Josephine - Anne Gregor

A slightly dark second-chance contemporary romance duology set in The Irish Wolves world, about a hospitality consultant hired to open a four-story club in the heart of Rome, Italy-and discovering that the club was only a front for what the sick and twisted owners had planned below it...

Jo should have been leery when she found out the name of her client's new club. Veleno - poison in Italian. Each floor was an ode to snakes... foreshadowing 101.

Josephine O'Connor was born and raised in Oklahoma but traveled the world for her parents' hospitality business. Jo jumped at the chance to spend months in Rome working on a colossal new club because it gave her less time to miss the man who tore her heart out- betrayal called four months ago, and unfortunately, she answered. As if losing her boyfriend wasn't enough, Jo found a mysterious room at her new job site- a room she was clearly never meant to see.

Adding to her overflowing plate of bad decisions and work woes, a man from Josephine's past has returned, and his intentions are anything but platonic. He hurt her when she was eighteen. What does he want with her now?

Thomas MacGregor was a brawny Scotsman, retired Royal Marine, owner of a successful security business, and a shadow of his former self. He worked, he spoke, he ate, but he wasn't living. Josephine had left him, blocked him so effectively from her life that he could barely breathe from missing her. After months of silence, Thomas discovered through mutual friends that Jo was acting strangely. What else could he do but book a flight to Italy and uncover what troubles had found her?

Trigger warning note from the author: Josephine has references of SA. However, this book is all about love, friendship, forgiveness, and finding joy. For those of you who enjoyed the witty banter of the Byrne sisters in The Irish Wolves Trilogy, never fear, Raven, River, and Rowan still have plenty to say to their bestie, Jo! This story might make you sniffle a few times, but it's guaranteed to make you smile.