Release Blitz: Bourbon Nights by Shari J. Ryan

Kristen Lewendon
Jul 20, 2020
3 min read

The Barrel House Book 3

One kiss ... and her lips forever lingered on mine as if tattooed there.

Melody Quinn, all through high school I loved her from afar. Of course, in a cruel twist of fate, she waited until right before I left for boot camp to confess she felt the same. In that tender moment, we shared a kiss that branded her name onto my heart. Despite intense training, deployments, and life-altering tragedies, never once did she leave my thoughts.

Now, years later, fate has led me home. I can't help but wonder ... is a second chance possible? Reconnecting won't be easy. My life has changed in ways she may never accept. But the spark that has always been between us explodes into an electrifying jolt every time she looks my way. The timing is horrible, but I have to risk it. She needs to know no matter how stormy these Bourbon Nights get, I'll never walk away from her again.

From USA Today Best Selling Author, Shari J. Ryan, comes an emotionally gripping masterpiece of the pitfalls and joy to be found when friendship blooms into an epic love story.

My Review:

There are so many things I want to say about this story and yet I don’t want to say any of them. Let me ease into it. I suppose this book could stand alone, but I don’t recommend it. This is Brett’s perspective of the events surrounding Bourbon Love Notes. And while I guess you could understand the story reading only this one, you’d lose out on a lot of the nuances. I was a little surprised that the overlap period between this and the first book takes up so much space. I was expecting to see a bit more of the after “happily ever after”. However, there are many flashback scenes that show us what Brett was going through during the decade he and Melody were apart, setting the stage for what comes next. And here is where I really don’t want to say anything. I fear I could land myself in spoiler territory. Suffice it to say that I loved everything about this book. I’m also maybe a little grateful that this story didn’t dig in as deep to the events that take place after the end of Bourbon Love Notes, because this may be one of very few Shari Ryan titles I’ve read where I wasn’t a bawling, emotionally exhausted mess in the end. Don’t get me wrong, this book still packs the emotional punch of a speeding freight train, but there’s something ‘lighter’ in the approach. Maybe it’s just that degree of separation from the Quinn siblings’ grief that allowed me to hold it together better this time around. Whatever the case, it doesn’t change how badly I want to read Brody’s piece of the puzzle now.

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

Other books in the series:

Bourbon Love Notes (The Barrel House Series Book 1)

Bourbon on the Rocks (The Barrel House Series Book 2)

AVAILABLE FOR PREORDER

Bourbon Fireball (The Barrel House Series Book 4)

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Shari J. Ryan is USA Today bestselling author. She lives in Massachusetts with her wicked awesome husband, and two wild sons who fill her life with non-stop comedy. With a life full of love, writing, drawing, TV binging, reading, and Starbucks, Shari is living her best life.