Michael and Maggie.
It’s complicated.
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Michael and Maggie meet at a job fair, where he hires her practically on the spot. She’s smart and good her job. But there’s more to it than he’s willing to admit. He’s attracted to her. Which doesn’t make sense. She’s nothing like the women he dates. She’s way too smart, for one thing.
And Maggie’s in love with him, too. Realizing the situation is all but hopeless, she contents herself with working with him.
One night of passion tears them apart. And from that point they’re both just running rogue, each making questionable decisions in their professional and personal lives.
A moment of desperation brings them back together. After Michael has burned all his bridges, Maggie’s the only one willing to stand by him.
And he’s grateful. He knows he needs to make it up to her, to somehow find redemption for himself.
In the final book of the trilogy, Michael Rannigan sees the writing on the wall. And he’s determined to find redemption. He knows he’s spent his life keeping everyone at arm’s length. He’s burned bridges and destroyed friendships, leaving a path of destruction in his wake. But he thinks he’s found a way to make things right. At least for the one person who’s never given up on him.
Maggie Flynn’s life is changing quickly. Just when she’s decided make work her focus and to be content with being single, she has a new man in her life. Thanks to Michael and his interference, anyway.
Bobby is almost too good to be true, with his tall good looks, his sexy Cajun accent, and his irresistible lop-sided smile. He’s head over heels for Maggie. She knows she’s found the real thing.
Together, can they face the biggest challenge they’ve ever endured?
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In this spoiler-filled bite, it’s almost Christmas…
It was on a Saturday morning, exactly a week before Christmas, when Michael was rushed to the hospital. When she’d come to check on him, Maggie had found him barely conscious and she’d called 911.
Doctors discovered that the tumors were now causing breathing difficulties, and once Michael was put on oxygen, his color improved dramatically. A few hours later and at his insistence, Michael was sent home, albeit with oxygen tanks and the information for a home nursing agency.
“Stop looking at me like that,” Michael complained. Bobby and Maggie had accompanied him home and were trying to help him get settled in.
“Maybe you should have at least stayed overnight, man,” Bobby said. “That was a pretty close call.”
“I’m fine. I’ve got the oxygen, I’ll use it when I need it. Plus, they’ve got some fucking nurse coming in here.” Michael glared out the window.
“Do you want me to call Veronica?” Maggie asked.
He shook his head. “I’ll call her later.”
“What can we do for you, Michael?” Maggie asked. “I don’t want to just leave you here.”
Michael turned back to them with a sharp remark on his tongue. But when he looked at their faces, at the concern he saw there, he softened a bit.
“You know what I’d like?” They shook their heads. “I want a Christmas tree.”
Maggie blinked. “A what? A Christmas tree?”
“Do you want us to go get you one?” Bobby asked.
Michael looked from one to the other. “Yeah. I want a Christmas tree. With those decorations from your tree, Mags.”
“The ones currently hanging on my tree?” she clarified incredulously.
He frowned a bit, seemingly uncertain. “Is that asking too much?”
Maggie looked up at Bobby. “Uh, no, I guess not. So, we’re going out to get a tree? And to denude mine?” Bobby nodded at her and smiled.
“Also,” Michael continued, “I want to have the Orphans and Misfits here this year.”
She stared at him. “You want to have everyone here? Seriously?” Michael nodded, eyes sparkling defiantly. Maggie exhaled forcefully. “Okay, Michael. We can do that. I’ll start letting everyone know. You’re sure?”
He nodded again. “I want this.”
**
That evening as snow peppered down outside, Michael sat on his sofa, oxygen in place, as he watched Bobby and Maggie set up the huge blue spruce in front of the floor to ceiling windows of his living room. Once they had it level, they added lights, garland, and decorations. Maggie smiled at Michael as she hummed along to the holiday music that played quietly in the background.
“You realize we had to buy more ornaments, right? The stuff from my little tree wouldn’t cover a fraction of this bad boy.”
“It looks great, Mags. I really appreciate it.”
“It looks so great, I’m sad I won’t be here,” Bobby said as he crossed over to the bar.
“Yeah, me, too,” Maggie said wistfully. “We’ve decided to have our Christmas when you get back from Louisiana, right?”
Bobby winked at her as he put three glasses on the bar and poured. “Until last week I thought I was going to be in Texas. In our custody agreement, Christmas is supposed to be Deanna’s holiday this year, but she decided at the last minute that she’s going on a cruise and wants me to take Savannah. If I’d known earlier, I’d have brought her here.”
Bobby handed Maggie and Michael each a glass of bourbon. “Merry Christmas, everybody,” he toasted.
They each raised their glasses before sipping. As Christmas music played softly in the background, the trio silently appreciated the decorated tree and its reflection as it twinkled in the night.
RANNIGAN’S REDEMPTION by Pandora Spocks
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