Review: Love Garage – Liz Crowe

A Family Saga with humor, heat and heart–not to mention beer, bourbon and basketball!

Antony Love is the quintessential responsible oldest brother of a boisterous, Italian/Irish family, placed in charge at a young age by his parents who are busy running the family business. He manages his siblings with a fair but iron hand, until his life is shattered by personal tragedy leaving him the shell of the man he once was.

When outspoken matriarch Lindsay Halloran Love becomes ill, the youngest brother Aiden shows up at Antony’s garage, having dropped out of school (again), needing work and a place to crash. Antony provides both, with three caveats: “Don’t smoke in my truck, don’t be late for work, and don’t mess with my girlfriend.”

But Aiden Love, budding novelist, gets one glimpse of Rosalee Norris, young widow of Antony’s lifelong best friend and all bets are off.

Series: Love Brothers #1
Release Date: January 5th 2015
Publisher: BeerWench Enterprises LLC
Source: Provided by Author
Reviewer: Shannon
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Reviewer’s Thoughts

I love Liz Crowe.  She always manages to create these very complex family dramas that just suck you in.  LOVE GARAGE, the first book in the Love Brother series, keeps with that formula, focusing on the relationship between brothers, sister and parents as youngest Love brother Aiden comes back home.

There is a lot to love about Aiden, but you could definitely see where his family might tired of his lack of follow through in what he wants to do with his love of writing.  But it’s not like Aiden doesn’t know what everyone thinks of him or even that he doesn’t want to see his novel published.  He lacks faith in himself and the constant reminders of his failure don’t help him do what he needs to do.  Coming home, though, is the perfect remedy for Aiden.  It takes him away from worry just about himself and instead reconnecting with his family and discovering what’s important to him and them.

Rosalee Norris is another reason.

Rosalee has known the Love family practically all her life.  She a part of the family and they have helped her through the death of her husband.  Oldest Love brother, Anthony, has been her rock and everyone assumes that she and Anthony will marry and be the perfect couple.  But when Aiden comes back home, she finds the spark she doesn’t have with Anthony.  She fights it.  She distances herself for Aiden.  And she almost goes down a path that would surely have ended very badly.  But the pull to Aiden is too strong and she finally ends up with the Love brother she was meant to be with.

Liz Crowe always makes her hero and heroine fight through almost impossible odds to finally get their HEA.  Aiden and Rosalee are no different.  They fight themselves, the Love family and their own demons before they both finally admit they need each other.  But realizing that what’s best for them isn’t necessarily what everyone else thinks it was makes Liz Crowe’s couples so engaging and fun to follow.

This is a great start to the series and I’m anxious to see what comes next.  If Liz Crowe is new to you or if you’ve been waiting to pick up a book by her, this is definitely a book to pick up.