Review: Brewing up a hot romance!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 19, 2014
Complimentary copy provided by the author in exchange for an honest review.After the death of her crazy uncle, Miranda Sweet finds herself back home in the tiny town of Salvation, VA. She, along with her two sisters (they’re triplets) they have inherited their uncle’s home and brewery. All three of the Sweet sisters high tailed it out of Salvation shortly after graduating from high school, considering the Sweet family has always been the center for gossip as long as the town has existed. They’re seen as the crazy family that always has some sort of drama, whether it be moonshine or theft, the Sweets have done it all. But Miranda and her sisters are different. They’ve moved on from Salvation and have made lives for themselves outside of the small town, never looking back. But when news of the brewery comes out, Miranda hopes to flip it and have the investment company she works for buy it. She’s hoping that this move will be profitable for her company and she will get the promotion she has pining for. But when she returns to Salvation, she finds that the stigma of being a Sweet might prove her efforts futile, especially when the so called Prince of Salvation, Logan Martin, will do everything to keep her from her dream.Logan Martin is the soon to be president of the local bank, taking the reins from his father. The Martin family has always been the Hatfield family to the Sweet’s McCoys. In high school though, Logan and Miranda lost their virginity to one another, but when Logan later fails to stand up for Miranda as more gossip comes out about her family, it seems their relationship was doomed before it started. When Miranda returns to Salvation, he once again is attracted to her but must continue to side with his family and the rest of the town to drive the Sweet family out, once and for all. When Logan starts to see just how the townspeople treat the Sweets, including himself, he starts to wonder if maybe the bad rap they had gotten throughout the town’s history, he begins to realize that maybe they’re not really as bad as they seem, especially the current generation of Sweets.The evolution of Logan’s attitude made me fall in love with him, and as he realizes his feelings toward Miranda run far deeper than he expected, I couldn’t help but love them as a couple. I loved the interaction between Miranda and her sisters. Even though they had all gone their separate ways, the bond between them was still very much alive. The sex scenes between Cassie and Logan were hot!When word gets out about the plan that Miranda has, to flip and sell the brewery and then leave town, Logan is left hurt and contemplating why he should help Cassie at all, given she will soon be on her way anyway. But will Cassie realize that the brewery and the town are where she belongs? Can the two get over what seems insurmountable challenges from their families and townspeople? Or is it really worth it all?Enemies On Tap shows us the effects of having a mob mentality in a small town, and how nobody, regardless of which side of the tracks they come from, is immune to the gossip. I appreciated that both Cassie and Logan were able to overcome their past and move on. Not only were there personal transformations, but also transformations with everyone within the community. I also appreciated the realness that the operations of the brewery brought to the story. We’re able to see the real world struggle and the amount of time Cassie and her sister Natalie devote to get things back up and running, striving for success.I loved this story. It was a cute, fast read that kept me hooked from beginning to end. This book had a little different spin than most second chance love stories and several twists and turns made for entertaining reading. It would make a great vacation or beach read as it is light and has an HEA. This is the first book I’ve read by Ms. Flynn and it certainly won’t be my last. An easy five stars for Enemies On Tap.