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A future with the woman of his dreams is within his grasp...if the past will stay that way. Konigsburg, Texas, Book 4 Erik Toleffson wasn't looking to become Chief of Police. He's got enough trouble trying to rebuild his relationship with his three brothers who, until just recently, ran the other way when he approached. He's not the bully they grew up with, but bad memories are tough to overcome. Morgan Barrett is as worn out as a vat full of crushed grape skins. She never planned to run Cedar Creek Winery, but there's no one else to shoulder the load as her father recovers from an injury. All she needs is a little sleep. Just a five-minute nap in the booth at the Dew Drop Inn...if that guy across the bar would stop staring at her as if putting her head down on the table is a crime. After Morgan yawns in Erik's face, there's nowhere to go but up. With time, though, their relationship warms like a perfectly blended Bordeaux. Until the shady mayor digs into Erik's past and dredges up information that could drive a permanent wedge between him and his brothers-and sour any chance of a future with Morgan. Warning: Contains hot sex with mango sherbet, crooked politicians, yuppy bikers, Bored Ducks, and a Maine Coon Cat with attitude. No library descriptions found. |
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Morgan Barrett is a relative newcomer to Konigsburg, staying and working on the outskirts of town at the winery her father is part-owner of. She's working to prove herself to both her father and his business partner, and wants to combine her marketing background with the owners' winemaking expertise to expand the business. Unfortunately, they're all criticism and complaints, and not at all interested in any fancy marketing. She's not interested in a lifetime of working in their shadow, so if the new wine she's branded and plans to market at an upcoming festival doesn't take, she's moving on.
Their paths cross one night at the townie bar and they're intrigued by each other - Morgan with Officer Grumpy and Erik with the woman with big brown Bambi eyes. As they interact over a run-in with an illegal dumper around her winery, a romance grows between these two, even while they fight any lasting attraction.
Although there is the mystery of the illegal dumper, it's not at all a romantic suspense. The focus is squarely on Erik and Morgan and their lives. For the most part, the conflict is internal for them. They keep each other at arm's length emotionally because they don't want to get too attached until they know how permanent their job and living situations are. Their courtship follows a trajectory that should look familiar to a lot of people, and lacks any annoying contrivances like the Big Misunderstanding. They're two adults working to reconcile their professional and personal happiness.
I love the town Benjamin has created and how the secondary characters all interact, even if the gay bistro owners grate a bit in their stereotypical behavior. There's the crabby bartender, the town drunk, the irritating busybody, the avuncular vet and the corrupt mayor, just like real life.
There aren't too many epublished authors whose books are auto-buys for me. I think it's a party of two - Lorelei James and Meg Benjamin. This is the fourth and I believe final book in her Konigsburg, Texas series and it's definitely the strongest of the four. She's tightened up her narrative and plotting, involved the previous protagonists a lot less, added more dimension to her villain and refrained from equating a hasty marriage with an HEA. ( )