Romance! Humor! Intrigue! and Genuine Heat!
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Josh is a legend in his own mind and Elle has no time for it. She has a job to do and a winery hangs in the balance. Unfortunately it’s his family winery.
They’ll either screw up each other’s lives or… end up screwing.
Crushing is the story of two people who hate each other but rumor has it, with enough wine, anyone can fall in love.
ELLE
I’m in the middle of my pitch, and my breath catches, my body freezes, and I lose my words. Usually, nothing knocks me off my game, I’m a showman. But he’s much more than nothing.
He seems as shocked to see me as I am to see him. I look around and begin to babble. What are you doing here?
He says in a raspy tone, How are you here?
I shoot back to him, How are you here? He looks sideways and then shakes his head pointedly at me.
I want this piece of business, and no glorified farmhand will get the best of me. So I slept with one of their employees. No big. I can recover. I blow it off. He steps forward and grabs a bottle of wine and turns the label towards me.
My name is Joshua Lucien LaChappelle Whittier, he says. You know nothing about me, Cosmo. And you can call me Josh.
Visions of LaChappelle/Whittier family tree choke me. It’s the son who doesn’t want the winery. Then he walks over and kisses his mother on the cheek. He places his hand on his father’s shoulder before sitting. Oh, god. No. No. No. Oh no. I screwed their son. A lot.I screwed him a lot. I dirty screwed their son. I slutty screwed their son. I know what their son tastes like. Oh, god. Composure. I have to find it. I need this job. Focus. He will not get the best of me. I can do this. I don’t lose and I won’t lose this piece of business or any piece of my heart to this intolerable and very hot man.
Set in Sonoma, California’s Wine Country this is the first book in the 5 Families Vineyard Series and, of course the LaChappelle/Whittier Winery Trilogy.
