ABOUT THE BOOK
If you can stand the heat, there's a lickable single dad in the kitchen.
1 part tatted-up single dad restaurateur
1 part effervescent younger wine rep
Spice generously with sexual tension
Combine at a foodie conference
Serve steaming hot
At not-quite forty and with his son in his last year of high school, Bert's going to be dining alone.
His restaurant's wine rep has a few ideas on how he might sate all of his appetites.
He hasn't been buying what she's been selling, but she’s only in Memphis for a few months before moving back home to California…and he is only mortal.
Besides, it's not like he's going to fall in love for the first time in his life or anything crazy like that, right?
1 part tatted-up single dad restaurateur
1 part effervescent younger wine rep
Spice generously with sexual tension
Combine at a foodie conference
Serve steaming hot
At not-quite forty and with his son in his last year of high school, Bert's going to be dining alone.
His restaurant's wine rep has a few ideas on how he might sate all of his appetites.
He hasn't been buying what she's been selling, but she’s only in Memphis for a few months before moving back home to California…and he is only mortal.
Besides, it's not like he's going to fall in love for the first time in his life or anything crazy like that, right?
MY THOUGHTS
I am
reviewing PLUS ONE after a reread. I never reviewed it the first time around
because [insert reason no one really cares about here] and since I love the
book and have reread it, it’s time I do so.
My Mae Wood
journey began with THIS TIME IS DIFFERENT, so I read the books in reverse order
of publication. There are several significant cross-overs but the books stand
on their own, so feel free to just dive in!
I love
books that feature food and drink, and it’s a bonus that they feature heavily
in this book. Yet what makes this a fantastic read are our diverse
protagonists. Bert, a father and husband at a young age, finds his
several-years-divorced self coming to grips with the knowledge his son is soon
heading off to college and for the first time in decades, Bert Forsythe will be
on his own and free. Drennan McCutcheon is temporarily working as a wine sales
representative. She is spreading her wings and learning new skills before
heading home to California to take up the mantle of co-owner of a vineyard.
This was always the plan, but a family tragedy means that this needs to happen
sooner than anyone wanted or anticipated. Individually, they both have
interesting lives and backgrounds. I enjoyed the way Wood gave us ample
internal dialogue to let us really get to know both Bert and Drennan.
Together, Bert, 39, and Drennan, 26, are marvelous.
They have similar interests, the physical attraction between them is scorching,
and they both agree theirs is a short term term relationship. Well, we all know
how that’s going to go down in a romance novel, don’t we? I loved the way they
never took their time together for granted, I sighed with delight at their
happiness, I was sad and frustrated for them when life’s commitments got in their
way, and I cheered when they worked to join their two lives.
This ‘Lickable Man’
and his ‘Wine Girl’ are people I wish I knew in real life. They and their story are an absolute treat! Highly recommended.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Professional sassypants and novelist, Mae Wood has been a bookworm her entire life.
She loves cheeses, complicated crafts that she'll start but never complete, and puns.
A while ago Mae decided that she needed to give up the fear that she couldn't write "great literature" and write what she wants to read.
And she wants romance. And laughter. And real life.
She wants heroines who are brave. Brave enough to be themselves and brave enough to fall in love. She wants men who are strong and kind.
Mae is married, and has two darling children and an old dog who naps at her feet while she writes.
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