Irish Kiss: A Second Chance, Age Gap Romance

A beautiful read.A difficult and confused subject written brilliantly. Some stories make you eager to get to the end, to know how the story unfoldsI wanted to get to the end and not end too...Such pure love story fanning beyond the age barriers.Love how the characters are portrayed.Story says about the mistakes of disturbed child hood and that need to be cared for once in life.A promise of steamy, pure love, wildPerfect chemistry of wild ingredients to trap you into pages!💝

What a beautiful love story! I struggled with it when it didn’t just come together like most romance books. No billionaire, no formula relationship, and a much different HEA than I’d read before. A heroine that was not just beautiful, but gifted and intelligent. Her hero who celebrated her I.Q. first and her large heart and beauty as a wonderful bonus. Both came from similar failed families, coming together when she was very young and he was her councillor, 11 year her senior.Throughout the book it was apparent the infatuation, love and respect this couple shared. Beautiful!!!

This is my 4th time reading irish kiss. And I love it more and more each time! If your gonna read it be careful. Your gonna laugh and your gonna cry! Siennas writing is so captivating and beautiful. The characters really come to life. Give it a chance! I've also read the others in the series and am about to read them again!!! What are you waiting for???

Such a beautiful story, about soul mates, about blocks along the way, about love in spite of hurt and love above all. I recommend!

If you read and loved All the Ugly and Wonderful things and loved it, this book is for you. If you hated it or never wanted to read it, then this book may not be one to add to your TBR. It’s not quite as dark or morally questionable as that book was, but it’s darn close, and I loved it for exactly that reason. I love when a book pushes limits without quite crossing the line into something irredeemable.Irish Kiss is the first book in Sienna Blake’s Irish Kiss series. There was a little glimpse into the lives of the next two heroes in this book, and I’ll tell you, I can’t wait to see what Ms. Blake has in store for us. Irish Kiss is written in dual first-person perspective, narrated by Saoirse and Diarmuid.Irish Kiss was an interesting take on a mentor/mentee relationship and how having a person who genuinely cares with no strings attached can lead to a deeper connection than either person was looking for. Both Saoirse and Diarmuid sorely lacked in the kind of devotion a person needs from their family, especially in their formative years. Diarmuid eventually found something akin to that type of love but was still in need of acceptance he hadn’t found elsewhere. Saoirse had never experienced love that didn’t come with expectations, even into adulthood, so when she found the kind of unwavering support and faith Diarmuid offered her, it was inevitable that she’d depend on his steadiness.I can not properly express how much my heart hurt for these two, both for the things they’d lived through and for the love they both held but couldn’t explore. It was painful to watch them each struggle with the lives they had and the decisions they felt forced to make. The love they had for one another felt so real, so pure, it was hard not to root for them to be together even while it was morally repugnant. The connection between the two of them was visceral, and I ached for them to explore it, regardless of the consequences.I only have a couple of wishes for this book. The first would have been to see more of Diarmuid’s past. We got small glimpses of it, and know the broad strokes, but he just seemed so interesting. I would have loved to know more about what made him who he was. I also didn’t understand Ava’s motives from the beginning, she didn’t even seem to like Diarmuid, so I had no idea why she was so intent on keeping him. Having her motivations regarding him – from the beginning – would have helped clarify that entire storyline.I first discovered Sienna Blake when she published Paper Dolls, and I have loved everything she’s written since then. She has a unique voice and writes books about people from all different walks of life. She’s one of few authors who can write about a jaded billionaire with the same accuracy and passion she can write about a destitute child. Her books all have an underlying darkness that I find fascinating. I also love how she uses the locale of her books to help tell her characters’ stories. Honestly, I’m just enamored with her work and can’t wait for whatever she’s working on next.

A good read with some twists and turns to keep you engaged. Glad to see after all they struggled through and the ups and downs They got their HEA though I to admit I think I would have liked it more elf she as a bit older when they met maybe 16.