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Bittersweet

By: Sarina Bowen
Narrated by: Tad Branson, Saskia Maarleveld
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Summary

Fall in love with Vermont in this USA Today best-selling series.

The last person Griffin Shipley expects to find stuck in a ditch on his Vermont country road is his ex-hookup. Five years ago, they’d shared a couple of steamy nights together. But that was a lifetime ago.

At 27, Griff is now the accidental patriarch of his family farm. Even his enormous shoulders feel the strain of supporting his mother, three siblings, and a dotty grandfather. He doesn’t have time for the sorority girl who’s shown up expecting to buy his harvest at half price.

Vermont was never in Audrey Kidder’s travel plans. Neither was Griff Shipley. But she needs a second chance with the restaurant conglomerate employing her. Okay—a fifth chance. And no self-righteous lumbersexual farmer will stand in her way.

They’re adversaries. They want entirely different things from life. Too bad their sexual chemistry is as hot as Audrey’s top secret enchilada sauce, and then some.

Warning: This stand-alone novel contains growly alpha farmers, gourmet yumminess, a steamy outdoor shower, and proof that farmers don't mind getting dirty.

©2016 Sarina Bowen (P)2017 Tuxbury Publishing, LLC

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"Fantastic." (USA Today)

"Smart, funny and super sexy, Bittersweet is full of the kind of writing that makes Sarina Bowen one of my favorite author crushes." (Author Sarah Mayberry)

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Beautiful story, good narrators

I read Bittersweet ages ago, so seeing Bittersweet on the Plus catalogue led to downloading and listening to it as I loved the book. The performance was good and I enjoyed revisiting these characters with the narrators.
I excellent contemporary romance with great characters and minimal drama. Heated and sweet.

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sweet second chances

A subtle second chance connection between sportsman turned farmer Griffin and Audrey was a satisfying listen. These two had chemistry but a relationship that took the slow build. I liked the farm setting, the family context and the connection.

Narration was good, dual POV.

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Warm hearted fiction

Loved the lighthearted touch the author gave the story. Romance with a sprinkle of humour. The characters were engaging and the narration was well paced and easy on the ear. Overall an enjoyable and entertaining listen

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Fun story

Great story of past loves and fun journeys.

The narration by saskia and tad are fantastic, really bring the characters to life.

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brilliant

I'm definitely moving to Vermont, well I wish I could, I couldn't stop listening I absolutely loved it, the characters, the narration and the overall story. I highly recommend it

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Holy hell Tad Branson knows how to narrate a scene

this is my first book from this author and won't be my last, I loved the story and the author clearly did their homework with its content. a fabulous narration from both of these talented two, made it a great experience. Saskia has an excellent male voice as is Tad's female voice along with both of them creating variations for other characters, which makes it easy to know who's speaking and is something only the best narrator's achieve, but I'm just gonna take a moment to fan girl over Tad Branson and his skills, swoon.ive listened to well over 300 books, I would encourage anyone to listen to this book.

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second chance

Griff is a seriously grumpy farmer who runs his family farm and makes cider. Audrey was a former fling and is now a chef who is on assignment looking for farm fresh produce for the company she is working for. When they meet again sparks fly but huge obstacles stand in their way. I honestly felt as if I was right there with the characters listening to this audio book. Looking forward to the next book in this series.

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Lovely easy read

I loved listening to this book it’s very uplifting and just an all round easy read. This is the first book I’ve listened to by this author and I’ll be listening to more

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Easy listen, good narration

From the cover alone, this initially looked to be a werewolf shifter romance book. I downloaded this as it included with my audible membership. It was quite an easy listen and narration was good. Not the most exciting or suspenseful story line but characters were likeable enough. Was hoping for an epilogue to round off the story and was a little surprised when ‘the end’ was announced without much of a conclusion and it was this that led me to write this review.

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Loved!!

I loved this audible! I had already read the book but wanted to listen to this in the car and it did not disappoint!!! loved the narration and the story was great the second time around.

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