TAPPED
The Brewing Passion Series Book 1
Release date: 2/14/17
Blurb
When wealthy brewery owner
Austin Fitzgerald meets sexy saleswoman Evelyn Benedict, angry sparks fly. They
seem destined to clash, until a hot hookup in a cold beer cooler changes
everything.
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.
Potential tag lines
A hot
hookup in a cold beer cooler changes everything…
Playboy
brewery owner … driven saleswoman … sultry brewer … the craft beer world
sizzles like no other in Liz Crowe’s new novel!
Excerpt
“Austin?”
Her voice behind him made him stand and stretch, his cock already tingling in
anticipation. “Where did you go? Jesus, what time is it? Get your ass back
here.”
He
grinned. “Think you can just boss me like that, woman?” He leaned on the door
frame, drinking her in with his eyes. “Because you can’t.”
“I’m
not bossing, dear. Just suggesting.” She let the sheet fall aside, revealing
her completely naked body. His smile widened when she bent one knee and reached
down to touch herself. “You know, only suggesting that you get your sweet self
over here and help a girl out.”
He
grinned, yanked off his shirt and shorts, and dove into the warm nest of sheets
and Evelyn. The frustration at her most recent rejection was already forgotten
in the amazing smell of her skin and the lovely sound of her moans as he did
what she suggested, for an hour or two.
Later,
when they lay tangled in damp sheets, catching their breath, their fingers
clasped together between them, Evelyn sighed. “So, tell me something,” she
said. Austin forced himself up to full consciousness as best he could.
“Hmm,”
he said, turning to face her, taking in the flushed, well-fucked look on her
face with more than a little self-satisfaction.
“How
is it…I mean, with two, um, guys and a girl?”
Austin
hesitated, then put her knuckles to his lips, buying himself some time.
She
pulled her fingers free of his, sat up and wrapped the sheet around herself.
One thing about his Evelyn, he mused, watching her. He would never accuse her
of being indirect. About anything.
“Don’t
baby me, Austin. I mean it. I want to know.”
“I
have no doubt that you want to know, my love.” He propped himself on one elbow
and ordered his thoughts.
“Don’t
think about it, damn you. Just…tell me.” She swept her hair up off her neck,
making his mouth water at the sight of her flushed skin. Making him want to
grab her, hold her down, lick the sweat droplets and lose himself in her all
over again. “Yo, earth to lover boy,” she demanded, snapping her fingers in
front of his face. “Spill it. What’s it like? I mean do you… Would you… Oh
hell, never mind.” She turned and started to climb out of bed before he reached
out and grabbed her arm.
“Hang
on a second. I don’t mind telling you. I guess I didn’t expect you to want to
know. Most…women…aren’t that into it.”
She
let him pull her back into the warm bed and curled into him so he was pressed
up against her back, his lips on her bare, delicious shoulder. “Stop it,” she
whispered. “Tell me what it’s like to have sex with a woman with another guy in
on the act.”
He
sighed and held onto her. “It’s…pretty amazing,” he admitted. “I mean, I can’t
speak for the women I’ve… We’ve…well, you know what I mean.”
Author
Bio
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.
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Today best selling author AM Hargrove
This book was an interesting read. I love Liz’s Love Brothers series so I was
excited to read this one. While the book
isn’t directly related to the Love Brothers series it was still a great
read. Austin Fitzgerald owns his own brewery
and is trying to get his product other there.
He meets Evelyn while going for a ride along with the company she works
for. Evelyn has an idea about who Austin
is before she even meets him and it isn’t a good one. She fights her attraction to him tooth and
nail. However Austin doesn’t give up
easily. He manages to win Evelyn over
but things aren’t easy in any way shape or form. Austin’s parents don’t like Evelyn and let
her know it. Then there is Austin’s
friend Ross who he met while becoming a brew master. They had some wild times together. Austin tells Evelyn about some of the things
they did and she finds herself wanting to recreate some of those times with the
three of them. Then she meets Ross and
is overcome with how attracted to him she is.
Could the three of them be something or would it be just an occasional
thing. Evelyn loves Austin so much but
she can’t hide her attraction to Ross.
Will the three of them work out or will everything fall apart? This book has lots of twists and turns for
sure. This book takes you on a wild
ride. Ross and Evelyn are a lot alike and Austin is what balances them
out. Austin jokes that they are
emotionally constipated, Ross more so than Evelyn. While being in a three person relationship
isn’t mainstream that doesn’t mean it isn’t okay. If it works for them that is all that
matters. Austin and Evelyn truly love
each other but Ross isn’t really a third wheel.
While Ross and Evelyn share an immense attraction I don’t believe it
could ever work with just the two of them.
They need that balance that Austin brings. I highly recommend this book.
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