She loves to hear from her readers at either www.kathleenoreilly.com or by mail at PO Box 312, Nyack, NY 10960, USA.
Dear Reader,
I confess. I have a weakness for bars. It seems as if particular eras in my life are defined by particular bars because I am a creature of habit – not all of them good! In college it was the Dixie Chicken, the most glorious hole-in-the-wall ever created by man. Anyone who’s set foot in that rattlesnake-infested place (and you think I’m kidding) will back me up on this. In those colourful years directly after college we spent hours at TGI Fridays, sitting on a high bar stool, talking about dreams and men (sometimes dreamy men).
When I read about two single guys in New York who opened a salad bar that all the single women flocked to, I laughed. A salad bar. I could trump that, I thought. I would create a bar that was comfortable and classy, give it a long and tawdry history, well stocked with top-shelf liquors and top-shelf men. It was surprisingly easy. My editor wanted three brothers, and I knew they had to be Irish (blame that on my great-grandfather, who I suspect was a frequenter of bars, as well). Gabe, Daniel and Sean, my sexy O’Sullivans. Those are my heroes. I hope you fall in love, because I already have.
Cheers,
Kathleen