City Woman
Patricia Scanlan
Language: English
Pages: 656
ISBN: 1471141098
Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub
Devlin's flair and ambition has made a success of the 'City Girl' health and leisure complex. Expansion is next on her agenda, But what of Luke Reilly, a man used to getting his own way? His interest is more than professional. Soon Devlin is forced to make a decision that will have a huge impact on her life. Caroline, still coming to terms with her husband's revelations, has to do some serious thinking. Can she face the future on her own or will she resort to the crutches of drugs and drink that have always carried her through? Maggie, torn between motherhood and career, finds her marriage under threat. Her husband's total lack of support enrages and frustrates her. After years of putting other people's needs before her own, Maggie has to decide if it's time to put herself first.
seeing the city at a nice time of the year. It’s pretty, isn’t it?’ ‘It’s such a surprise, I can’t believe how green it is,’ Caroline remarked. ‘That’s thanks to Sheikh Zayed. He loves greenery and he’s had millions of trees planted. I think he’s really enlightened. Look at these roads. Aren’t they super! If we had a road system like this at home we’d be doing really well. It’s hard to believe the city is only about twenty-five or thirty years old.’ ‘Wow!’ exclaimed Caroline, impressed. ‘Who
God bless,’ Maggie said fondly, and hung up. She was very relieved at her mother’s attitude. Obviously Nelsie had had enough too. Terry had backed her all the way when she decided not to invite her brother and his wife. ‘Thanks be to God,’ he laughed. ‘I couldn’t sit looking at her sour puss for another evening.’ So it wasn’t only herself, Maggie reflected, as she hoovered the guest-room. And even if it was, she decided, she still wouldn’t invite Susy. She was too old to put up with the crap
Come on, we’ll get the popcorn when you’re finished.’ ‘Can I go? I’m bursting.’ Michael suddenly discovered that he too had an urgent need to do wee-wee. ‘We’ll all go,’ Maggie decided, leading them across the airy foyer of the cinema, past the snack kiosk and into the immaculate pink-and-grey ladies toilet. ‘I wish Daddy was here,’ Michael announced forlornly. ‘Why, pet?’ Maggie asked gently, as guilt scorched through her. Her son raised his big brown eyes to her and gave a sigh. ‘’Cos then
the like of which she had not experienced for years. His kiss deepened, became more passionate and her body responded instinctively, arching against him, feeling his need for her. Her fingers caressed him, touching tentatively at first and then more confidently as his breathing quickened and she could see how much she was arousing him. Gently he lowered his head and brushed away the wispy straps of her nightdress as his mouth sought the hard pink tips of her nipples. ‘Oh Luke, this is lovely,’
like a house on fire. ‘Did you know that the hotel was once the official palace of the bishops of Down?’ Lynda said, as she attacked her ravioli with gusto. ‘Wow! Lucky old bishops!’ Devlin exclaimed enviously. ‘How come they always end up with a palace? Our fella in Dublin has one in Drumcondra.’ ‘The Church must have been loaded,’ Luke remarked, ‘to have been able to afford a pile like this.’ ‘You should see the beautiful antiques and paintings,’ Florence remarked, ‘and, Devlin, the Louis