An Irish Contract

by Tee Smith

Molly Mae had been a feisty old woman. She knew what she wanted and was prepared to get it. Even in death.

When Isla was called back to her Irish homeland for the reading of the will, she could never have imagined what her grandmother had in mind.

She would be forced to share her inheritance with her ex-husband, or lose it all.

It was hardly a fair request.

There is no doubt in her mind that she will fight to keep O’Reilly House.

But at what cost?

Originally published as part of the Tempting Luck anthology. Extended story.

Genres: Second Chance, Novella

70 pages, Kindle Edition

First published March 21, 2019

About the author

Tee Smith lives in a small town in country Western Australia.
Her four children are all grown and she recently became a proud grandma.
Her novels are primarily romantic suspense. She reads almost everything, but loves nothing more than a good psycho-thriller.

Reviews

[Fre06 Begum · Rating 1 out of 5]

This was no hero I would NEVER have forgiven this cheating rat! He cheated with the beautiful “office slut” whilst married to h. The day h caught him with ow in the office he planned to tell h he wanted to divorce her for ow. He later went on to marry the ow. Don’t know how long he was married to the ow but it must have been at least a few years as this opened up ten years later. He proved that looks did matter because his wife wasn’t as pretty. He didn’t redeem himself even with his contrite words. She deserved better than him.

[Tmstprc · Rating 2 out of 5]

I have no clue why I felt the need to reread this, but I dropped a star. He never explains why and for that reason alone he doesn’t deserve a second chance.

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[J · Rating 1 out of 5]

Story was too short for this type of trope. Nothing wrong with writing and has the potential to be developed into a a proper novel. Zhero cheated on h while married, she caught them at office. He then divorced h and married this OW, marriage didn't last. The h's beloved grandmother died and left estate to both ZH & h jointly, have to live together in house for 6 months. No real explanation on why he cheated, no groveling, no redemption really. The h could not move on so simply accepted Zh again the end. I didn't experience any of the emotions that should have been part of the story and it was more telling with very little details to be honest so not satisfactory reading -waste of time.

[Nerissa · Rating 2 out of 5]

2.5 stars. Too short. Not enough depth. Needed more knowledge especially about why he had the affair, how long he had been cheating, and deeper into his realisation that he'd made a huge mistake. You cannot forgive someone (as the reader) and believe in their remorse without knowledge on why (in first place) and why he realised what a huge mistake it was. Even if it was just lust that started the affair and then as often is the case the lust burnt out, at least there is reason there and also a powerful lesson of lust over love and the remorse and redemption and belief that he'd never do it again. We get none of that here and it leaves the story as shallow. Empty.

[Baxygirl · Rating 4 out of 5]

Heavenly

What a sweet, sentimental and gorgeous story of second chances and forgiveness.

Isla, Darcy and Molly Mae are just beautiful!

Grab it and love it

[Tiffany · Rating 2 out of 5]

I might give higher rating if there was an epilogue.

[Joann · Rating 4 out of 5]

Delightful

What a wonderful short story. Makes you look back, did you give second chances or are you really happy with your life.

[Laura Cozicar · Rating 4 out of 5]

A nice light read full of whimsy and regret.