WILDFLOWER BY MAE WOOD
Release Date: August 2, 2021
Cover Design: Elle Maxwell Designs
When the prize is love, sometimes you get stung. But if you’re lucky, you just might hit the sweet spot…
Juliana Burton needs a medal at Speakeasy's beer festival to push her brand-new, woman-owned brewery into the spotlight. She thinks she knows just how to do it, too--with a beer made exclusively from Vermont ingredients. Hops, check. Barley, check. But what she really needs is the best honey in the state. Too bad the only thing standing in her way is six feet tall, smokin’ sexy, and her secret high school crush.
After a very public disaster in Boston, Riggs Lyon is home with his teenage son in tow. Riggs is taking over the family beekeeping business with an eye to offload it and start life over somewhere where "Lyin' Lyon" isn't a joke. Selling honey to Juliana doesn't make business sense. She can't afford the high prices Lyon honey fetches in specialty shops and farmer's markets. But somehow, he’s having trouble saying no to anything she asks him for, whether it’s in the hive or in the bedroom.
Wildflower is a great enemies to lovers romance by Mae Wood. The fifth book in the multi-author Speakeasy Taproom series, it's easily read as a standalone.
This story revolves around Juli and her friends opening a brewery. To help her get the beer she wants, she needs help from Riggs; the very same man who she's had a crush on since she was a teen.
These two are fun together. I love their connection and chemistry. They are definitely good together, but they have some obstacles to overcome to earn their happily ever after.
Their story is full of bees and beer, as well as banter and barbs. I love the way they go from being stubborn and butting heads, to being friends and then more.
Good god, the beekeeping scenes had me freaked out. Yikes! And Juli's innocence about them had me in stitches.
Overall, these two really help each other, both in business and who they are as people. I love that they benefit one another financially as well as personally. It's nice seeing the way they change when together.
I continue to enjoy this small town series, finding both the characters and their stories charming. There are plenty of secondary characters to add to the fun and keep things interesting.
Wildflower is a delightful romance. Mae Wood had me intrigued from start to finish. Definitely give this book a chance the next time you're in the mood for a sweet romance.
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