Saving Brad (The Kennedy Boys Book 5)
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And whether her husband knows she’s having an affair with one of her students.
Seducing Kaden is the next book in the series, and it’s a standalone NA forbidden romance and slated for publication in February/March 2018. Sign up to The Kennedy Boys Newsletter to stay updated with the series and to read exclusive bonus scenes and advance samples of future books. You will also be the first to hear of discounts, sales, and reader giveaways. You can subscribe to the newsletter here.
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The Irish Getaway
(The Kennedy Boys #3.5)
An optional novella in the highly addictive Kennedy Boys series by USA Today bestseller Siobhan Davis.
The Kennedy Boys go wild on vacation in Ireland!
It’s the summer before they start college, and Faye and Ky are visiting her home turf together—it’s Ky’s first time in Ireland and her first trip home since her parent’s tragic death.
After a blissful three weeks on their own, they welcome the rest of the Kennedy clan when they arrive on Irish soil for the vacation of a lifetime.
Watch the sparks fly as family emotions run high and the Kennedy boys party up a storm, creating mayhem and madness wherever they go.
This dual POV novella should only be read after Keeping Kyler.
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Inseparable
A gritty, angsty, friends-to-lovers standalone romance from USA Today bestselling author Siobhan Davis.
A childhood promise. An unbreakable bond. One tragic event that shatters everything.
It all started with the boys next door…
Devin and Ayden were my best friends. We were practically joined at the hip since age two. When we were kids, we thought we were invincible, inseparable, that nothing or no one could come between us.
But we were naive.
Everything turned to crap our senior year of high school.
Devin was turning into a clone of his deadbeat lowlife father—fighting, getting wasted, and screwing his way through every girl in town. I’d been hiding a secret crush on him for years. Afraid to tell him how I felt in case I ruined everything. So, I kept quiet and slowly watched him self-destruct with a constant ache in my heart.
Where Devin was all brooding darkness, Ayden was the shining light. Our star quarterback with the bright future whom everyone loved. But something wasn’t right. He was so guarded, and he wouldn’t let me in.
When Devin publicly shamed me, Ayden took my side, and our awesome-threesome bond was severed. The split was devastating. The heartbreak inevitable.
Gradually, Ayden and I grew closer. We graduated and moved on with our lives, but the pain never lessened, and Devin was never far from our thoughts.
Until it all came to a head in college, and one eventful night changed everything.
Now, I’ve lost the two people who matter more to me than life itself. Nothing will ever be the same again.
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Prologue
Present Day - Angelina
Life is just a flow of interconnecting moments in time. A combination of well-thought-out actions and spontaneous reactions. A sequence of events and people moving in and out of your personal stratosphere.
At least, that’s how I’ve always viewed it.
Like a squiggly line veering up and down with no apparent pattern. Plotting the highs; pinpointing the lows. Showcasing the happy times. Highlighting the mistakes and the resulting consequences. Calling into focus all the myriad of things I should’ve done differently if I had known.
When I was a kid, I was obsessed with the notion of time—making a beeline for the fortune tellers every year when the carnival descended on the wide, open grassy field just outside town. I saved my pocket money all year round so I could have my fortune told. The idea that you could see into the future, to know what was around the corner, held an enormous fascination for me.
I wanted to make something of my life.
To dedicate myself to a profession that helped others.
To know happiness awaited me.
To receive confirmation that the two most important people in my life would always be in it. Because even the thought I could lose Ayden or Devin always sent horrific tremors of fear rushing through me.
For as long as I can remember, it had always been the three of us. Best friends to the end. The awesome-threesome. Forever infinity. It was a friendship more akin to family. A meeting of minds and hearts and promises. A connection so deep that we swore nothing or no one would ever come between us. We committed ourselves in a secret bond when we were twelve, and the commitment was imprinted on my heart in the same way it was inked on my skin.
I could never have predicted what was to come.
That I’d be the one to destroy everything.
No fortune teller ever told me that.
For years, I’ve thought of nothing but the what-ifs, and obsessed over so many questions.
What if a fortune teller had told me what would come to pass?
Would things have been different?
What would I change?
Would I have had the strength to stay away from my two best friends? To forge a completely different path in life? To deny something that was intrinsically a part of myself? Could I slice my heart apart knowing it was the right thing to do?
For years these questions have plagued me.
But I’m too afraid to confront the truth even though it’s front and center. Even though I carry it with me like a thundercloud, hovering and threatening but never opening up, never letting the storm loose.
Some truths are far too painful to acknowledge out loud.
As if to speak the words would confirm what I already know about myself.
That I’m weak, selfish, and not at all the person I thought I was.
Perhaps that’s why we don’t have that cognitive ability—to see the future, to know what lies ahead. I’ve thought of it often. If it’s evolution. If at some time in the future humans will be able to sense the path of their destiny. To alter their fate. To assume full control over every aspect of their life with conscious decision.
For now, all I’ve got is that squiggly line and a huge helping of regret.
What good comes from continually looking back? From locking myself in the haunted mansion of my past? Meandering with the ghosts of guilt and shame? For a girl who spent her happy youth so focused on the future, it’s a very sorry state of affairs. But I’m stuck in this washing machine that is my so-called life. The faster it churns, the more I lose myself. So, I try to stop time. To stand still. To numb myself to my reality. To blank out feeling and emotion. To close myself off. To never allow another human to imprint on my heart or to see into the black, murky depths of my soul.
The honest truth is, if I’d had a crystal ball—if I’d known what was going to happen—I still wouldn’t have changed a thing.
Because I would’ve missed those high points. Those happy memories that are the only thing keeping me alive right now.
If that’s what you can call my current existence.
And that makes me the most selfish, conceited liar on the planet.
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Glossary Of Irish Words And Phrases
The explanation listed is taken in the context of this book.
Arse » Ass
Bedside locker » Nightstand
Bloody » Damn
Boot » Trunk/Cargo hold
Car park » Parking lot
Cooker » Stove
Cop a load » Get a look at
Cop the fuck on » Come to your senses
Cough up » Provide
Deep Fat Fryer » Deep Fryer
DPP » Director of Public Prosecutions. This is the government body that decides whether a legal case will proceed to court or not.
Fecked » Fucked
Fella » Guy/Dude
Fit » Hot
Flippin » Frigging
Footpath » Sidewalk
Gaelic & Hurling » National Irish Sports
Gardai » Police
Get up » Outfit
Gob » Mouth
Grand » Fine
Guts me » Upsets me
Hammered » Wasted/Drunk
Hob » Stove
Jelly » Jello
Knickers » Panties
Loaded » Wealthy
Lift » Elevator
Making a holy show of oneself » Embarrassing oneself
Mobile/Mobile phone » Cell
Mum » Mom
Out of my face » Drunk/Wasted
Piss take » Joke
Press » Cupboard/Cabinet
Ride » Hot/Hottie
Secondary School » High School
Solicitor » Attorney
Top of the Range » Top class/top notch
Townhouse » Brownstone
Trackie Bottoms » Sweat pants
Trashed » Drunk/Smashed
Trousers » Pants
UCC » University College Cork
Wardrobe » Closet
Acknowledgments
Massive thank you to all my readers for embracing this series and helping to ensure it remains an international bestselling series. I hope you continue to enjoy reading stories in the Kennedy Boys world. I am committed to writing the rest of the boys’ stories, and I will share details of impending release dates in my newsletter and on my Facebook page. However, release dates are subject to change depending on reader demand. I can confirm that Kaden’s book is up next, and it will release sometime in February or March 2018. Keven’s book is slated to be written after that, but I don’t have a release date quite yet. I am releasing two standalone new adult romances in 2018 along with two exciting new reverse harem paranormal romance series. Subscribe to my newsletter if you would like to receive exclusive updates in relation to all my planned releases for next year.
And the Kennedy Boys are coming in audio format in 2018! Audible have acquired the rights to the series, and the first five books are slated for audiobook release next year. This wouldn’t have happened without the positive feedback from my readers, so THANK YOU SO MUCH!
As always, I couldn’t produce these books so quickly without a wonderful team who supports my efforts. Thanks to my editor, Kelly Hartigan; my assistant, Lola Verroen; Fiona Jayde, for the graphics; and Tamara Cribley for the formatting. Huge thanks to my amazing beta readers—Sinead, Deirdre, Angelina, Jennifer, Danielle, and Dana. Your insightful feedback always helps me polish each title to perfection, and I’m so grateful for your time, commitment, and enthusiasm for this series. I also have to thank my street and ARC teams and bloggers the world over who help spread the word. To all my amazing author friends—thank you for the encouragement and advice, and I’m so honored to be a part of this wonderful community. Lastly, thanks to my long-suffering husband and my two gorgeous boys who are so supportive of my writing career even if they see very little of me these days and they tend to survive on convenience foods and takeaways. I’m very lucky to be able to live my dream, and I don’t ever take it for granted. None of this would be possible without the support of everyone I’ve mentioned on this page, so thank you all from the bottom of my heart.
About the Author
USA Today bestselling author Siobhan Davis writes emotionally intense young adult and new adult fiction with swoon-worthy romance, complex characters, and tons of unexpected plot twists and turns that will have you flipping the pages beyond bedtime! She is the author of the international bestselling True Calling, Saven, and Kennedy Boys series.
Siobhan’s family will tell you she’s a little bit obsessive when it comes to reading and writing, and they aren’t wrong. She can rarely be found without her trusty Kindle, a paperback book, or her laptop somewhere close at hand.
Prior to becoming a full-time writer, Siobhan forged a successful corporate career in human resource management.
She resides in the Garden County of Ireland with her husband and two sons.
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Books By Siobhan Davis
TRUE CALLING SERIES
Young Adult Science Fiction/Dystopian Romance
True Calling
Lovestruck
Beyond Reach
Light of a Thousand Stars
Destiny Rising
Short Story Collection
True Calling Series Collection
SAVEN SERIES
Young Adult Science Fiction/Paranormal Romance
Saven Deception
The Logan Collection
Saven Disclosure
Saven Denial
Saven Defiance
The Heir and the Human
Saven Deliverance
The Princess and the Guard^
The Royal Guard^
The Assassin^
Saven: The Complete Series
KENNEDY BOYS SERIES
Upper Young Adult/New Adult Contemporary Romance
Finding Kyler
Losing Kyler
Keeping Kyler
The Irish Getaway
Loving Kalvin
Saving Brad
Seducing Kaden^
Forgiving Keven^
Adoring Keaton^
Releasing Keanu^^
Reforming Kent^^
STANDALONES
New Adult Contemporary Romance
Inseparable*
Incognito^
ALINTHIA SERIES
Upper YA/NA Paranormal Romance/Reverse Harem
The Lost Savior–coming Dec 2017
MORTAL KINGDOM SERIES
Young Adult Urban Fantasy/Paranormal Romance
Curse of Gods and Angels^
Infernal Prophecy^^
Mortal Ascendance^^
SKYEE SIBLINGS SERIES (TRUE CALLING SPIN-OFF)
New Adult Contemporary Romance
Lily’s Redemption^
Deacon’s Salvation^^
^Coming 2018
^^Coming 2019
Copyright
Copyright © Siobhan Davis 2017. Siobhan Davis asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions.
This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, incidents and dialogues are products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual people, living or dead, or events is entirely coincidental.
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