Genre:
Contemporary Romance
Themes:
Age Gap
Femme / Femme
Forced Proximity / Stranded Together
Found Family
Girl Next Door
Grumpy / Sunshine
Hot for Boss
Ice Queen
Mature Lead 40+
Opposites Attract
Pet / Wild Animal
Secret Crush
Slow Burn
Workplace / Office Romance
Heat Level:
Extra Spicy (sex scenes are very graphic and may also include toys, kink, BDSM, etc.)
Archetypes:
Brewer / Distiller / Vineyard Owner
Marketing / Advertising / PR
Seeking New Career
Geographic Location:
United States: Pacific
Setting:
Corporation / Office / Workplace
Small Town / Rural
Vineyard
Sexual / Gender Identity:
Lesbian
Femme
Protagonist Identity:
Latinx / Hispanic
Crush
By Ana Hartnett Reichardt
This crush will be a messy one, indeed.
Josie Sanchez is the head winemaker at Cadieux Vineyards, and all her dreams ride on the upcoming crush. If she can produce a gold medal pinot noir, the owner will give Josie her own wine label. Finally. She’s worked years for this opportunity, and nothing will stand in her way. Not even Mac, the owner’s annoyingly beautiful niece who doesn’t know anything about wine, but whom Josie’s forced to hire as her only harvest intern. Josie can’t imagine a more ill-suited partner for the most important harvest of her life.
After a lackluster start in her marketing career, Mackenzie Layton is eager to jump headfirst into the illustrious Willamette Valley wine industry. Thanks to her uncle, her first harvest job is with one of the most prestigious wineries in town. But when she meets Josie, it’s clear her presence is a nuisance, even if she does occasionally catch Josie’s gaze lingering on her. Mac has a proclivity for misadventure, and she is unable to resist the one person who is off limits.