If you can’t stand the heat, get out of the orchard.
The last person Griffin Shipley expects to find stuck in a ditch on his Vermont country road is his ex-hookup. Five years ago they’d shared a couple of steamy nights together. But that was a lifetime ago.
At twenty-seven, Griff is now the accidental patriarch of his family farm. Even his enormous shoulders feel the strain of supporting his mother, three siblings and a dotty grandfather. He doesn’t have time for the sorority girl who’s shown up expecting to buy his harvest at half price.
Vermont was never in Audrey Kidder’s travel plans. Neither was Griff Shipley. But she needs a second chance with the restaurant conglomerate employing her. Okay—a fifth chance. And no self-righteous lumbersexual farmer will stand in her way.
They’re adversaries. They want entirely different things from life. Too bad their sexual chemistry is as hot as Audrey’s top secret enchilada sauce, and then some.
My Review:
I'd just read two books I really loved, going into Bittersweet I thought no way could I love a third book in a row that much, but boy was I wrong.
Five years ago, Griffin and Audrey spent two steamy nights together when he was a senior and she was a freshman in college. Their chemistry was hot then, but nothing came of it at the time.
Now, five years later Audrey put herself through culinary school after her mother cut her off for not being the perfect child she wanted. Griffin is the patriarch of his family after his father passed away unexpectedly from a massive heart attack two years ago and he has the weight of the world on his shoulders.
Fate brings Audrey and Griffin back together when the restaurant conglomerate that Audrey works for sends her to Vermont to find suppliers for their farm-to-table initiative. Audrey is not in Griffin's plans and he doesn't trust the company that she works for but their chemistry is even more off the charts than it was five years ago and soon he can't imagine his life without her. But can Audrey see that they're meant to be?
This book is sexy, addictive, and deliciously humorous all at the same time. I enjoyed it from start to finish, reading late into the night because I didn't want to put it down. I can't wait to read the rest of this series and I'm really excited that the next book is about Jude. I loved him as a side character in Bittersweet and hope that he can find the happiness he deserves.
