Talk about sparks flying. But that was what happened when these two met on the side of the road. Madison Roads had gotten a flat tire after she had gone for a job interview for a teaching position in the town of Bluetop. Knox Blisswood is driving back to Olive Owl, the family farm and winery. Talking by Bluetooth to his brothers when he comes upon a stranded motorist. However, she is sassy and rude in how she tells him services have already been called. Now she just wants to enjoy the quiet and the rows of vines.
Knox smiled because they were his family's vines, and she had no clue who he was. “You’re admiring Olive Owl?” Her head sharply turns to him. “No.” She seems to be correcting him. “I hate pretentious farms who think they fit into some chic niche.” The devil. This woman is the devil. Clearing his throat, Knox stepped closer to her. “You’ve heard of Olive Owl before?” He adds, pretending doubt in his tone. The woman, who seems to be a little younger than himself, scoffs out a breath. “Who hasn’t? Isn’t that the place that put Bluetop on the map?”
“You’re from around here?” He scratches his cheek, knowing he needs to play along. “Somewhat. What brings you here? Must have been passing through to be stuck at this location.” “Or did you secretly want to stock up on pretentious wine?” “Yeah, overpriced bottles of vino are exactly why I’m stuck in the middle of nowhere.” “But really, just passing through? We notice when someone is new to town. Not only that, but you’ll end up with about five hundred casseroles and a welcome committee on your doorstep.
And trust me, a suburban millennial who looks like they are in a panic because the nearest outlet mall is thirty miles from here sticks out.” “Sure, if that’s what you think. But I’ll have you know, I know how to drive a tractor.” A flicker of pride flashes over her face. “It doesn’t count if it’s in an app on your phone.” Welcome to the meet-cute of Knox and Madison. There were a couple of more meet-ups that didn't go so well. The first was while she was trying to retrieve something off a shelf and he got caught checking out her bum.
The third was when Knox needed to go meet at Lucy’s high school with her advisor in place of Grayson, and Bennett also couldn’t make it. This interaction was priceless. I have to say at the beginning, Madison’s ire was starting to get on my nerves. But then, Knox’s inability to be serious at the appropriate times or maintain decorum at times that mattered to her job, but for his job it was different, irked me. Two-faced much?
His other two male siblings, Grayson, his eldest, lives with his wife, Brooke, and their seventeen-year-old sister, Lucy, and Brooke’s daughter at Grayson's newly built home and mini ranch. Then there is another older brother of his. Bennett and Kelsey have become unexpected parents and are loving every moment of it. You see, their mom passed at Lucy’s birth and their dad two years ago from cancer; none of them were too keen for her to lose something else. So, learning to deal with their grief together and alone has been hard. Not to mention the shared raising of the little girl they all love dearly, who was left motherless and now fatherless, too. They do their best to give her love and everything she could possibly need to make it in the world. But what she wants more than anything may surprise them, Drew.