Leaning Into a Wish
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4.8 • 5 Ratings
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Publisher Description
Ryan loves everything about the wine business, but he could do without the good-natured intern slash former jock with the wicked grin who always seems to be in the way. Thankfully he'll be gone before the holidays.
Danny left his dreams of tennis stardom on the court to focus on a new career and a new life. However, he didn't count on the spark of attraction he feels for his prickly co-worker. When their tentative friendship blossoms into something more than either man counted on, they may have to change direction and lean into a holiday wish.
Customer Reviews
When a bell rings, an Angel gets their wish, HEAVENLY WINGS to fly
Author Lane Hayes' "Leaning ...." Romance series - picks up Wes Conrad's Napa winery business family, exploring a thirty year old strikingly handsome Ryan Haskell. Ryan joined the winery's tasting and sampling varietal bar as an intern bar-keep, when he was twenty-four years old, becoming a very knowledgeable expert about the Conrad Winery's distinctive grape blends and flavors.
Lean, six-foot-three, forty-three year old co-owner Georgie hosts the wine bar, having become quite an attraction for the winery's popular sampling wine bar, providing a remarkable entertainment feature for the tourist and bus-tour circuit traveling the Napa to Yountville road circuit of wine cellar sample show-rooms and wine shop features.
During a summer hiatus from his university master's degree program, twenty five year old semi-professional tennis jock dream-boat Danny Meyer joins the Conrad Winery, in an internship wine program, to spend a seven month period pouring wine in the show-room's bar. Glib, with youthful exuberance, Danny, himself, becomes an attractive bar-keep performer serving wine samples to the groups of college sorority girl tourists frequenting the show-rooms sampling bar.
Ryan supervises, and is expected to train Danny-BOY, while attempting to keep his distance, unable to keep his patience and distance with his new wonder BOY... Keeping Danny in line, while he is serving, and maintaining professionalism! Ryan tells DANNY - "TO BEHAVE HIMSELF, HE ISN't here to pick up on the tourists!"
The sporting game is ON .... When their attraction to each other becomes evidence, like living in a ring of fire! Georgie picks up on Ryan and Danny's mutual interest with each other. Georgie and Ryan make a quiet fifty dollar bet -- Danny and Ryan will become boyfriends with benefits! While Ryan bets it will never happen!
Danny-BOY enjoys his new job experience, wanting to be friends with the entire winery staff! Except he is bored since Napa has no night life, what-so-evaahhh! Danny attempts to become friends with Ryan. Ryan is surprised with Danny insists that Ryan meet him the next morning at nine a.m. to play tennis at their apartment complex. An unexpected alliance unfolds, neither are prepared for the consequences!
This story is Ryan and Danny's wonderful romance, to share their hope, their wish, in a full-fillment of desire, love, without regrets. Danny must return to his university master's degree program in January.
Their story is complex! Compounded by family issues and relative relationships. Will YOU forgive ME? HOW DO I LET YOU GO? How do I wish -OUR LOVE - for each other - be consummated? When you silently wish upon a ringing bell, for an Angel 's wish for wings, for OUR flight into heavenly bliss?