COUNTERPOINT BY J.E. BIRK
Release Date: September 8, 2022
Amazon: https://geni.us/Counterpoint-amz
Audio: https://geni.us/Counterpoint-audio
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Cover Design: Christine Coffey
About the Book:
One playboy. One perfectionist. So many secrets.
I’m considered the biggest playboy in Burlington, Vermont. The party boy. The guy who lives in the moment and makes decisions with no thought for the future. But people don’t know my past. They don’t know why I make the choices I do. Even my best friend doesn’t know the truth about me. Actually, there are a lot of things he doesn’t know…like the fact that I had a one night stand with his brother last year.
Did I mean to hook up with Aaron? Um, no. Mistakes were made, okay? But unlike most of my mistakes, this one has lasting consequences. Aaron works at the law firm where circumstances are forcing me to be their errand boy. Now we see each other every day. Aaron’s such a nervous wreck he keeps tripping over the copy machine. I’m surprised he hasn’t ended up in traction yet.
He and I are opposites in almost every way. He’s got a GPA higher than Mount Mansfield, and I’m barely going to graduate college. He grocery shops with a spreadsheet, and I’ve got YOLO tattooed on my body. But Aaron sees things in me that no one else does, and I see things in him he doesn’t see in himself. Before I know it, we’re sharing late-night office picnics, evenings out at the bar, and long, hot afternoons on my boat. I’m having the best summer of my life, but there’s no way this can end well. My bff will kill me if he ever finds out how thoroughly I’ve corrupted his brother…
Counterpoint is an opposites-attract forbidden romance featuring an incense-filled law firm, meddling friends, and angst and humor in (mostly) equal parts. It stars Jeremy Everett and Aaron Morin, who first appeared in the Vino and Veritas story Booklover, but Counterpoint is a standalone novel.
~ * ~ Mari‘s Review ~ * ~
4.75 Stars!
I was very curious about Jeremy back when I read Booklover last year, and I just couldn’t have imagined what he was hiding behind his playboy facade, which I’m not telling, because spoilers, LOL. I just wanted to hug him and make it all better for him, I was super proud of him for how he handled it with his mother in the end, too, despite how hard it was for him. He really showed a lot of growth throughout the book, imo. And then we have Aaron, who we also met in Booklover. Accident-prone, perfectionist Aaron, who put a lot of pressure on himself and who I also wanted to hug. Jeremy and Aaron couldn’t be more different if they tried, and yet, they complemented and brought out the best in each other. They had chemistry in spades and were just perfect for each other.
While I wasn’t all that fond of Benson, I guess he served his purpose. I was happy to catch up with Jamie and Briar and the long overdue conversation between Aaron and his dad did my heart a lot of good.
All in all, another great addition to the In Vino Veritas world, a fun, sweet, sexy, and emotional read that I have no trouble recommending.
*** Copy provided to Bayou Book Junkie for my reading pleasure, a review wasn’t a requirement. ***
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