Wright Rival

K.A. Linde

Jan 2022 · Wright Book 10 · K.A. Linde

About this ebook

A sexy enemies-to-lovers romance set in the world of the Wrights about Hollin & Piper from USA Today bestselling author K.A. Linde…

 

No one on this planet pushes my buttons like Hollin Abbey.

 

I don’t know if it’s the rugged, sexy cowboy look or the Harley Davidson motorcycle or the cocky swagger. Or just him.

 

But whenever we’re together we fight like cats and dogs. Now our vineyards are rivals in the annual wine competition, and I’m determined to win.

 

I just have to take out my Wright rival.

Ratings and reviews

Wright Rival is the 10th standalone in the Wright Series - an enemies to lover romance... Hollin and Piper aren't just enemies. They are rivals working at their respective wine yards and competing against each other in a competition... Hollin Abbey is a player. No woman holds his interest beyond third date due to his past .. And Piper has been in an on and off relationship.. Hollin and Piper have a relation that borders on hostility. They are at each others throat all the time.. However, the underlying attraction pushes them to give in one day... And when Hollin wants to give a try and date Piper, She is not ready to trust him due to his reputation... With great determination, Hollin convinces Piper to trust him and i loved the progression of their relationship... However, everything becomes a chaos when Hollin's past hits their present. Will Hollin be able to convince Piper once again to trust him? I absolutely loved Hollin and Abbey story. The story had right amount of fun, romance and angst !! And the appearance of Wright characters is always so special and fun to read!!

Piper and Hollin have a lot in common- they both run in the same circle of friends and both have a passion for for their work - their vineyards. Piper's father has always worked for Sinclair Vineyards and she has worked alongside him dreaming of one day taking over. Hollin moved to town several years ago and with the help of his Wright cousins, opened up his own vineyard. Piper and Hollin have been rivals both in business, but also with each other. Hollin is exactly the kind of playboy that Piper avoids, and Hollin has been interested in anything but a serious relationship, which is exactly what Piper is looking for. I very much enjoyed this enemies to lovers romance, where at the start they can't help but antagonize and push each other's buttons. I loved that you get a little of this, but it wasn't an entire book of them simply arguing or at each other's throats. Some of it was playful and flirty bantering and fun to read. I loved seeing them get to know each other and how their relationship develops. Both of them make mistakes and have learning and growing to do. This was a fun, steamy, flirty enemies to lovers romance and I'm looking forward to reading Campbell's story next!

4.25 stars--WRIGHT RIVAL is the tenth instalment in KA Linde’s wonderful, contemporary, adult WRIGHT erotic, romance series. This is thirty-year old, co-owner of Wright Winery Hollin Abbey, and twenty-nine year old, vintner at Sinclair Cellars Piper Medina’s story line. WRIGHT RIVAL can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty. Any important information from the previous story lines is revealed where necessary. Told from dual first person perspectives (Piper and Hollin) WRIGHT RIVAL is a frenemies to lovers story line focusing on thirty-year old, co-owner of Wright Winery Hollin Abbey, and twenty-nine year old vintner at Sinclair Cellars Piper Medina. Piper and Hollin are not only business rivals but their personal relationship was acrimonious and volatile hiding a barely veiled palpable sexual attraction. Everyone in their mutual circle saw what our couple refused to admit but it wasn’t until Hollin’s brother Campbell’s concert did our couple act on their unmistakable attraction. Hoping to keep their relationship quiet, it is only a matter of time before everyone suspects what our couple is trying to hide but all is not well behind the scenes are Hollin’s past refuses to let go, and Piper is blindsided by the previous owners of Sinclair Cellars.The upcoming Texas Wine Award competition will see a friendly rivalry between our leading couple, a competition that will see Piper take a stand that will affect both her personal and professional life. What ensues is the building romance and relationship between Hollin and Piper, and the fall-out as betrayal and heart break force Piper to change her direction going forward. Hollin Abbey is a bit of a manwh*re, and his reputation affected his relationship with our story line heroine. The bitter and caustic, back and forth between our story line couple, is often immature and angst inducing, affecting everyone they knew . Always pushing one another’s proverbial buttons, their mutual hatred hid an attraction that was about to spontaneously combust. Piper Medina wanted nothing to do with Hollin Abbey, and although she was currently involved in another relationship, Hollin refused to take no for an answer. Knowing her current relationship was not her happily ever after, her attraction to Hollin may have been the motivating factor in walking away. The relationship between Hollin and Piper was tempestuous at best but there was no denying the obvious. Hollin’s history with women was a bone of contention for our story line heroine but our couple never expected his past to destroy any hopes going forward. The $ex scenes are intimate, erotic, and passionate without the use of over the top, sexually graphic language and text. There is a large ensemble cast of secondary and supporting characters including several characters and couples we had met in previous story lines as well as Hollin’s siblings Campbell and Nora, Nora’s boyfriend August; Piper’s siblings Peyton and Peter, their father Matthew, and Abuelita Nina; Tamara, costume coordinator Tori, Jordan, Julian and Blaire. Campbell and Blaire’s story line is next. WRIGHT RIVAL is a story of family, friendships, relationships and love; a story of secrets and lies, betrayal and vengeance. The premise is heart breaking, emotional and intense; the romance is seductive and captivating; the characters are energetic, charismatic and impassioned.

About the author

K.A. Linde is the USA Today bestselling author of the Avoiding Series, Wrights, and more than thirty other novels. She has a Masters degree in political science from the University of Georgia, was the head campaign worker for the 2012 presidential campaign at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and served as the head coach of the Duke University dance team. She loves reading fantasy novels, binge-watching Supernatural, traveling, and dancing in her spare time.

She currently lives in Lubbock, Texas, with her husband and two super-adorable puppies.

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