{"product_id":"crushing-kelly-kay-9781734742503","title":"Crushing: LaChappelle\/ Whittier Vineyards: Book 1","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Romance! Humor! Intrigue! and Genuine Heat!\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e★Five Star Amazon Reviewer★\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJosh is a legend in his own mind, and Elle has no time for it. She has a job to do, and a winery hangs in the balance. But, unfortunately, it's his family winery. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAfter a series of intense and ridiculous bad dates with someone she'd hoped would change her life, Noelle Parker finds herself with a new life and nickname in California's wine country. Blobby tongue may have changed her life, but not in the way she suspected. And now she'll fight to keep it, no matter who she accidentally rebounded with. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eELLE\u003cbr\u003eI'm in the middle of my pitch, my breath catches, my body freezes, and I lose my words. Usually, nothing knocks me off my game. I'm a showman. But he's much more than nothing.\u003cbr\u003eHe seems as shocked to see me as I am to see him. I look around and begin to babble. \"What are you doing here?\"\u003cbr\u003eHe says in a raspy tone, \"How are you here?\"\u003cbr\u003eI shoot back to him, \"How are you here?\" He looks sideways and then shakes his head pointedly at me.\u003cbr\u003eI want this piece of business, and no glorified farmhand will get the best of me. So I slept with one of their employees-no big. I can recover. I blow it off. He steps forward, grabs a bottle of wine, and turns the label toward me.\u003cbr\u003e\"My name is Joshua Lucien LaChappelle Whittier,\" he says. \"You know nothing about me, Cosmo. And you can call me Josh.\"\u003cbr\u003eVisions of the LaChappelle\/Whittier family tree choke me. It's the son who doesn't want the winery. Then he walks over and kisses his mother on the cheek. He places his hand on his father's shoulder before sitting. Oh, god. No. No. No. Oh no. I screwed their son-a lot. I screwed him a lot. I dirty screwed their son. I slutty screwed their son. I know what their son tastes like. Oh, god. Composure. I have to find it. I need this job. Focus. He will not get the best of me. I can do this. I don't lose, and I won't lose this piece of business or any piece of my heart to this intolerable and very hot man. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJosh and Elle will either screw up each other's lives or... end up screwing again.\u003cbr\u003eCrushing is the story of two people who hate each other but rumor has it, with enough wine, anyone can fall in love. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSet in Sonoma, California's Wine Country, this is the first book in the 5 Families Vineyard Series and, of course, the LaChappelle\/Whittier Winery Trilogy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kelly Kay\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 173474250X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781734742503\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e R. R. Bowker\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/04\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 364\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.87lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.81d","brand":"Kelly Kay","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44890923761919,"sku":"9781734742503","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_072c4340-7fce-4811-adf8-82b6a06184dc.jpg?v=1709740418","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/crushing-kelly-kay-9781734742503","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}