Lorelie “Lori” Brockton
had herself convinced that after suffering a brutal rape that she is damaged
and will no longer be able to be intimate with another man. She is also
learning her way around her father’s brewery, Brockton Brewery, rotating from
the different positions after a length of time.
Garrett Hunter is hired
by Lori’s father to be the general manager of the brewery and is drawn to Lori
from the first time he meets her. He is patient with Lori, understanding that
she needs her time and space, but it drives him nuts because he is a very
organized person and tends to take control in most situations. He loves her,
but he knows that she is attracted to another even though she is with him. He
is determined to win her love. He is in essence the “perfect guy”.
Eli Buchannan is a prima
donna brewmaster, who is arrogant, rude, and in high demand from other
breweries. He is known as a ladies man, and doesn’t want a relationship. He is
a definite bad boy, and the sexual chemistry between Eli and Lori is smoking
hot! He is trying to fight how he feels for Lori and attempts to push her away
but it just doesn’t work.
I had a hard time liking
this story. Lori went from a scared rape victim one minute to sex starved the
next after she is with Garrett. She is bound and determined to learn how to
brew different ales and lagers and must work with Eli to do it. She shoves
Garrett away one minute then is close to him the next, all while trying to
fight the attraction she feels for Eli. When she and Garrett break up she runs
right to Eli for a night of smoking hot sex.
It takes her going away
to Germany, to become a certified brewer, for her to open her eyes about how
she feels about Garrett. Then, tragedy and finding out she’s pregnant almost
happen at the same time. She did not handle what happened well at all, she went
from closing herself off from everyone, to being a raving, crazy ass bitch. It
bothered me the most how she was towards her baby.
The sex scenes were
steamy, and I liked the premise behind the book. I just had a lot of problems
with Lori and her overall character. I love Garrett and Eli, they were both hot
and good guys in their own ways. This is the third book I have tried to read by
Liz Crowe and I think her writing style and me just don’t fit.
1 comment:
I am sorry but I have to respectfully disagree with your assessment of Lori and this book
How do you know how you would react if you lost the father of your unborn child to a traumatic death???
Also if an author gets you to Love or Hate a character it means they wrote a wonderful book.
It is not easy to get readers to FEEL.
Liz does that so like or dislike a decision a character makes if it is true to the character Ms Crowe has written it makes the book well written.
PS unless you have experienced Traumatic loss you have NO ides how much it affects every aspect of your life.
I have.... and let me tell you it effects everyone; in ways you can not imagine
Oh and if you not like an author why continue to read them
To me it appears you do not understand complex and layered stories, which characters who make choices true to the persona's developed
To mean it sees like you should read a formal Harlequin novel
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