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Blurb for JUST ONE TASTE:
A little
home improvement can go a long way…
Jesse Oliver was a medic in Afghanistan, but back home in Pine Mountain he’s
happy to switch gears as the Double Shot bar’s new sous chef. When his
apartment floods and his old Army buddy offers the family’s dilapidated lake
house as temporary quarters, Jesse thinks a little remodeling on the creaky
duplex sounds like a fair return favor. That’s before he sets eyes on the
gorgeous woman moving into the other side of the cabin—and discovers she’s his
buddy’s kid sister, a.k.a totally off limits.
Kat McMarrin has fought hard for her space, and she’s not too interested in
sharing it. Of course, her job as a physical therapist means she won’t see much
of Jesse, even if he’s a few thin floorboards away—unless she seeks him out.
And with his sculpted body and slow-burn gaze, she might be tempted. Maybe the
fixer-upper projects she has planned for the cabin will keep her mind off him.
Or maybe her instincts to strip the place down will get out of hand…
~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~
Kat and
Jesse are two of kind…neither are looking for love, a relationship, or commitment.
Both carry insecurities as baggage and both seek to carve out a place of their
own where the past won’t hurt so much. When Jesse needs a place to stay after a
major leak in his apartment, his Army buddy Gabe, who is also Kat’s brother, offers
him shelter at the duplex lake house recently inherited by Kat and Gabe. Seeing
that she lived in the same building of the flood, Kat decides take up residence
at the duplex as well only didn’t say anything to Gabe. She hadn’t planned to
share the space with anyone, especially a good-looking guy with a body she
wishes she could stop looking at but simply enjoy the peace and quiet, and work
on much needed renovations. Finally, they decide to work together on the
renovations and find they enjoy it, and eventually each other. The heat created
between these two starts to bring about a hot glow, which far outshines any
newly polished wood.
There’s
nothing better than a story based on small town characters that always seem to
know everyone else’s business, and Kimberly creates this atmosphere better than
anyone I know. Her characters are people I would love to know in real life and
they always manage to touch my heart. Jesse and Kat are two such characters.
Jesse carries so much angst, guilt, and regret after his time in Afghanistan on
top of the wounds embedded typically in a child of a drug addict. You feel his
pain as if it’s your own and Kimberly handles it wonderfully. Kat is a typical Army
brat who is used to never staying in one place for too long and yearns for just
that. She wants stability, to be dug in, and a place she can call her own, and
home.
These two
people are so alike and yet so different, you can’t help but want them to get together.
They butt heads…Kat being the butt-r more than the butt-e but in the end, they
help each other overcome the obstacles that keep their hearts closed off, and
come together for once they get a taste of togetherness, there’s no turning back because JUST ONE TASTE
is not enough. Thank goodness.
I highly
recommend this sweet, sassy, steamy, and as usual for Kimberly Kincaid, deliciously sexy novella very much in the fashion of, and a great addition to,
the Pine Mountain series.
Happy
Reading Everyone!
JUST ONE
TASTE, a Pine Mountain novella by Kimberly Kincaid, Kensington Publishing, releasing
May 26, 2015 in ebook formats at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Kobobooks.
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