Valley Fever

The Langthornes of Napa Valley, Book 1

By: Tessa Bowen

Narrated by: Logan McAllister

Length: 12 hrs and 40 mins

Publisher's summary

A shocking twist of fate reunites a quiet school teacher with her childhood nemesis and greatest love.

Shy and modest Lina Montez has been infatuated with Tobias Langthorne, heir to a Napa Valley land fortune, for as long as she can remember. Growing up alongside the intoxicatingly handsome bully on his family’s fabled vineyard and estate was an experience she will never forget. The young “lord of the manor” spent countless hours tormenting the housekeeper’s daughter as well as inspiring her budding sexual desire.

Ten years later, Lina finds Tobias as provocative and dangerous as ever, but embittered by divorce and haunted by his own demons of the past. Now Lina must battle her old playmate to save the land she loves, but this time she won’t be intimidated by her sexually magnetic business partner. The biggest struggle of all, however, is the one within herself. Can she fight off an attraction that is as ripe and full bodied as the lush cabernet grapes they farm? And will she breathe new life into the forsaken ranch as well as polish the rust from her tarnished hero?

©2015 Tessa Bowen (P)2018 Tessa Bowen

Very Enjoyable! Worth a listen

I started this not being a fan of Tobias. He is rude, crude and just horrible. I could hardly listen to Logan McAllister portraying him and only looked forward to Lina’s part of the story. It took some time but I came around to liking him. By the end of this book..I loved Tobias! He really redeemed himself. Lina I loved from the start. First off I want to say I LOVED her name Catalina. I enjoyed watching her grow and become a stronger person as well.

Overall I liked this story. It started rough but enthralled me as it went forward. The characters all have nice growth to them. This is the first in the Langthorne Series. I did not read them in order but they each made me wish to start another one when I finished.

I did listen to this on audio. Logan McAllister did a wonderful job portraying these two.

Great listen!

This one kept me up all night. In a good way! Can't wait for the rest of the series.

Great Love Story

Tessa did a great job with this love story. Logan McAllister brought Tobias and Lina to life in such a sultry way. So ready for the next in this series.

Childhood Bully and Housekeeper's Daughter Inherit

Valley Fever is the first in The Langthornes of Napa Valley series and can be enjoyed as a stand-alone book. Narrated by Logan McAllister who has an easy on the ears voice and a broad range of character voices.

Tobias (Toby) Langthorne grew up as the privileged prince of a Napa Valley cabernet grape vineyard in high demand. He hates his father, respects nobody, and doesn't want anything to do with Langthorne Ranch. His good looks and wealth attract plenty of female attention and he hooks onto a popular girl who wants out of their small town too.

Catalina (Lina) Montez is the only child of the single mom housekeeper of Langthorne Ranch. She is very shy and has a young girl crush on handsome Tobias. Tobias torments her constantly as they grow up. She becomes a teacher and moved away as an adult. Her mother has died but she has working friends on the vineyard still.

A decade later, Toby is divorced and his father passed away. To everyone's surprise he left half the estate to Toby and half to Lina. Toby wants to sell and move on. Lina wants to preserve her fond memories of her childhood home. They still have animosity toward each other and sexual chemistry. Lina discovers for the first time that her mother and Toby's father had a long term love affair. Toby blames it for his mother's misery and eventual death. They agree to keep the vineyard through one harvest and re-evaluate. A lot happens over the summer and fall. Can they find a compromise about the land? Can they resist their pull toward each other? Can they overcome other obstacles that come along?

I did find Lina's lifelong inner dialogue of "Tobias Langthorne this" and "Tobias Langthorne that" more than a bit annoying after a while. It was several times in every chapter.

good

Loved it !! this story. the narrator is so fantastic it's like your really there!! good overall

Bad boy getting his sweet girl

Enjoyed getting to know Lina and Tobias in this book. Logan brought this couple to life in this Audio book. The chemistry between the characters was hot from the first in counter as teens.

Great Story!!

Overall this is a great romance set in the beautiful Napa Valley wine country. I highly recommend this story for all lovers of second chance romances, and I’m anxious to listen to the next book in this series! The plot has plenty of suspense to keep you guessing as to what will happen next. Narrator Logan McAllister does a fabulous job narrating the characters of both Tobias and Lina. Tobias is your typical rich and spoiled playboy, and I guarantee you’ll hate him in the beginning of this tale—BUT as the story progresses, you’ll find he sheds his obnoxious persona and becomes a caring and responsible mature adult. While Lina’s character is supposed to make you feel sorry for her, to me, she’s is a wishy-washy, weak, self-centered mouse of an immature lady that I couldn’t stand—and I wanted to shake some sense into her throughout the story for more reasons than one. I voluntarily reviewed this after receiving a free copy.

Valley Fever

Buckle your seatbelts, Valley Fever's roller coaster is about to take you for a ride. So many emotions. A second chance love story. All the feels. Found myself cheering and talking out loud to our struggling couple. Can't wait to get to the next book. Tessa Bowen is a true romantic. Now our narrator, Logan McAllister has a voice for audio. I fell a little in love with him myself. I received this audiobook for free in exchange for my honest opinion. I loved it! Off to search for more from Tessa and Logan!

Fantastic

This one took me on a rollercoaster. I wanted to smack him, then I wanted to smack her. Wonderful story and Logan MacAllister did a smashing job narrating it!

Great narration and good character development

This is an enemy to lovers story. I must admit that at the beginning I found Tobias too abrasive and a bully and thought there would be no redeeming him. Thankfully I was wrong. There is great character development with him and you get to see a significant transformation. He really matured and became a good partner to our Lina. How the story was wrapped up was beautiful.

Narration: Logan McAllister’s voice is like warm caramel. It’s a pleasure to listen to him. I don’t really like male narrators and out of 460+ audiobooks I only have a handful narrated by males but I would definitely get more books by him. Recommended.