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A fast-paced close-proximity romance that is fun, flirty and full of chemistry, with a suspense storyline that brings great intensity. I loved this one.
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Blurb
Livia
Once upon a time I spent an evening flirting with a handsome stranger in a bar. But before we could finish what we started, I lost my nerve and fled.
Months later, I’m minding my own business at work one morning when a stranger lets himself into the empty brewery. Panicked, I call 911, and the cops show up to slap on the handcuffs.
In my defense, I have very good reasons to be afraid. Also in my defense, I’d never met my boss’s son.
Or so I’d thought…
Nash
I don’t know what this chick has against me. First she ditches me, and now she wants to arrest me.
Livia is as frustrating as she is hot. But nobody else knows the brewery better than she does. Now we’re stuck together, sharing an office and a very small house as I run the brewery for six weeks for my cranky dad.
That’s just enough time to bring down her guard. Turns out we have a lot more in common than we thought, including a lot of smoking hot chemistry. Until Livia’s past catches up with her, and I finally figure out why she’s so jumpy. But I’ll stop at nothing to protect her, unless her ex finds her first…
Review
4.5 stars
The second book in the Giltmaker series, this is the story of middle Giltmaker sibling, Nash, in a fast-paced close-proximity romance that is fun, flirty and full of chemistry, with a suspense storyline that brings great intensity. I loved this one.
Nash and Livia shared an ‘almost’ moment at a bar where they spent the whole night flirting only for Livia to change her mind at the last moment and leave. It’s five months later when Nash shows up at the brewery where Livia works. She thinks he’s breaking in and calls the police, but it turns out he’s the son of the owner… and her new boss.
Nash has returned home to Vermont to run the family’s brewery while his father is unwell. It’s the legacy he was born for, and one he’s dreamed of his whole life, but an antagonistic relationship with his grumpy father has made it impossible until now. He’s ready to take the reins (even if it’s temporary), but doesn’t get off to a greatest start. And things get even more awkward when the woman who called the police on him turns out to be the woman who left him at the bar that he hasn’t been able to forget about – and they’re sharing the brewery’s bunkhouse together while he’s in town.
It’s a great set-up, and the chemistry flies from the first moment. Though Livia is determined to keep her distance, Nash is everywhere, flirting, teasing, and trying to get to know her better. Her bickering and snarky moods only seem to attract him more, and when Livia’s past catches up with her and places her in real danger, he jumps into protector mode, there for her and determined to help her, and with Nash making no effort to hide his attraction, she cannot deny her feelings for long.
“Still don’t know which real-life demon has got you so spooked. But I don’t play games, honey. I see you need a little space, so I’m giving it to you. When you’re finally ready for me, that’s when we’ll happen. Count on it.”
The suspense comes from Livia’s biker ex-boyfriend who is determined to track her down, and it gives Nash the chance to be all alpha and uber-protective, and I was here for it! He dives on in to protect Livia whole-heartedly, is a shoulder to cry on and becomes her safe place to land.
The chemistry is electric and the sexy time is sizzling, and there’s so much feeling between these two. I loved watching them open up to each other and grow closer, and I loved watching their steamy sexy time become something so much deeper. Their relationship is fun, sexy, sweet and functional, and though there is drama, the relationship itself is angst free (Nash wouldn’t allow it to become so!). I loved watching them come together, and it’s a gorgeous romance to lose yourself in.
Set within the Giltmaker Brewery in Vermont, this book ties in to a number of Sarina Bowen’s other books, and there are some fantastic cameos. We also get to see Nash’s sister, Leila, from the first book of the series, as well as his younger brother, Mitch, who no doubt will get the next book. But you can easily read this one as a standalone if you wanted to.
I really enjoyed this book. It’s a quick and easy read that had me fully invested in these two characters and their story, and it finishes really well.
Such a good read – 4.5 stars.
An Advanced Review Copy was generously provided by the author for an honest review.
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