Everyone says Noah Becker is nothing but trouble.
If only I had listened.
TITLE: On the Rocks
AUTHOR: Kandi Steiner
GENRE: Romance
PUBLICATION: June 13th, 2019
Synopsis
Noah Becker is nothing but trouble.
That’s what Mama told me when I was a kid, kicking his pew in church and giggling at the games we’d play. It’s what the town said when his father died and the Becker brothers went wild.
And it’s on repeat in my mind the day I walk into the whiskey distillery where he works to buy a wedding gift for my fiancé.
He’s trouble.
Dirty, sweaty, rude trouble.
No matter how many times I repeat it, I can’t escape Noah in our small Tennessee town. And the more I run into him, the more he infuriates me. Because he sees what no one else does.
He sees me—the real me.
The me I’m not sure I’m allowed to be.
I’m Ruby Grace Barnett, the mayor’s daughter. Soon to be a politician’s wife, just like Mama and Daddy always wanted. Soon to fulfill my family’s legacy, just like I always knew I would.
Until the boy everyone warned me about makes me question everything, like whether the wedding I’m planning is one I even want.
Everyone says Noah Becker is nothing but trouble.
If only I had listened.
That’s what Mama told me when I was a kid, kicking his pew in church and giggling at the games we’d play. It’s what the town said when his father died and the Becker brothers went wild.
And it’s on repeat in my mind the day I walk into the whiskey distillery where he works to buy a wedding gift for my fiancé.
He’s trouble.
Dirty, sweaty, rude trouble.
No matter how many times I repeat it, I can’t escape Noah in our small Tennessee town. And the more I run into him, the more he infuriates me. Because he sees what no one else does.
He sees me—the real me.
The me I’m not sure I’m allowed to be.
I’m Ruby Grace Barnett, the mayor’s daughter. Soon to be a politician’s wife, just like Mama and Daddy always wanted. Soon to fulfill my family’s legacy, just like I always knew I would.
Until the boy everyone warned me about makes me question everything, like whether the wedding I’m planning is one I even want.
Everyone says Noah Becker is nothing but trouble.
If only I had listened.
Kat's Review
ON THE ROCKS:
Is a full length, small town stand alone romance novel by Kandi Steiner. Spoken in 'Dual Perspectives'.
"Anyone can lead an ordinary life. . But the best adventures are reserved for the ones brave enough to be extraordinary”.
A slow burn cute summer days read!! Books like this are my weakness, from friends to lovers, a bit of drama, a little bit of angst, to swoony moments, throw in a few sighs, a small town, and get ready to fall in love with our hero like I did. He got my heart pumping, throw in a whisky on the rocks and I was in my happy place. This was a cute, hate to like you, add in their attraction towards each other which simmered in the background utterly made for a sweet easy to get into kind of read.
Their story started many moons ago in church where she'd sit behind him kicking his pew. She'd just been a young girl back then and he'd been fresh out of high school.
The first time I'd laid eyes on him, I was only nine years old, and he was the cute boy who sat in the pew in front of me in church.
Five years later Ruby Grace is back in town to plan her special day which is taking place in just six weeks time.
Meet our nineteen year old Heroine, Ruby Grace Barnett she is the daughter of the town's mayor and has been groomed at a young age to not only be the perfect daughter but to also become a wife of a politician one day just like her mama.
"I was marrying someone with the same political heart as my father, and his father, and his father's father. It was what my family had always wanted for me. If anything, Anthony was more-he didn't just want to be mayor, he wanted to be president. And I would be his first lady."
Ruby Grace had always had aspirations of helping children, battered woman right down to the homeless. So marrying her husband to be would allow her to put her passion to good use.
Twenty-eight year old country boy Noah Becker is on the other side of the spectrum, him and his three brothers are carefree and wild, they are notorious for making trouble wherever they go but work alongside each other at Scooter Whiskey Distillery.
The first time I'd laid eyes on him, I was only nine years old, and he was the cute boy who sat in the pew in front of me in church.
Five years later Ruby Grace is back in town to plan her special day which is taking place in just six weeks time.
Meet our nineteen year old Heroine, Ruby Grace Barnett she is the daughter of the town's mayor and has been groomed at a young age to not only be the perfect daughter but to also become a wife of a politician one day just like her mama.
"I was marrying someone with the same political heart as my father, and his father, and his father's father. It was what my family had always wanted for me. If anything, Anthony was more-he didn't just want to be mayor, he wanted to be president. And I would be his first lady."
Ruby Grace had always had aspirations of helping children, battered woman right down to the homeless. So marrying her husband to be would allow her to put her passion to good use.
Twenty-eight year old country boy Noah Becker is on the other side of the spectrum, him and his three brothers are carefree and wild, they are notorious for making trouble wherever they go but work alongside each other at Scooter Whiskey Distillery.
"Tennessee whiskey was a part of me. It was in my blood. I was born and raised on it, and at twenty-eight, it was no surprise to me that I was now part of the team that bred and raised the most famous Tennessee whiskey of the world."
He was happily single but was waiting for that more factor to come into his life, he was striving for a timeless love that his parents had.
He was happily single but was waiting for that more factor to come into his life, he was striving for a timeless love that his parents had.
The day she encounters Noah Becker whilst purchasing a barrel of whiskey for her husband to be, is also the exact same day her life turns upside down as he asks Grace some hard questions which really hit home. To bumping into each other at their local watering hole, to slowly becoming friends he made her feel like a girl without the world on her shoulders, carefree and happy but on the other hand he also made her question her future..
"Everything was perfect, and if you asked any of my friends, they’d say I was the luckiest girl in Tennessee. So then why did it feel like I was drowning?"
* Teasers used are off the authors facebook page *
"Everything was perfect, and if you asked any of my friends, they’d say I was the luckiest girl in Tennessee. So then why did it feel like I was drowning?"
* Teasers used are off the authors facebook page *
About the Author
Kandi Steiner is a bestselling author and whiskey connoisseur living in Tampa, FL. Best known for writing “emotional rollercoaster” stories, she loves bringing flawed characters to life and writing about real, raw romance — in all its forms. No two Kandi Steiner books are the same, and if you’re a lover of angsty, emotional, and inspirational reads, she’s your gal.
An alumna of the University of Central Florida, Kandi graduated with a double major in Creative Writing and Advertising/PR with a minor in Women’s Studies. She started writing back in the 4th grade after reading the first Harry Potter installment. In 6th grade, she wrote and edited her own newspaper and distributed to her classmates. Eventually, the principal caught on and the newspaper was quickly halted, though Kandi tried fighting for her “freedom of press.” She took particular interest in writing romance after college, as she has always been a die hard hopeless romantic, and likes to highlight all the challenges of love as well as the triumphs.
When Kandi isn’t writing, you can find her reading books of all kinds, talking with her extremely vocal cat, and spending time with her friends and family. She enjoys live music, traveling, anything heavy in carbs, beach days, movie marathons, craft beer and sweet wine — not necessarily in that order.
An alumna of the University of Central Florida, Kandi graduated with a double major in Creative Writing and Advertising/PR with a minor in Women’s Studies. She started writing back in the 4th grade after reading the first Harry Potter installment. In 6th grade, she wrote and edited her own newspaper and distributed to her classmates. Eventually, the principal caught on and the newspaper was quickly halted, though Kandi tried fighting for her “freedom of press.” She took particular interest in writing romance after college, as she has always been a die hard hopeless romantic, and likes to highlight all the challenges of love as well as the triumphs.
When Kandi isn’t writing, you can find her reading books of all kinds, talking with her extremely vocal cat, and spending time with her friends and family. She enjoys live music, traveling, anything heavy in carbs, beach days, movie marathons, craft beer and sweet wine — not necessarily in that order.
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