Tara - 9781680467239

In 1970's New York, twenty-six-year-old, attorney, TARA CARTER is startled to learn that, as an infant, she was adopted from the Magdalene Laundry in Ireland-an institution run by the Catholic Church to house women who became pregnant out of wedlock. Upset that her wealthy adoptive parents concealed this information, she travels to Ireland in search of her birth parents. There, she learns her mother has died. The woman who raised her mother suspects she committed suicide after being abandoned by Tara's father, MÁIRTÍN TOBIN, a Catholic seminarian. Máirtín has since left the seminary for a teaching career. She meets MORNA, who was in love with Máirtín until he hurt her best friend, Tara's mother. When attempts to find her father fail, Tara returns to her law firm, and prepares to assist her boss in defending Father Patrick Gannon, a Catholic priest arrested for murdering a prominent psychiatrist. Tara must assist in defending this priest in order to protect her job with the law firm. CONOR KILROY, the brash prosecuting attorney, who is attracted to Tara, needs this victory to boost his income.Tara continues to search for her father but doesn't find him. When the trial is resolved, she plans to hire a private detective. One evening, an agitated Morna comes to see her with a copy of the New York Times bearing a photo of Father Patrick. Tara is shocked to learn that this priest is none other than Máirtín Tobin who has changed his name. Father Patrick is charged with manslaughter, impersonating a priest, and impregnating his seventeen-year-old housekeeper. These charges result in a sentence of ten years.Tara accepts Conor's proposal of marriage.

• | Author: Mary Kate Brogan
• | Publisher: Satin Romance
• | Publication Date: Nov 05, 2018
• | Number of Pages: 238 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 1680467239
• | ISBN-13: 9781680467239