Reviewer's Rating:
5
5.0Overall score
Quick read, great story and characters!
Love Vintage Blend By Elle Keaton
Genre: Contemporary Romance, GLBTQ, MM
Tropes: Virgin, Family disowned
Released: June 11, 2020
Publisher: Self-Published
Series: Home in Hollyridge, Book 2
Length: 91 pages
Cover Design: Cate Ashwood Designs
Jeff Morgan is rebuilding his life; Zach Brown is trying to keep his from falling apart.
After being disowned by his parents Jeff leaves the city to start over again, hoping to reinvent himself as a winemaker in the small town of Hollyridge. Why not dream big?
Zach is struggling to keep his boutique winery afloat and the summer intern is one more body which will help that happen—and oh, what a body. The only thing is, he’s sworn off men.
Until he met Zach Brown Jeff knew he was gay—but he’d never kissed a man.
One look at Jeff, and Zach knew it was going to be a long, hard summer.
Jeff doesn’t know much about wine and even less about love but maybe he’s just what Zach needs to save his winery and heal his wounded heart.
A standalone in the Home in Hollyridge series, a dual POV about a man learning to live his own life; and a winemaker who needs a little help from a friend. 24k words.
Reviewed by ButtonsMom2003
Quick read, great story and characters!
Love Vintage Blend is the second book in the Home in Hollyridge series but easily stands alone. This is a pretty quick read at only 91 pages but it seems like more – in a good way. I’ve been a fan of Elle’s writing for quite a while now and I’ve read nearly all of her books. She writes fantastic romantic suspense but with the Home in Hollyridge series she’s branched out into something a little less angsty and much sweeter.
In shorter books there’s just not enough time for a lot of character development, or for a love story to take a lot of time to bloom so this is a bit of an insta-love one. I know some readers don’t like them but I do and Love Vintage Blend was right up my alley.
Jeff and Zach’s first meeting doesn’t go too well so they agree to start over. The story is told in third person dual POV with chapters alternating between Jeff and Zach – one of my favorite types of stories. I loved the palpable chemistry between these two guys – it gave me all kinds of good feels. There’s an especially hot scene in a river. 😊
This story also features one very sweet dog named Jura who knows the right time to be not-so-sweet! I love reading these shorter and less angsty stories when I need a break from longer ones that sometimes tear my heart out. I’m looking forward to more books in this series!
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O Factor: Spicy
Available to borrow with Kindle Unlimited.
Elle hails from the northwest corner of the US known for, rain, rain, and more rain. She pens the Accidental Roots, Never Too Late, Hamarsson and Dempsey and the Home in Hollyridge series’, all set in the Pacific Northwest. Elle’s books feature hot mm romance with the guarantee of an HEA. The men start out broken but they always find the other half of their hearts.
Elle loves both cats and dogs, Star Wars and Star Trek, pineapple on pizza, and is known to start crossword puzzles with ballpoint pen.
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