The Shaughnessy File

3rd District #1

by S.J. Garrett

OUT OF PRINT

Come to the 3rd District in New York City where pumpkins become limos and corporations are kingdoms in this modern take on classic faerie tales.

Trouble starts in the Shaughnessy household when youngest daughter Aenya starts dancing her way through her shoes every night-without ever leaving her room! She keeps her double life a secret from all the men who try to find the truth, but then private investigator Hiro Michaels arrives on the scene. Can she find a way to have her dreams and her love all at the same time?

Kienan Shaughnessy throws his dreams of a musical career on a wild gamble that takes a detour once he meets plain nightingale Madelyne Winters. The young innkeeper has been burned by love and cursed by hate, and she can't trust anyone as beautiful as swan-like Kienan. Can he teach her to sing a love song before it's too late?

Eldest sibling Taegan Shaughnessy unexpectedly gets a new pair of glass slippers as he pines for a princess out of his reach. Station and impropriety alike threaten to keep Kalliope Tavoularis from having the man she loves, but this princess won't take anything lying down. Can some help from an unlikely faerie godmother stop the clock from striking midnight forever?

Mel Shaughnessy is the wild-spirited beauty of the household. Though as smart as he is handsome, his college grades have plummeted past the point of no return. His only hope is the university's tutor: a woman nicknamed 'the beast'.Audra Alexandros has no sympathy, and no graces, and yet there's something about this lone wolf that Mel finds himself helplessly drawn toward. Can the beauty win the beast and close the file on the Shaughnessy Family for good?

426 pages, Paperback

First published August 1, 2014

About the author

S.J. Garrett (also writing as Etta Jean) was made in England but born in Sacramento, California. Her destiny as a bard was somewhat inevitable. Little else can explain how she constantly told her mother tall tales so outlandish that she couldn't even get grounded for them. A love of worlds created by others eventually brought out the desire to create her own, and she has never looked back. She has seen both good and evil in her life, and her stories, like life, have no half measures. Her happy endings never come without cost, though, for she truly believes we can't appreciate the good and the joy without the bad and the pain along the way.

Her current haunt is a comfy house in her beloved Sacramento where she wrangles four feline fur-kids and consumes peppermints like mana in order to balance a calendar filled with more creative venues than a sane person should realistically undertake. If she's not chained to her desk, she's stomping through the scenery in search of equally fantastical photographs.

Reviews

[J.D. Brown · Rating 5 out of 5]

The Shaughnessy File is broken up into four (five if you count the bonus) stories, so it's like you're getting four books in a series - four books for the price of one - and I adored each one! I loved every character and felt as though I was in the story, experiencing the sights and emotions when the characters did. The writing is excellent and the story flows seamlessly from one gut-clenching and heart-squeezing romance to the next. I only wished the author had been a little less narrative in some spots, but that's just my personal taste. If you love romance, contemporary fairytales, a little sex, and a lot of Happily Every Afters, then you'll love the Shaughnessy File. I can't wait for the next book!

[Elsa · Rating 5 out of 5]

Absolutely loved the first book of the 3rd District series and have reread the book for the 3rd time now. I won't spoil it for others, but if you love fairy tales and are looking for some more mature versions of them, then this is the series for you.
This book is like a good box of chocolates, one with only the best and yummiest pralines.

[Ronni Knepp · Rating 5 out of 5]

Garrett never ceases to amaze me. The Shaughnessy File is truly a work to marvel. Each "file" is it's own short story, however each one leads into the next in order to create a full body of work. Although there are predictable moments, Garrett is able to keep the reader at the edge of their seat... or better yet glued to the couch with the turning of each page. The Shaughnessy File is eloquently written with just the right amount of humor and snark to compliment the romance involved. It was truly a breath of fresh air reading this as opposed to other romance novels. With a touch of magic, humor, and of course love, The Shaughnessy File is definitely a must-read summer book.