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The promise of a dream job lures Murphy to Tampa, but he arrives to the rude awakening that the offer is on hold. Now he’s got two choices: slink back to Michigan with his tail between his legs or stay and look for work. Things perk up when he goes into a coffee shop and learns the owner is looking for someone to renovate the apartment above it. He happily takes the job, only later realizing he’s met Joe Sterling, Kaffeinate’s proprietor, before… when they hooked up at a club Murphy’s first night in Tampa.

Murphy and Joe are both proud, passionate, and outspoken. Neither is looking for a relationship, though they can’t deny they go together as well as coffee and doughnuts, in spite of their tempers. But that’s before Joe learns Murphy will be working for the corporation he believes is harming local businesses and the environment—and if Murphy will be supporting it, Joe wants nothing to do with him, dooming any possibility of an unexpected happy ending.

Book Review

I'm a total sucker for a Jo Peterson read and I wasn't too far along when I realized that this was the perfect book for me to be reading right now. Two strong, charismatic men, a lot of unbridled passion and sweaty sex, mixed with a little drama, and a family bound by love, not blood. Oh yes. Murphy and Joe were a pleasure to read.

Joe owns Kaffeinate, a coffee shop that he loves. He loves everything about it, from his staff, to his customers, to the work. Kallie is the minidictator who pretty much tells Joe what to do, and he lets her because he'd be lost without her at the counter. He might also be a little afraid of her, but he isn't owning up to it. I fell in love with the coffee shop and the banter between Joe, Kallie, and some of the regulars. I might go back to drinking coffee in that environment.

Murphy and Joe have some amazing chemistry right from the start. There are more than a few “I might need a cold shower” moments between them, but the way they get along, and how their personalities mesh, is insanely sexy, too. Until Joe finds out that the construction company Murphy came down to work for is contracted with FF&C, a very shady company who only manage to stay out of court because they have money to bribe officials and pay for expensive lawyers. Murphy isn't happy to hear about Joe’s own difficulties with FF&C, but as far as he's concerned he isn't working for them, he's working for a company contracted with them. Until his company subcontracts him to FF&C, and then Murphy is full of conflicting feelings.

The problem with two strong, stubborn men, who both have baggage from prior relationships, is that anger is usually the first response, along with words they end up regretting. That much passion and heat is great in the bedroom, but not easy to deal with outside of it, unless both people are committed to good communication. And, well, these are two hotheaded men with strong convictions who often speak before they think it through. It made for some rough weather between Joe and Murphy… and a highly entertaining read for me.

It has been a long time since I read an easy, light, contemporary, erotic romance with a little drama and seriously sweaty sex. I really fell for both characters and their romance was such fun to witness. Thanks, Jo, just what the doctor ordered!

 

 

 

 

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Additional Information

Format	ebook, print and audio
Length	Novel, 186 pages/62806 words
Heat Level
Publication Date	30-June-2017
Price	$6.99 ebook, $14.99 paperback, $14.99 bundle, $19.95 audiobook
Buy Link	https://www.dreamspinnerpress.com/books/somethings-brewing-at-joes-by-sjd-peterson-8629-b