Book Review: Bourbon Love Notes by JShari J. Ryan

In a split second, life can steal a last breath ... and derail all future plans.

While flying home after a phone call that left me heartbroken, a row to myself would have been ideal. Instead, I was unknowingly sitting shoulder to shoulder with a strikingly attractive single dad and ex-Marine. I could have pretended not to notice the man, but there was something familiar about him.

It didn't take long before I pieced together where I knew him from or why he was back in my life.

With chaos holding me hostage, I wanted to hide but couldn't avoid Brett Pearson, our old family friend, and my teenage crush, because he kindly offered to help out with my family's business--The Barrel House.

Handling my father's distillery would be a distraction from my brutal reality. Except, I never paid close attention to the art of making bourbon, unlike Brett, who was full of bourbon knowledge. He offered to teach me a thing or two, but all I could focus on was the way his lips moved when he spoke to me.

I needed to grieve, and my head was in the wrong place at the wrong time, but my heart was splitting at the seams.

Bourbon was spilled, drinks were shared, but could passion ignite from a dying last wish?

*Bourbon Love Notes is a small-town second-chance angsty romance.

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My Review:

One of these days I’ll actually remember what kind of an emotional workout a Shari Ryan title will put me through before I start reading the book. It’s not going to stop me from reading it, but it might mean that I remember to have the box of tissues to hand before I can no longer see the words through my tears. Heck, I can’t even type out this review without getting choked up again. There is no good age at which to say “goodbye” forever to someone you love. But Melody’s story shows us, that so long as there is life left, there’s still the hope for more, better. And there’s always the opportunity for a second chance. A little bit of romantic comedy with a whole lot of angsty emotional drama. Even though I was bawling like a baby before this book had barely started, I loved every moment of it. Brett occasionally made me want to reach into the book and smack him, yet overall he’s so sweet and such a romantic. I loved watching how much Melody matures through the course of this book. I just wish it hadn’t taken the events it does to get her there. Now, we have a couple of siblings left over that I’m hoping we’ll get stories for as well.

I received a complimentary advanced copy of this book through Foreword PR & Marketing.