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Two gunshots. Two continents. One fateful day in January 1997. 


In Ireland, Saoirse Mahoney walks into a bank and straight into an armed robbery. That day, she decides she’ll do whatever it takes to leave her small-town life behind. 

In Australia, when Daniella Malone is told a single bullet has taken the life of her husband, Ryan, a police officer, she vows not to try to make sense of his death, but to work to lessen the number of women who die at the hands of men. 

Their worlds are about to collide. Saoirse lands in Brisbane, determined to reinvent herself. As a legal secretary for Daniella, she finds not just a mentor in the widowed lawyer, but an unbreakable bond. When the unhinged office IT geek Chad Merritt begins an unhealthy fixation on Saoirse, she realises she needs Daniella’s help more than ever. 

‘The world might consider them weaker, but women are strong in many ways. And if they feel alone and beaten down, there are people who will support and fight for them. That’s why Chad Merritt picked the wrong bitch to mess with. “Make that, bitches.” Daniella clinked her glass to Saoirse’s.’ 

Saoirse continues to throw herself into her new life but struggles to escape the weight of her past. Just as she finds real love, an unstoppable hatred reemerges to hunt her again. Old betrayals, past lovers and hidden enemies threaten to destroy everything she’s worked for… 

With nowhere left to run, she must make a choice—break or rise and become the woman she was always meant to be. 

Saoirse’s journey intertwines with the stories of seven other women—each battling their own demons, addictions, and pasts. Their stories blend together in a powerful testament to strength and sisterhood. 


Love Connections: Saoirse’s Story isn’t just about romance—it’s about resilience. It’s about women taking back power, embracing their sexuality, facing their fears, and fighting for their freedom. It’s about revenge, redemption, and the unpredictable ways love finds us in the midst of chaos. 

While this book stands alone, Saoirse's Story is just the beginning; the adventure continues in The Love Connection: Joshua's Story.


More about AM Jaxon and The Love Connections Series:

Author A.M. Jaxon has been head coach for top Australian Master’s women’s hockey teams. Now, she’s bringing the same fierce determination to her other passion: writing romance laced with sophisticated seduction and edge-of-your-seat suspense. ‘I love the twists and turns of a good suspense wrapped around a romantic heart. It's not that dissimilar to coaching hockey in that it’s problem-solving and trying to understand people's (team's/opposition teams) strengths and weaknesses.’ A.M. Jaxon In A.M. Jaxon’s latest novel Saoirse’s Story, Love Actually meets Big Little Lies, asking, ‘How far would you go to reclaim your life?’ ‘There is nothing like the sound of a gunshot. Standing only feet away from a firing gun, your body becomes churning liquid and your nerves are a million hot razors trying to explode through your skin. Then there’s the ringing, a high-pitched numbing that oscillates through your ears and hammers your skull, lasting far longer than the shot. ‘In that instant, when the bullet leaves the gun, it can take a life—rarely does it begin one.’ 
LGBTQIA+ Themes
Romance, Romantic Suspense, Love Connections, Resilience, Sexuality, Romantic Crime

About The Author

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A.M. Jaxon grew up in an idyllic, sometimes dodgy small town in Far North Queensland of the 1970s-80s Australia. 


Leaving small-town Queensland, she headed out into the world to study pharmacy before using this medical background to explore and work around the world. These different paths have seen her experience many adventures and misadventures first-hand, which delivers a unique edge to her novels. 


A.M. writes about resilient women of all backgrounds and temperaments who endure what life throws at them. A newcomer to the romantic suspense genre, she loves highlighting human nature’s complex, uplifting, and dangerous aspects in all its glorious frailties. 


After working for several years in pharmacy, she went slightly insane to study and receive a PhD in Business. If anyone can go only slightly insane! Either way, when each year became too much like a cookie-cutter impression of the last, she decided to follow her passion and write romantic suspense from her home in Perth, Western Australia. 


She lives with her very organised but messy husband and wily Westy, while her daughters have flown the coop to have their own adventures. 


When not writing, she coaches hockey and is a mad fan of any sport except maybe synchronised swimming. 


A. M.’s never met a rum she didn’t like, dislikes coffee, and has an eclectic taste in music, preferably played loud. Most of all, she enjoys a good laugh with friends over a decent meal while watching the sunset over the ocean.

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