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The Crush

Susan X. Meagher

Start date: July 1, 2013

Finish date: July 31, 2013

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May 16, 2016 Dee rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: erotic-romance, r2r, lesbian-romance, f-f, 300-plus-pages, struggled-to-finish

Being a lover of wine and vineyards, the cover and blurb to this story drew me in, not to mention all the outstanding reviews. The beautiful writing, the vivid descriptions and information on Italy and its history are most definitely worthy of high ratings.

I felt for Nicola and her situation, and rooted for her making the best of less than favorable circumstances. The romance between Nicola and her love interest (what’s her name?) is a slow burn, which I can’t say I cared about one way or the ot ...more

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Jul 15, 2013 Sunny rated it really liked it · review of another edition

It took me a little while to get into the book, but the second half really drew me in. I really loved all the details about the vineyard and wine-making. Italy has also moved up on my 'places I want to go' list.

I did have a few small issues with the book, but as others have said, the romance sort of smoothed the rough edges and made me overlook those things. Honestly I would like to give it 3 1/2 stars, based on some of my other ratings, but I feel it deserves a little more, so I rounded up. ...more

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