The Shillelagh Express

THE SHILLELAGH EXPRESS is a comical jaunt through the folklore of Ireland and the mysterious power of love. CLAIRE SHANNON is traveling to find her ancestral heritage to fulfill a promise to her recently deceased mother. Her talent has made her a rising star on the fashion scene. The last guy she fell for nearly took her business right out from under her when he tried to pawn it to some shady character. Now she is done with men. LIAM MCCAFFERTY a well-known and experienced archaeologist is supposed to be presenting his latest discovery to the National Geographic. Ignoring the hounding calls from his boss and ex-lover, he returns to his homeland after years on the lam. He is driven by a mission to find clues to the whereabouts of Hy Brasil, better known as Ireland's Atlantis. While in his homeland, he hopes to clear his family name so he could live there once more. Their paths cross at an airport in New York City when they literally bump into each other. Fate seizes the opportunity to bind the pair together forever. Claire and Liam end up taking the same plane to Ireland and then on the same tour bus, The Shillelagh Express. Unfortunately, a nosy reporter is attracted to the handsome Irish archaeologist. Her instincts are abuzz that something is not quite as Liam says it is. Like a good reporter, she is willing to go to extremes to get her story which creates a dangerous situation for her. Someone else on board has a past he prefers stays hidden. When a childhood pal recognizes Liam, he must risk everything to clear his name, but his truth may cost him the woman he has come to love, the lovely dark haired American, Claire. Climb aboard THE SHILLELAGH EXPRESS, where the Leprechauns sprinkle the shamrocks and the antics begin. Barbara A Scales grew up in the Central New York small village of Chittenango, the hometown of Frank L. Baum, the author of The Wizard of Oz. She is the middle child of eleven. Both of her parents worked hard all their lives. Her father worked three jobs in the summers to support them. As a child, if she was not swimming in the Canaseraga Creek of Madison County, she was wandering through the fields. From those wonderful days, she developed a great love of nature.Barbara graduated from St. Joseph's School of Nursing, Syracuse, New York in 1979. She has retired, and now lives in Ocala, Florida. Several times a day, she goes for a walk with her husband and their adopted Siberian husky Sassie. Her hobbies are archery, swimming, and gardening. And their daughter and her family live in Marcellus, New York.Her registered nursing career spanned 42 years. In that time she met and cared for many, but she owed her compassionate understanding of the ill and infirmed to her mother. Barbara worked alongside her mother in a nursing home while she attended nursing school. It was from observing her mother she learned how to be a nurse. And with a commitment to helping others, she studied the healing arts of Reiki, Therapeutic Touch, and Healing Touch.Although in the past, writing for nursing journals and holistic magazines kept her busy, she now focuses on creative writing. Her first two projects are children's books, Wally the Whale with the Crazy Wavy Hair and Max and Jax: The Haunted Pumpkin Patch. Wally, created with the help of her grandson, entertains as well as helps kinesthetic learners. The Max and Jax book is a delightful romp through childhood and having the bejeepers scared out of you. Did I mention she has older brothers who liked to pull pranks?During her nursing career, Barbara experienced firsthand that God is ever present at the bedside. Ada of the Angels, published by Smashwords 2021, takes a serious look at the healing arts and the power of prayer. It is an eye witness account of a family whose daughter was comatose following a serious car accident. They survived that crisis relying on the two planks of the cross, Faith and Hope. Prayers and healing techniques were done, and this book documents her journ