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Brewing Up a Bad Boy by Katherine Garbera Series: WiCKed Sisters #3
Published by Afterglow Books by Harlequin on January 21, 2025
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A tea shop owner good girl and a reformed microbrewer bad boy reunite in this wonderfully wicked love story.
Sometimes the second sip is sweetest.
In the cozy town of Birch Lake, tea shop owner Poppy Kitchener thought she’d left her mistakes, and her failed marriage, in the past. But when her ex-husband, Alistair Miller, turns up—as charming and irritatingly handsome as ever—those old feelings float to the surface. To top it off, he has a puzzling proposition: pretend they’re still married for his cousin’s wedding in exchange for a lucrative business deal with his family.
Easy enough, right? After all, this could be Poppy’s last chance to get closure, grow her business and use Alistair’s knowledge of microbrewing to help her finish that winning recipe for the tea competition.
But even after all this time, he still knows how to make her laugh. And he’s changed in ways that make Poppy wonder about the man he’s become… Can she trust this new Alistair with her heart, or will a second chance brew up disaster?
Delightfully whimsy! The third book in Garbera’s WiCKed Sisters series is bringing Poppy to the forefront and reuniting her with the ex who she never forgot. I haven’t read the previous books in the series, so I felt a little adrift in the background of the tea shop and the friends by her side. I could have used a bit of a catch up on who was who and how they were connected to get a full enjoyment of the set up, but the drama involving Poppy and Alistair was quick to catch my attention. The main plot was interesting and I was invested in their outcome throughout the story. I enjoyed seeing him reconnect with his brother a bit as well. Good premise, fun characters and an enjoyable ending.
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