Spotlight & Giveaway: Dirty Irish by Magan Vernon

Posted June 21st, 2019 by in Blog, Spotlight / 27 comments

Today it is my pleasure to Welcome author Magan Vernon to HJ!
Spotlight&Giveaway

Hi Magan and welcome to HJ! We’re so excited to chat with you about your new release, Dirty Irish!

 
Hey y’all!
 

Please summarize the book for the readers here:

Dirty Irish is the third book in the Murphy Brothers series about three Irish, playboy brothers, who in order to inherit the family business, they all have to be married first.
These books are all standalone, focusing on each brother, and this third book is about Sean, the rugby phenom, who asks his sister-in-law’s best friend for some help in finding a wife.
 

Please share your favorite line(s) or quote from this book:

“To be fair, there are a lot of photoshopped pictures of you naked on the internet, so quite a bit of other people think they’ve seen you that way, too.” She laughed again and my heart swelled at hearing the sound.
“Really? Are they at least good ones, or do I look like a yeti with a mickey?” I asked.

 

Please share a few Fun facts about this book…

  • Three of my cousins played rugby in college, so they helped me with rugby terms and how to actually play the game.
  • Fiona from Shameless was my inspiration from Leah, mixed a little bit with some Project Runway contestants.
  • I had a different model in mind for the cover, but as soon as I saw the photo and Mr-Zac-Efron-look-a-like, I knew “That’s my Sean”

 

What first attracts your Hero to the Heroine and vice versa?

I think Sean and Leah are attracted to eachother because they’re both forbidden. She’s the sister-in-law’s best friend who doesn’t want to give him the time of day. He’s the best-friend’s brother-in-law who needs a wife and she’s not the marrying type.

 

Did any scene have you blushing, crying or laughing while writing it? And Why?

He kissed a line from my core to my stomach, letting out a breath that made goose bumps prickle my stomach. “Are you sure?”

Whew! No explanation necessary!

 

Readers should read this book….

If you want to laugh, swoon, and learn some new Irish slang!

 

What are you currently working on? What other releases do you have in the works?

Dirty Irish is coming in June, but I am working on some things with Entangled I can’t talk about yet, but sooooo excited to announce!
 

Thanks for blogging at HJ!

 

Giveaway: Irish swag pack or audiobook from Magan Vernon’s backlist (audiobook only international).

 

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Excerpt from Dirty Irish:

I froze in the doorway from the living room to the kitchen where, across the way, Leah stood with her back to me, stirring something over the stove.
She wasn’t in the same tight little dress she wore earlier, but she looked just as spectacular in a pair of tight jeans, molding to her curves, and a top that ended in the middle of her back, showing off the colorful ink swirling down to her waistband.
“You really did come through with breakfast.”
She jumped, whirling around to face me, her eyes wide as I approached.
Feck, my heart beat faster.
She didn’t have a bit of her usual makeup on, revealing light freckles around her nose that I never noticed before. I wanted to kiss them so badly that I had to shove my hands in my pockets so I didn’t reach out and cup her face.
“You scared the shit out of me,” she said, putting her hand to her chest, her other hand gripping a spatula.
“Try waking up and smelling something and wondering if there is a delivery person in your house.” I smiled, but she didn’t respond with the same gesture, frowning instead.
There went my happy, slightly horny mood.
“I couldn’t sleep, and there weren’t delivery places open this early, so thought I’d see you off to the airport with coffee, some huevos rancheros, and pan dulce.”
My chest tightened, looking over her at the colorful array of vegetables sautéing in a pan with eggs.
Fecking hell, she did care.
“I can’t believe you’re cooking for me,” I whispered, full of warmth that wasn’t there moments ago.
“Well, you did it for me,” she muttered, scooting back and pulling out a tray of rolls from the oven, the sweet vanilla and cinnamon scent making my mouth water.
“Not at this ungodly hour, though,” I said, sidling up beside her and grabbing two mugs, pouring us each a full cup of coffee from the carafe. I had to do something useful, so I wouldn’t pull her to me and never let go.
Never?
What the feck?
I had to get my shite together. Not flirting with my assistant and thinking about what could be. She didn’t want a husband or forever. One night was all I could have. I had to move on.
No matter how much it pained me.

Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.
 

Book Info:

My life has revolved around the two things I’ve always loved: whiskey and rugby. Now the marriage clause in my Da’s will has me putting both on the back burner if I want to save the Murphy’s Pub empire and find a wife.

As the last brother to get married, I need a little help, and that’s where my sister-in-law’s American best friend, Leah, comes into the picture. She could use a little Irish luck after the deceitful things her ex did to her that brought her to Ireland. With her take-no-shite-attitude, she’s just the type of girl to help me find a wife.

That is, if I can remember she’s the matchmaker and not the match.

Each book in the Murphy Brothers series is STANDALONE:
* Straight Up Irish
* Irish on the Rocks
* Dirty Irish
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Meet the Author:

Magan Vernon believes that no matter what your story is, everyone deserves a happily ever after and tries to include that in all of her stories. She’s had top 100 stories in everything from YA aliens to angsty New Adult tales.
When not writing, you can find her on her Texas ranch, trying to wrangle two kids, two dogs, and a colony of whatever other kids or animals ends up in her yard.
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27 Responses to “Spotlight & Giveaway: Dirty Irish by Magan Vernon”

  2. Lori R

    Fools Gold because it sounds like a fun place to live with interesting people.

  3. janinecatmom

    I have read a lot of books set in the fictional town of Marietta Montana. I feel I know the characters and would love to visit them and their town to see all I have read in the books.

  4. Joy Tetterton Avery

    Idris from the Mortal Instruments series by Cassandra Claire

  8. Courtney Kinder

    The planet Magio from Joanne Wadsworth’s Princesses Of Myth series.

  15. Pamela Conway

    I’m sure there’s many places I can’t remember but San Francisco, CA

  16. Nicole (Nicky) Ortiz

    New York to be with Killian from Going Deep by Nikki Ash
    Thanks for the chance!

  23. bunnyclem

    Idris from The Mortal Instruments by Cassandra Clare or Rivendell from Lord of the Rings/The Hobbit ❤

  27. Terrill R.

    Not necessarily a fictional location, but the inhabitants I want to live near are: Green Valley, Tennessee from The Winston Brothers Series by Penny Reid.