Bottled Up

One canceled pastry chef.One rising wine maker.One savory scandal!Steady Now author Liberty Stowe, brings you Bottled Up-an interconnected standalone and book two of the Vogel Springs Collection.A slow-burn, high-heat, small-town romance where an infamous pastry chef and an international winemaker find themselves bound by one contract and the press they can't avoid.It's been over nine months. I thought they were done with photos of me, at the very least. There's got to be a more tragic story to print than mine.I'm not hiding. I'm rebuilding. On my terms.The headlines scream, World-Renowned Pastry Chef Delilah Mueller Flees Manhattan... but I've got one hell of a secret that won't make it to print.I'm going back home. To my roots. And they don't know where home is - until the quiet reset awaiting me in Vogel Springs is interrupted by a swarm of media and everything I've been avoiding. Courtesy of world-renowned winemaker, August Montenegro.What are the odds two planes from different continents would land in the same airport. Seeking the same Texas town. It's not even on a proper map, and yet they've found me... and so has he.A stranger with crystal pools for eyes that sparkle like the Caribbean under the sun when they meet mine. A man who is standing in the middle of a crowd of press I would do anything to avoid.If I don't keep my distance from August Montenegro, I'll hurt everyone I love... him. I'll hurt him, too. "This is your last chance." His voice deep, smooth and visceral. I lick my lips as I keep my gaze locked on his. He sighs, drops his head and shakes it. "Run, Delilah."