Wednesday, April 5, 2023

Make Me Exhale - Oil Barrons #5- by Marie Johnston (Mccoy and Isla)



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Trust fund? Check. Plans to restore an old train foundry into a brewery? Check. Grumpy project manager? Sigh . . . check.

If I wanted to deal with a man just like my uptight dad, I would’ve told my parents what my brewery plans were. Only I didn’t tell anyone. I waited for my trust fund to deliver once I turned twenty-five, and I bought the old train foundry I’d been eyeing for years. Then McCoy Cunningham shows up.

I’m told he’s the best. He’s older than me and knows both sides of the business—the restoration and the brewing. But all I’ve gotten from him are scowls and dismissive grunts. McCoy might think he’s the expert, he might look at me like I should be in diapers with pigtails, but he’s wrong if he thinks he can bulldoze me.

All it takes is one look. One time I catch him eyeing me with something other than disdain. One conversation where we’re geeking out over yeast strains and hops. One kiss that leads to more.

I promised myself I’d never settle for a guarded man who thinks he knows everything, especially one who won’t put me before business. And after what McCoy's been through, he’s all about work. No personal entanglements. The last thing I need is to be left with flat beer and a broken heart.





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Marie Johnston writes paranormal and contemporary romance. She also works as a medical laboratory scientist and has worked as a public health microbiologist. Depending on the situation, she can be oddly unconcerned about germs or weirdly phobic. Marie’s been a volunteer EMT, a college instructor, a security guard, a phlebotomist, a hotel clerk, and a coffee pourer in a bingo hall. All fodder for a writer!! She has a husband, four kids, and even more cats.


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I received a complimentary early release e-book prior to release and am voluntarily leaving a review.

This is the final book in the series about the Barron family that live in a very small town of Coal Haven. In this book we get to know Isla, who is the youngest and watch her start her future. 

Isla has turned 25 and she has big plans. And her plans include, 36-year-old, divorced, Mccoy Cunningham as her project manager for her new business.

Her parents have a lot to say about that and none of it was good. But I loved how her siblings, cousins, friends and Mccoy have her back. Mccoy also has some issues from his divorce, but I loved that when Isla needed it, he had her back.

Part of Isla's dream is to open a Beer Brewery and it was a fascinating aspect to this story. I know nothing about beer or IPAs, so I got a really interesting education on this subject and Isla's dream.

This was an awesome end to the series, and I loved the age gap between McCoy and Isla. It is very much a beauty and the beast type of story, but Isla is an amazing girl boss as well. 




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