Irish On The Rocks by Magan Vernon
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Irish on the Rocks is the second in the Murphy Brothers series. I received an eArc from Netgalley and Entangled Publishing, LLC in exchange for my honest opinion. I missed the first story in the series and Irish on the Rocks tells Jack's story. Jack is next in line for CEO of their family's company after their father died. Unfortunately, for Jack and his brothers, there was a clause in their father's will that required each of them to be married to inherit the company. Jack's role as CEO is just a placeholder until the time limit is reached. If all three of them are not married by the end of the time limit then the board gets a chance at running the company.

Grace is the childhood best friend of the third brother, Sean and he is very protective of Grace. Jack needs a wife but, he doesn't even realize his feelings for Grace until it is almost too late. Grace is vehemently opposed to marriage after witnessing the war between her parents during their divorce. Her mother came out of it scarred and with nothing, which I thought was odd given the circumstances. I can see how it would be disheartening for Grace. Unfortunately, her dad seems to have divorced Grace along with her mother. Obviously, she is an adult so there was no reason to assume she would get any kind of financial support from the divorce, but, the reader gets the picture that the dad is quite the jerk and he ripped the family apart and not just his marriage with his behavior. Grace is smart and quite skilled as an editor, unfortunately, she is currently without a job and they are living with her grandparents in Ireland. Grace is independent and is looking for a new job, as well as, hopefully, her own apartment, out from under her mother and grandparents.

Jack needs a new assistant and Grace needs a job so it seems logical that she would be the logical choice, especially since her grandfather, who is one of the board members over at Murphy's, recommended her. She is a great fit, and smart. She hits the ground running as an asset and she and Jack are quite attracted to each other. They are a good fit but, Grace doesn't want marriage and Jack worries that any mistakes will cause them to lose the company. It is a great romance and it was fun to see Jack relate to "Jane Pawsten", love that name! I am looking forward to seeing Sean drag his feet while trying to find his wife.