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Misbehaving Billionaires #3
Irish Wishes
Irish lore meets clean and wholesome romance...Gillian thinks she’s happy – she has a safe, reliable job working at her local library, good friends, and a sweet gig as the choir accompanist for her church. But her orderly life is turned upside down on her 25th birthday when she inherits the contents of a safety deposit box that will send her on a trip to Ireland.Workaholic Pete has always done his billionaire father’s bidding, so when his dad sends him to Ireland to fetch his little stepsister, he can’t refuse. But billionaire JW has a few tricks up his sleeve and the journey he’s planned takes Gillian and Pete on a trip they’ll never forget.Castles, boating on the River Liffey, the haunted ruins of the Hellfire Club, and the breathtaking beauty of the Irish countryside—this is one journey that has more twists and turns than either of them could ever have imagined…Funny and yet thought-provoking, Irish Wishes will charm romantic comedy fans and armchair travelers.Irish Wishes is the third book in The Misbehaving Billionaire Series, but all novels can be read independently.Buy Irish for a spin around the Irish countryside with a smart and strong female main character, and a swoony hero.
184 pages, Kindle Edition
Published April 20, 2019
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About the author
Kristy Tate
104 books153 followersDr. Seuss was my first love. When my mom left me in the children’s section of the library I’d find Horton and the Cat. My mom hated the good doctor and refused to checkout his books. He was my secret, guilty pleasure. Eventually, I read about Narnia, Oz and Green Gables.
When my mom grew too sick to visit the library, a friend brought her a stash of romances which she kept in a big box beside her bed. Weekly, this good friend replenished the box. My mom didn’t know I read her books; it was like the Seuss affair, only sexier. Reading became my escape from a horrific and scary situation. Immersed in a story, I didn’t have to think about the life and death drama taking place on the other side of my bedroom wall. Books were my hallucinogenic drug of choice. In college, I studied literature and fell in love with Elliot, Willa and too many others to mention. (This had no similarity to my dating life.)
I’m no longer a child living with a grieving father and a dying mother, nor am I the co-ed in search of something or someone real, nonfictional. I’m an adult blessed with an abundance of love. I love my Heavenly Father and His son, my husband and family, my dog, my friends, my neighbors, my writing group, the birds outside my window.
Because I’m a writer, I also love my characters. I adore their pluck, courage and mettle. I admire the way they face and overcome hardships. But, as in any romance, I sometimes I get angry with them and think that they are too stupid to live. At those times, I have to remind myself that they live only in my imagination, unless I share. Writing for me is all about sharing--giving back to the world that has so generously shared with me-- because I learned a long time ago that the world is full of life and death dramas. Sometimes we need a story to help us escape.
And we need as much love as we can find. That’s why I write romance.
When my mom grew too sick to visit the library, a friend brought her a stash of romances which she kept in a big box beside her bed. Weekly, this good friend replenished the box. My mom didn’t know I read her books; it was like the Seuss affair, only sexier. Reading became my escape from a horrific and scary situation. Immersed in a story, I didn’t have to think about the life and death drama taking place on the other side of my bedroom wall. Books were my hallucinogenic drug of choice. In college, I studied literature and fell in love with Elliot, Willa and too many others to mention. (This had no similarity to my dating life.)
I’m no longer a child living with a grieving father and a dying mother, nor am I the co-ed in search of something or someone real, nonfictional. I’m an adult blessed with an abundance of love. I love my Heavenly Father and His son, my husband and family, my dog, my friends, my neighbors, my writing group, the birds outside my window.
Because I’m a writer, I also love my characters. I adore their pluck, courage and mettle. I admire the way they face and overcome hardships. But, as in any romance, I sometimes I get angry with them and think that they are too stupid to live. At those times, I have to remind myself that they live only in my imagination, unless I share. Writing for me is all about sharing--giving back to the world that has so generously shared with me-- because I learned a long time ago that the world is full of life and death dramas. Sometimes we need a story to help us escape.
And we need as much love as we can find. That’s why I write romance.
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July 24, 2019
This was a cute fun story. Well written and character driven. I was pulled in from the first pages and just had fun reading this book. It is a chaste contemporary romance with a bit of Irish magic. These two had awesome chemistry and some funny situations. If you liked the movie Leap Year you will enjoy this.
July 18, 2019
Since I am an Irish American, I love all things Irish, and so I purchased Irish Wishes by Kristy Tate.
I started reading it over the weekend and realized that I had read a very similar story awhile back. I then went through my Kindle books, and pulled up the book, The Thin Place, by Lori Herter, written a few years ago.
Several scenes from The Thin Place are duplicated in Irish Wishes, with the same locations and events happening in both books. For instance (and without revealing any major details of the story line) there is Boa Island, a graveyard, an ancient pagan stone that has a face carved on either side, and a B & B with an older woman proprietor and a cat. Some very specific details are exactly the same in The Thin Place and in this new book by Ms Tate: coins left in a hollow carved in the top of that pagan stone with the face; the heroine suffers a broken ankle climbing up to St Colmcille's well in Glencolmcille; the heroine's camera breaks and the camera is an essential part of her job and part of the reason for her stay in Ireland; in both books, the heroine contemplates using the coins to purchase a new camera and then decides against it; the heroine works at the B & B to defray her travel costs; and the hero falls asleep at the graveyard and wakes to find a mysterious woman, supposedly part of an Irish legend. There is even talk of Bram Stolker and Irish vampires, an uncommon element that is in both books.
Having compared both novels on my Kindle, I am convinced that parts of Irish Wishes were taken directly from The Thin Place.
I would suggest to any interested readers to read The Thin Place and just skip Irish Wishes, since The Thin Place is much better written (no grammatical mistakes) and thoroughly researched about Irish legends and lore, and doesn't just use Ireland as a postcard to the story.
I started reading it over the weekend and realized that I had read a very similar story awhile back. I then went through my Kindle books, and pulled up the book, The Thin Place, by Lori Herter, written a few years ago.
Several scenes from The Thin Place are duplicated in Irish Wishes, with the same locations and events happening in both books. For instance (and without revealing any major details of the story line) there is Boa Island, a graveyard, an ancient pagan stone that has a face carved on either side, and a B & B with an older woman proprietor and a cat. Some very specific details are exactly the same in The Thin Place and in this new book by Ms Tate: coins left in a hollow carved in the top of that pagan stone with the face; the heroine suffers a broken ankle climbing up to St Colmcille's well in Glencolmcille; the heroine's camera breaks and the camera is an essential part of her job and part of the reason for her stay in Ireland; in both books, the heroine contemplates using the coins to purchase a new camera and then decides against it; the heroine works at the B & B to defray her travel costs; and the hero falls asleep at the graveyard and wakes to find a mysterious woman, supposedly part of an Irish legend. There is even talk of Bram Stolker and Irish vampires, an uncommon element that is in both books.
Having compared both novels on my Kindle, I am convinced that parts of Irish Wishes were taken directly from The Thin Place.
I would suggest to any interested readers to read The Thin Place and just skip Irish Wishes, since The Thin Place is much better written (no grammatical mistakes) and thoroughly researched about Irish legends and lore, and doesn't just use Ireland as a postcard to the story.
April 2, 2020
Not for me
Ugh...I am not even sure where to start. I really tried to like the book. It had its good moments if I ignored most of the emotional rationale and plot staging. I couldn't buy into the characters. I couldn't buy into the whole way the story ended so HEA and with not so much as a good conversation between the two love interests, who also happened to be step siblings at one point. No, this didn't make any logical sense the way it was written. I could've gotten over the whole you used to me legally family but aren't now if it had been handled better. And what was it about Pete going everywhere else except home to find his girl? And why didn't we call his father right away? The plot did not make sense 80% of the time!! But it was pretty clean. Just not for me.
Ugh...I am not even sure where to start. I really tried to like the book. It had its good moments if I ignored most of the emotional rationale and plot staging. I couldn't buy into the characters. I couldn't buy into the whole way the story ended so HEA and with not so much as a good conversation between the two love interests, who also happened to be step siblings at one point. No, this didn't make any logical sense the way it was written. I could've gotten over the whole you used to me legally family but aren't now if it had been handled better. And what was it about Pete going everywhere else except home to find his girl? And why didn't we call his father right away? The plot did not make sense 80% of the time!! But it was pretty clean. Just not for me.
February 21, 2025
So much of this book didn't make sense. There were a lot of gaps in the timeline and story.
Spoiler Alert: Her mother woke up alone in a hotel with no idea how she got there. What happened to the 3 friends she went to the bar with? Did she check at the front desk to get information about the name of the person the room was registered in? Did she make a police report?
And after her grandmother disowned her mother, how did they survive for 7 years? And the way her mother met her stepdad??? What country were they even in? He was from USA, and she was from Ireland. And where was the main character when her mother saved him?
What did her mother and stepdad argue about that caused her to leave him? Where was she going when the plane crashed, and why was she alone?
And why were there a bunch of dead animals hanging in that woman's house? How is that plausible?What made her grandmother so angry about the diary? I thought they had reconciled when the mother left her rich husband.
Spoiler Alert: Her mother woke up alone in a hotel with no idea how she got there. What happened to the 3 friends she went to the bar with? Did she check at the front desk to get information about the name of the person the room was registered in? Did she make a police report?
And after her grandmother disowned her mother, how did they survive for 7 years? And the way her mother met her stepdad??? What country were they even in? He was from USA, and she was from Ireland. And where was the main character when her mother saved him?
What did her mother and stepdad argue about that caused her to leave him? Where was she going when the plane crashed, and why was she alone?
And why were there a bunch of dead animals hanging in that woman's house? How is that plausible?What made her grandmother so angry about the diary? I thought they had reconciled when the mother left her rich husband.
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May 6, 2019
At the beginning of this story Gillian receives a safe deposit box from her mother who died ten years ago and an offer for a paid trip to Ireland to write an article. I loved reading the descriptions and history as she traveled all over Ireland following Bram Stoker’s path and all the interesting characters she met along the way. She runs into an old love that broke her heart and a step brother she hasn’t seen since her mother’s funeral. There was plenty of romance, mystery, and adventure. I can’t wait to read Flora’s story next.
June 13, 2019
Great Read
I found this book a great read. It tells a story of life and hits very close to today's life situations. The good , the bad and how somehow things can straighten out and love can prevail. I would recommend this book to anyone who like a comical love story. The only thing I didn't like was how the bòk ended with friend hearing a voice from her past, and then the snippet of the next book starts with them from the start of when they first met. I don't like having things backtrack, it would have been better not include the first chapter of the next book.
I found this book a great read. It tells a story of life and hits very close to today's life situations. The good , the bad and how somehow things can straighten out and love can prevail. I would recommend this book to anyone who like a comical love story. The only thing I didn't like was how the bòk ended with friend hearing a voice from her past, and then the snippet of the next book starts with them from the start of when they first met. I don't like having things backtrack, it would have been better not include the first chapter of the next book.
December 30, 2021
Sweet story and as the title says, clean and wholesome. Gillian works in a local school library and has lived with her grandmother since her mother died in an accident 10 years before.
She gets the opportunity to write an article about Irish folklore places to see for a travel magazine. She decides to go and see some of her late mother's friends to see if she can trace her father. At the same time, her late mothers husband sends her step brother over to Ireland "to bring her home".
Gillian finds out more than she bargained for in the company of her step brother.
She gets the opportunity to write an article about Irish folklore places to see for a travel magazine. She decides to go and see some of her late mother's friends to see if she can trace her father. At the same time, her late mothers husband sends her step brother over to Ireland "to bring her home".
Gillian finds out more than she bargained for in the company of her step brother.
May 29, 2019
Irish Wishes
An interesting, but highly improbible story. Gillion unfortunately was left in her highly bias and unforgiving grandmother when her mother died. Fw had made numerous attempts to reach out her,only to be throated by the grandmother. When he sent Pete to meet hercin Ireland, Gillion was very unbelieving. The ensuing events were interesting. Despite both.there resistance they were attracted to each other. .....I gave it 4 stars
An interesting, but highly improbible story. Gillion unfortunately was left in her highly bias and unforgiving grandmother when her mother died. Fw had made numerous attempts to reach out her,only to be throated by the grandmother. When he sent Pete to meet hercin Ireland, Gillion was very unbelieving. The ensuing events were interesting. Despite both.there resistance they were attracted to each other. .....I gave it 4 stars
June 3, 2019
So Enjoyable
Gillian adored her step dad WJ & step brother Pete. But when her mom ended up separating from him it hurt. She ended up with her grandmother after her mom died, and thought they wanted nothing to do with her. Well she turned 25 and inherited a safety deposit box of things of her mothers. She got her a trip to Ireland, a ring, and her mom's diary. WJ knows what should happen and sends Pete to Ireland to bring Gillian home. But is it more.
Gillian adored her step dad WJ & step brother Pete. But when her mom ended up separating from him it hurt. She ended up with her grandmother after her mom died, and thought they wanted nothing to do with her. Well she turned 25 and inherited a safety deposit box of things of her mothers. She got her a trip to Ireland, a ring, and her mom's diary. WJ knows what should happen and sends Pete to Ireland to bring Gillian home. But is it more.
March 19, 2020
Gillian and Pete
On Gillian's 25th birthday her life changed. She received the contents of a safety deposit box that sent her on a trip to Ireland to find her Father. Her Step Father sent his son to bring her back to him.
Irish Wishes is a very good story that needs a few more rewrites to make it smoother. The end of the story was written into the preview of her next book. At first I wasn't sure the story had ended
On Gillian's 25th birthday her life changed. She received the contents of a safety deposit box that sent her on a trip to Ireland to find her Father. Her Step Father sent his son to bring her back to him.
Irish Wishes is a very good story that needs a few more rewrites to make it smoother. The end of the story was written into the preview of her next book. At first I wasn't sure the story had ended
March 2, 2021
Entertaining Irish Contemporary story with a mystical flair about a young woman on a summer assignment to Ireland, met by a step-brother she hadn't seen in years. Somewhat of a set-up but past circumstances prevented contact. Much of the plot evolves around the tour of major sites in Ireland. Light, fun, a bit crazy with a lovely cover for someone who enjoys Irish Contemporary billionaire novellas.....
June 2, 2019
Cute read
Intriguing characters. Amazing location. The fairy bit was a bit odd, but even then the story was interesting. The ending was meh. But the characters had their resolution.
Intriguing characters. Amazing location. The fairy bit was a bit odd, but even then the story was interesting. The ending was meh. But the characters had their resolution.
June 5, 2019
Delitful
Excited, I found a new writer for me to read. It's like finding hidden treasure. This book is like that for me. I read so many books but don't finish because they don't catch my attention or it seems like I read before. Not this one!!!! I couldn't put it down.
Excited, I found a new writer for me to read. It's like finding hidden treasure. This book is like that for me. I read so many books but don't finish because they don't catch my attention or it seems like I read before. Not this one!!!! I couldn't put it down.
March 19, 2020
Dreams can come true
It's a great story about love, family, trust and most of all, takes place mostly in a place I would love to see: Ireland. Read it if you want something that doesn't revolve around sex.
It's a great story about love, family, trust and most of all, takes place mostly in a place I would love to see: Ireland. Read it if you want something that doesn't revolve around sex.
April 30, 2020
I like the story, my only issue that the plot dragged for Gillian and Pete and then all of a sudden... things happened and then a cliff hanger. Not complaining about the cliffhanger since it is not related to Gillian and Pete. I want to read book 2 and see what happens with Flora.
June 10, 2021
Loved this series
I have enjoyed am the books I've read in this series. The characters are interesting and relatable. The plot is funny of a little farfetched. I Iove a clean romance.
I have enjoyed am the books I've read in this series. The characters are interesting and relatable. The plot is funny of a little farfetched. I Iove a clean romance.
March 16, 2022
sweet romance with lots of Irish folklore
This a fast, sweet romance. I enjoyed reading about the places Gillian and Pete visited and the adventures they went on. It was fun to learn about Irish folklore and how their romance developed.
The story moves quickly and is engaging.
This a fast, sweet romance. I enjoyed reading about the places Gillian and Pete visited and the adventures they went on. It was fun to learn about Irish folklore and how their romance developed.
The story moves quickly and is engaging.
April 30, 2022
Pretty Cool
An enjoyable light hearted story. Very easy to read with interesting characters and many intriguing events. Well written and captivating enough to keep me turning each page.
An enjoyable light hearted story. Very easy to read with interesting characters and many intriguing events. Well written and captivating enough to keep me turning each page.
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April 2, 2024A sweet story.
A sad upbringing with family disputes that shear apart those who should be close is a roughness to live! Whos to say what's real and what's not.
Check out Irish Wishes and see what you think.
A sad upbringing with family disputes that shear apart those who should be close is a roughness to live! Whos to say what's real and what's not.
Check out Irish Wishes and see what you think.
July 22, 2024
What a Puppeteer
Gillian doesn't know why good things are coming her way. Pete is on a mission, but he clearly is not aware of the reason behind the mission. Read and discover the reason for it all. Easy to read yet intriguing story about young love and forgiveness.
Gillian doesn't know why good things are coming her way. Pete is on a mission, but he clearly is not aware of the reason behind the mission. Read and discover the reason for it all. Easy to read yet intriguing story about young love and forgiveness.
May 2, 2019
It seemed a little contrived, but then again, I read the whole thing in one sitting, so...
May 23, 2019
😃😃😃😃😃
A nice little romance with some faith and some magic. Pretty good story, likeable and entertaining characters and a quick breezy pace.
A nice little romance with some faith and some magic. Pretty good story, likeable and entertaining characters and a quick breezy pace.
July 6, 2019
A clean sweet romance.
July 18, 2019
Predictable
I didn't feel like there was a lot of depth to the book and I found some of the situations a little strange
I didn't feel like there was a lot of depth to the book and I found some of the situations a little strange
September 18, 2019
Quick read
Fun rump thru the Irish countryside with some intrigue and a few misunderstandings make for a clean romance. Worth your time.
Fun rump thru the Irish countryside with some intrigue and a few misunderstandings make for a clean romance. Worth your time.
March 24, 2020
Made me smile
Original interesting & quirky characters. Fun and fast moving story line. Kept my interest with some turns I didn't expect.
Original interesting & quirky characters. Fun and fast moving story line. Kept my interest with some turns I didn't expect.
March 26, 2020
Summer Favorite
This is the type of lighthearted book I love to read in the summertime on the beach or a warm breezy afternoon on the deck.
This is the type of lighthearted book I love to read in the summertime on the beach or a warm breezy afternoon on the deck.
April 1, 2020
Good
I had a hard time in keep up with the story. Start out boarding but end was really good.
Would reread it.
I had a hard time in keep up with the story. Start out boarding but end was really good.
Would reread it.
April 11, 2020
Good book
This is a pretty good book, not outstanding though. It's a good read, it has it's high points, and it's low points
This is a pretty good book, not outstanding though. It's a good read, it has it's high points, and it's low points
March 6, 2021
Different in a good way
I really enjoyed binge reading this. In some ways a typical boy meets girl story and in others the dark side of families and cruelty.
I really enjoyed binge reading this. In some ways a typical boy meets girl story and in others the dark side of families and cruelty.
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