The Last Reilly Standing

By Maureen Child

The Last Reilly Standing by Maureen Child released on Jul 12, 2005 is available now for purchase.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0373766645
• ISBN13: 9780373766642
• Release Date: July 2005
• Publisher: Harlequin Desire
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 4.2" x 6.6"

Customer Reviews

I AM FATHER LIAM

Let me say first that I enjoyed The Reilly Series. The books belong to my wife, who insisted I read them. This may seem odd to most readers and to you Ms. Child since I am a man who read your books. My wife kept pressing your books into my hands and beguiled me in her sweet way to read them. She said that you wrote about me in your books and I was one of the characters. You see I am Liam Reilly or I should say I could be. I was a priest for eleven years and I chose the priesthood for all the wrong reasons, just as the character Liam did. You may think that Liam was a happy lad and satisfied with his decision to become a priest. The writings of Liam in this series indicate that subconsciously he chose the priesthood for the wrong reason. He is escaping the pain of his late beloved lass. He is hiding behind his clerical cloth because he is afraid to face life without her. He is doing penance. He is a good man but he has made the wrong choice-as the reader can understand in each book-although Liam may not understand his own reasons. I lived Liam's life. I was a priest in the state of Washington. I have two brothers and three sisters. I am the eldest. When I was twenty-four I lost the love of my life, my fiance, in a car-motorcycle accident. I was driving the car. I felt for many years that it was my fault she died and to make a long story short, I joined the priesthood. I thought I was happy giving my life to God and helping others. I knew there would be no other lass to love in my life. I felt I too was doing penance for my fiance's death. I felt somewhat absolved of my guilt by giving up my life to serve the Lord. One day at morning Mass I noticed another lass with the largest brown eyes I have ever seen, sitting up front near the altar. I kept my eyes on her during the service and when she took communion, I looked right into those big brown eyes and knew that God sent me a message. I looked for her at every Mass after that. She sat in the same place every Sunday and she smiled at me when our eyes connected. I was drawn to her and one morning after Mass she came up to me and introduced herself. She was new to our community and in our conversation she asked me why my eyes contained such sadness. I denied that there was any sadness in my life as I truly believed that I had overcome my personal pain and sadness. She wanted to start counseling with one of the priests in our parish because she had lost her husband and infant daughter in a boating accident. She had been the only survivor and couldn't deal with that guilt. She moved to our community to start over. But her pain and grief followed her. She felt she needed spiritual help. I readily volunteered to counsel her. I won't go into the private area of my relationship with this shy, beautiful lass, except to say that God directed her to me. She was my salvation. God truly had his hand in our meeting and in my decision to leave the priesthood. That was six years ago. I now am the proud father of

The last Reilly standing

Front Backcover: Thankfully, the longest three months of Aidan's life were coming to an end. Only three more weeks and he'd be the winner of the no-sex-for-ninety-days bet he made with his brothers. He could almost taste victory! Then he'd met Terry Evans. Her voice was soft and dreamy. Just the kind a man liked to hear coming from the pillow beside his. Aidan groaned from the absolute misery of having to look at this gorgeous woman and not be able to turn on his usual Reilly charm. Or work his magic until he had her right where he wanted her. In the dark. In his bed. No, it would not be an easy three weeks, not if he was going to be the last Reilly standing...and not on bended knee! I love this story. This was a great read, page turn over I loved the piece of the story of Liam( The oldest brother) that was given on this book. This was a great culmination for the trilogy of the reilly's brother I highly recomended. So get ready and have fun