Monday, April 15, 2024

Turnabout by Laurel Greer [Review]

Turnabout (Vino and Veritas) by Laurel Greer
Format: ebook
Source: borrowed through Kindle Unlimited
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Date read: April 12, 2023

Vino and Veritas
Roommate
Featherbed
Headstrong
Heartscape
Aftermath
Undercover
Booklover
Flipcup
Hideaway
Unguarded
Turnabout - Paperback | Kindle
Daybreak
Insatiable
Heartsong
Limelight
Undone
Showstopper
Unforgettable
Stronghold

Related Series:
(find all the books in the series on the 1st book review)
The Busy Bean
1. Sweetheart

In Vino Veritas
1. Wildfire

Moo U
1. Boyfriend

Speakeasy
1. Touchstone

True North
1. Bittersweet

Laurel Greer
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Synopsis (Goodreads):
I don’t have time for an unplanned visit home to help out in my father’s struggling letterpress shop. My stint in Vermont will have to be short, for a couple of reasons:

One, I’m a busy executive trying to climb the corporate ladder.

Two, my ex is still my dad’s right-hand man in the shop. And I am not over him.

Nothing has changed at the Burlington shop. Auden still has his infuriatingly sexy Scottish accent. He’s still hot, and still stubborn. Between operating the antique press with his shirtsleeves rolled up, and moonlighting at Burlington’s hottest inclusive wine bar, he pushes every one of my attraction buttons.

My falling-in-love-again buttons, too. Except I’m his polar opposite. I love change, and taking chances. Everything he avoids in life.

So why am I trying to convince him to reach for more than we’ve ever dreamed of—the possibility of forever?
Thoughts on Turnabout: A second chance romance. Even MORE: A second chance romance between the local who moved away and who's now a big shot VP and the steady, deeply competent man who enjoys his routines and security.

MAN, Carter and Auden had some road bumps to get over. Not insurmountable ones (obviously), but they did have to work around their issues from the past before they could do more than flirt with a potential future. Meaning, Auden has some deep-seated scars revolving around abandonment and losing his home. And Carter has big dreams (and plans for his father's business!) that his father can't work himself around to listen to. Carter's become relentless in his quest to show his ideas are good enough and it's kind of sucked the joy out of his life.

Good thing Auden's still holding down the fort when Carter steps in to help his father out. Auden still might be steady and cautious about a lot of things, but he's willing to listen (eventually) to Carter's ideas and he starts to see that maybe taking chances isn't the most horrible thing. Meanwhile, Carter gets to take a step back from corporate life and remember that it's not all numbers and profit margins.

A second chance, a little heart, a little marketing magic, a whole lot of reconnecting, and two people who find one another at just the right time. *thumbs up*

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