Giltmaker Series Book 2: Golden Touch by Sarina Bowen

 

Giltmaker Book 2

Livia

Once upon a time I spent an evening flirting with a handsome stranger in a bar. But before we could finish what we started, I lost my nerve and fled. 

Months later, I’m minding my own business at work one morning when a stranger lets himself into the empty brewery. Panicked, I call 911, and the cops show up to slap on the handcuffs. 

In my defense, I have very good reasons to be afraid. Also in my defense, I’d never met my boss’s son. 

Or so I’d thought… 

Nash

I don’t know what this chick has against me. First she ditches me, and now she wants to arrest me. 

Livia is as frustrating as she is hot. But nobody else knows the brewery better than she does. Now we’re stuck together, sharing an office and a very small house as I run the brewery for six weeks for my cranky dad. 

That’s just enough time to bring down her guard. Turns out we have a lot more in common than we thought, including a lot of smoking hot chemistry. Until Livia’s past catches up with her, and I finally figure out why she’s so jumpy. But I’ll stop at nothing to protect her, unless her ex finds her first…

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/212091551-golden-touch

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My Review: 5/5 Stars

There was a night where Livia thought she could let go and enjoy flirting with the stranger across the bar. But reality sinks in on what her life is like, so she runs. Months later, the handsome stranger shows up at her job (not that she realizes it is him) and scares her to the point where she calls the cops…who then inform her that he is the son of her boss. Opps. But Livia has every right to be paranoid. After leaving an abusive ex who is mixed up in some bad things and is on the hunt for her, she can’t help but trust no one and look over her shoulder every minute. But Nash. He makes her want to break all her new rules to protect herself. But she can’t. Not if she doesn’t want to make the same mistakes. But every moment with Nash proves to her how he is the total opposite of her ex. He’s smart and kind and actually cares for Livia. But Livia knows trouble is at her heels and how long will he want her if she could be the reason he gets hurt? Nash can’t forget about the woman from the bar. And to his greatest surprise he finds her again, just in time for her to get him almost arrested. But once everything is cleared up, he knows his gut was right. This woman is special and different from anyone he has ever met. And she is scared. And Nash hates that. He wants to help her if only she would let him. But he won’t give up. Because the more he gets to know Livia, the more he knows that she is someone worth fighting for. I adored these two! Livia and Nash had such great chemistry. I loved their banter and how they were equals with one another. Livia needed an equal and someone to show her not all men are bad. Plenty of laughs, and romance, and action in this story! It’s just another great addition to this series and to this world Sarina has created. I know when I pick up her books, I’m getting a great story!

I received an ARC in exchange for an honest review.