Staying Out (2012) (edit title/settings)

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• Christina O' Donnell:: Christina O' Donnell: Twenty three years old, she is feisty and beautiful. Intuitive enough to know how to use her beauty to get what she wants from men. She is also a girl who cares, although even she doesn't realise how much.
• James Lascar: : Jimmy is 25, and sports a limp after a bad motorbike accident. Bikes are, or were his life, until he could no longer afford one, and the bikers have disbanded. Trapped into a relationship with a woman he no longer cares for, a small child, and another on the way, in debt to gangsters and loan sharks, Jimmy has sunk as low as a man can go, and, until he met Christy, contemplated suicide.
• Barry O'Donnell: Barry O'Donnell: Christy's older brother, Barry is 34, married to a nagging wife, and with anvannoying stutter he develops when he's nervous, he is boss of his own landscape gardeningbusiness. Barry has an eye for younger women, whom he hires as his secretary. When he makes a pass, they either walk out, or slap his face. All except 18 year old Jenny Castle, who has fallen beneath the older man's charms.

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• “Christina O'Donnell: "And let me tell you something. I did'nt swap one bloody prison for another. I'm out now, and I intend staying out"”

  Christina O'Donnell:

• “Jimmy Lascar: "You ever watch the film 'High Noon', Cary? Then think about the plot, man,think about me."”

  Jimmy Lascar:

• “Barry O 'Donnell : "Good God, Inspector, we can't go on meeting like this."”

  Barry O 'Donnell :

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• Longing and Love: Christina 'O Donnell's determination to stay out of prison. Her belief that her lover, and partner in crime, Rick Morelli is dead, while he is the one placing all the obstacles in her path, in order to make sure that she travels the criminal road again. To ensure this end he hires an out of work actress to incriminate Christy in murder. Barry O ' Donnell her brother tries desperately to keep his sister on the straight and narrow, while the police continue to believe that he is behind the robberies, and knows where the missing money is. Coping with a nagging wife, a ridiculous stutter he finds hard to control at times, it's no wonder Barry hires a bevy of young and beautiful secretaries, most of whom either leave or slap his face when he makes a pass, until he meets 18 year old Jenny Castle, who finds the awkward young man as fascinating as he finds her.Jimmy Lascar who misses his old biker lifestyle, and is trapped in a loveless relationship. He is longing for something more in his life, and believes he has found it when he meets Christina.He'd do anything to please her, she is that kind of woman. She knows it, and uses him .

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1. Jean Shorney (Author)

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• Books › Mystery & Thrillers
• Books › Literature & Fiction