Coffee, My Love by Alicia Crofton Book Review

 

I received a gifted copy and am providing a review.

Emery has just been promoted to vice president of operations for Coffee Benz. Jake, her long-time coworker, has been promoted to senior director of supply. Don, their boss, has given them an assignment to cut costs by 10 percent … meaning they have to renegotiate with the coffee growers who probably won’t take the news well … another hit to their pocketbooks within a couple of years. Emery and Jake go to Columbia for renegotiations. While in Columbia, Emery and Jake meet Luca, one of their coffee growers, and he shows Emery the realities of being a coffee grower in Columbia. Will Coffee Benz have a change of heart about their renegotiations?

This is what I would consider “clean romance.” Ms. Crofton writes scenes that are sexy without being explicit, leaving the reader to their own imagination. There is adult emotional baggage along with teenage tragedy. There are family relationships, some good, some bad, but ultimately the family sticks together. This book comes across as if it could actually happen, like it could almost be based on a true story (not necessarily the romance part, but the rest of the story). Plus, Ms. Crofton is from my hometown – Portland, Oregon!