TAPPED The Brewing Passion Series Book 1 ~ By Liz Crowe
When wealthy brewery owner
Austin Fitzgerald meets sexy saleswoman Evelyn Benedict, angry sparks fly. They
seem
For Austin, it's a life-altering
moment that sets him on a path away from his birthright, while Evelyn must face
her fears about committing to a man considered the playboy of the micro-brewing
world.
The power of preconceived
notions nearly tears them apart—until they meet up with brew master Ross, who opens
their eyes to a deeper, even more erotic connection. But three strong
personalities don’t always make for the best emotional mix and when a simple
misunderstanding causes chaos, it’s up to Ross to repair the tattered shreds of
their relationship.
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Now for an Excerpt:
Sensing
the heat of Evelyn’s fury as he finalized another large order, he excused
himself and made his way toward the restroom. The tuning-fork sensation had
morphed into a dull ache centered in his gut, which steadily made its way down
to his balls.
When
he emerged—after splashing water on his face enough times to calm the hardening
in his jeans—he almost plowed straight into her. He gripped her arms to keep
her from falling and the impulses that had bounced around in his brain since
the morning nearly brought him to his knees. He dropped his hands and looked
away, swallowing back the urge to say something, anything, to convince her he
wasn’t such a bad guy.
“Sorry.”
Her
voice was flat. He took a step back, stopped only when his butt hit the wall.
The space between them filled with near-visible silence, but he didn’t move.
“I
don’t know how I’m doing it, but the longer we work together, the more sales I
make, and the more you hate me. Clue me in here, Benedict. I thought sales were
the goal of the day.” He crossed his arms, holding them close to his chest so
she couldn’t gauge how shaky his hands had gotten.
She
swallowed, and he watched the exquisite warm peach hue of her skin redden.
Admiring the line of her neck, her jaw, the plump fullness of her lower lip as
she bit it, a nervous tic he’d love to come to love, if she’d let him, Austin
sensed himself falling deeper into a very scary hole. Her ongoing silence took
on a life of its own.
“Well?
I left my secret-sales-goal decoder ring at home. You obviously have a
different agenda for today. I get it. ‘Prove to the rich boy he doesn’t have
what it takes’ is fine, but we could have saved some time if you’d just told me
first.”
She
opened her lips, then pressed them together and shouldered past him. He
watched, fascinated, as his hand reached out of its own accord and snagged her
arm. She stopped, stared at it, then up at him. When he realized the blue of
her eyes was brighter because of tears, he hesitated. Female tears always
unnerved him, but his chest tightened in a thoroughly alarming way at the
thought of having caused her unhappiness.
He
let go. “Sorry. I didn’t mean to…”
In
a split second, her beautiful face was within inches of his. “Don’t flatter
yourself. I’m just pissed off. You’ve had that effect on me since I first laid
eyes on you, so yeah, I guess I set you up. But apparently, all your
country-club, private-school time has been worth it. Bullshitting comes
naturally to you. And that’s all this job is. A whole barrel of bullshit.”
She stomped away before he could speak or,
even better, grab her and kiss her. The space she vacated quivered with anger.
But her crisp perfume stayed in his nose and he had to clench his hands into
fists to keep from shoving her up against the wall and kissing her until she
saw it his way.
**************
Amazon
best-selling author, mom of three, Realtor, beer blogger, brewery marketing
expert, and soccer fan, Liz Crowe is a Kentucky native and graduate of the
University of Louisville currently living in Ann Arbor. She has decades of
experience in sales and fund raising, plus an eight-year stint as a
three-continent, ex-pat trailing spouse.
Her
early forays into the publishing world led to a groundbreaking fiction
subgenre, “Romance: Worth the Risk,” which has gained thousands of fans and
followers interested less in the “HEA” and more in the “WHA” (“What Happens
After?”).
With
stories set in the not-so-common worlds of breweries, on the soccer pitch, in
successful real estate offices and at times in exotic locales like Istanbul,
Turkey, her books are unique and told with a fresh voice. The Liz Crowe
backlist has something for any reader seeking complex storylines with humor and
complete casts of characters that will delight, frustrate and linger in the
imagination long after the book is finished.
Don’t ever ask
her for anything “like a Budweiser” or risk bodily injury.
“If you
liked “Beautiful Bastard” by Christina Lauren, you will love “TAPPED” by Liz
Crowe!”
“If you
liked “Nobody But You” by Jill Shalvis, you will love “TAPPED” by Liz Crowe!”
“If you
liked “The Fatal Series” by Marie Force you will love “The Brewing Passion
Series” by Liz Crowe!
“If you
liked “Dirty” by Kylie Scott, you will love “TAPPED” by Liz Crowe!
The Liz Crowe voice brings
something new and unique, both in settings and characters, that will thrill
readers of romance, women’s fiction and chick lit alike.
Recommendations/endorsements:
“If
you want a story that will grip your heart and bring all your emotions into
play, then do not miss a Liz Crowe story.
Liz
Crowe has an uncanny ability to reach into the heart and soul of her characters
and make her stories come to life in gritty realism that hits all the emotions.
Liz
Crowe is one of those rare authors who knows how to take the emotions of her
characters and make them real for her readers, binding you to the story.”
---International
Best Selling Author Desiree Holt
"Liz
Crowe is my drug of choice for unconventional romance that pushes the envelope
of my comfort zone."
--Best
Selling Author of the Enigma Series, Ditter Kellan
Liz
Crowe writes intense true-to-life stories that make you feel. Whether it's anxiety,
love, fear, hate, bliss, or loss woven into her plot lines, you will feel it
deep down to your very soul.
--Audrey
Carlan, #1 New York Times Bestselling Author
“I’ve
learned to expect the unexpected with any Liz Crowe novel—along with 3-dimensional
characters and well-written, realistic plots.”
--USA
Today best selling author AM Hargrove
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