Sweat Equity
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3.0 • 1 Rating
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- $13.99
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- $13.99
Publisher Description
Burned-out chef Sy Travino never expected to wind up on a goat farm in rural Vermont, but that’s exactly where she lands after leaving the restaurant world to become a cheese maker. It’s a great place to flex her muscles and make a name for herself, though. Too bad the house she bought is practically unlivable.
Maddie Barrow can’t believe anyone would be dumb enough to buy a house sight unseen, but she’s not about to turn down the job of renovating it, especially since her best friend just hired Sy to turn Grumpy Old Goat into the chèvre everyone is talking about. When the estimate on the house exceeds Sy’s budget, Maddie puts her to work.
It doesn’t take long for Sy and Maddie to admit their chemistry is off the charts, but having fun doesn’t always lead to forever. Could it be a foundation for love or nothing but a teardown?
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Rey (Roux for Two) stresses the importance of building something to last in this torrid home renovation romance. General contractor Maddie Barrow loves her small Vermont town, but it's quiet; the most exciting thing that's happened in months is her best friend, Clover, hiring a new cheesemaker, Sy, for her tiny dairy farm. Wanting to be close to the dairy, Sy bought the first house she could get, sight unseen, and now discovers that the place needs major work to be inhabitable, let alone comfortable. Anxious for Clover's new hire to stick around, Maddie sets out to fix it all—until Sy's budget strains at the cost. The easy solution: Maddie will teach Sy to do some of the work herself. Maddie tells herself she can totally be professional around this gorgeous, funny butch lesbian—just like Sy can totally keep her hands off the stunning redhead who happens to be her boss's best friend. Right? Rey makes the chemistry between Maddie and Sy obvious and immediate, leading naturally to plenty of creative and exciting sex scenes, but tempers the hot-and-heavy goings-on with emotional intelligence that makes the relationship feel as sturdy as a load-bearing wall. Readers will never doubt that a happy ending is on its way, but they'll love watching it come together.
