Book Details:
Print Length: 303 pages
Publication Date: August 22, 2019
ASIN: B07WL8B4VL
Amazon: https://amzn.to/387Oqu8
About the Book:
Sometimes you take the shot, and sometimes the shot takes you.
As the manager of Montreal’s most infamous dive bar, Monroe—and it’s just Monroe, thank you very much—is used to serving up her signature pearls of wisdom alongside an array of shots, pints, and pitchers. In fact, she thrives on it. Taverne Toulouse is a mighty ship, and she its fearless captain, trusted by patrons and bar staff alike to steer them through choppy waters.
If only she’d been given a little warning before a full-on tsunami swept in next door.
Julien Valois’ wining and dining empire is making waves. The next item on his agenda is opening a trendy lounge right next to Monroe’s beloved Taverne Toulouse—one that’s meant to run the dive bar out of business so he can buy up that property too.
His plans did not include falling for a five-foot-nothing brunette with an impressive vocabulary and an even more impressive ability to manhandle drunk frat boys twice her size.
They’re rivals in every sense of the word, but when Monroe and Julien are in a room together, the battle lines fade away. Their defenses lower, their hearts get louder than their heads, and the burn between them goes down like just the right shot—intense, intoxicating, and able to sweep their priorities away with a single taste.
Until reality decides to slap up a big ‘For Sale’ sign and force them remember those priorities all too clearly.
The Bar Next Door is a terrific first book in Katia Rose's Barflies series. Monroe is the manager of Taverne Toulouse, a dive bar in Montreal. Not in the greatest area, Taverne Toulouse has seen a descent in customers. Things go from bad to worse when Monroe discovers the space next door has been purchased and ultimately will be turned into a wine bar sure to bring customers but not to Taverne Toulouse. In fact, Monroe fears the customers she does have will choose the nice, new trendy bar over the dingy, dark dive bar. Things become more complicated when she meets new the proprietor.
Monroe is a strong female character who lives and breathes Taverne Toulouse and all the employees. She doesn't want to see the bar closed or sold, which would leave all of her employees jobless. As the time frame shortens between now and when the new bar will open, Monroe devises several plans to keep the bar open and out of the hands of the competition. Falling for the competition was never part of the plan.
Julien Valois is a successful young entrepreneur. He owns several restaurants and bars in the area and plans to add his trendy wine lounge to his list of successes. Julien's plan involves outright buying out the dive bar next door or biding his time and running the place out of business. Plans change when the manager of the dive bar wiggles her way into his heart. As he thinks over the importance of Taverne Toulouse to Monroe, an opportunity arises and his jumping for it may just change the courses of his and Monroe's lives forever.
The author did such an excellent job with descriptions and emotions in this book. I enjoyed the smooth, descriptive narrative. The Bar Next Door is written with feelings and real emotion. I loved Monroe and Julien's story. There is a lot of self-discovery for both Monroe and Julien separately and together. They may be competitors at first but they meld into each other as the book progresses. The Bar Next Door is a must read for lovers of contemporary romances.
This is the first book I've read by Katia Rose and it certainly will not be the last...Not by a long shot.
I was provided a copy of this book to review.
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