REVIEW: Dauntless by Victoria Denault (In Vino Veritas #6)

DAUNTLESS

In Vino Veritas - Book Six

by Victoria Denault

Release Date: September 22, 2022

Review

Six books are definitely not enough for me. This reboot has blown me away in its calibre. Every book has been 5 stars for me. I loved returning to Vermont, I loved seeing old familiar faces, and I loved the way all these new couples intertwined.

But I guess it had to end, and Dauntless was a lovely story to finish it all. Hopeful and inspiring.

Rich political and conservative families are the devil incarnate. They are the worst humans, and Chase’s family is not different. If he wants his inheritance when he turns 28 he was to abide by his grandfather's morals clause. Which means gritting his teeth and living in the closet.

Whereas Bowen would give anything to have his parents back. Instead, he and his siblings are doing everything they can to keep their hemp farm going, including his brother running for Mayor and Bowen working at Vino & Veritas to help with the bills.

These two meet at V&V one night when Chase’s band is in need of a drummer and Bowen steps in to help. Their attraction is instant, but Chase can’t do repeats and Bowen won’t date another closet case. But the more time they spend together, the more time they talk, and the more they understand about themselves and the people they want to be. And it was wonderful to see how they would navigate everything put in their way to get to their happy ending.

They were a fantastic couple with such a bright future.

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Synopsis

He’s everything I’ve ever wanted, at the worst possible moment.

One and done. That’s always been my motto when it comes to guys, because I’m not about to pull someone else into the closet my parents have locked me inside. I’ve been waiting years to claim my inheritance and live the life I want to live–out, free, and oh yeah, rich.

So why is the universe dropping the sexy farm boy with the lazy smile into my life right now? When Bowen Whitlock says he’ll join my band, and later my bed, I know one time won’t be enough.

But loving Bowen is dangerous for me. And he has his own struggles, like keeping his family afloat and trying not to get fired from his job at Vino and Veritas. But he lives his life with an authenticity that gives me a tantalizing taste of living my truth.

My secret relationship with Bowen is everything, until someone betrays us in the worst possible way…

About Victoria Denault

Victoria’s debut novel, One More Shot, was released by Hachette June 2, 2015. Since then she hasn’t stop writing. She became a full-time author in 2017 and expanded from sports romance to contemporary, small-town, and M/M. In the near future she hopes to pen books in even more genres like historical, paranormal, book club fiction and thrillers.

Victoria’s love of books began at 12 when she picked up her first Sweet Valley High and the obsession grew from there. Her favorite childhood gift remains the 1930s typewriter her parents found at a garage sale which actually wasn’t a gift for her. It was meant to be a display piece in their front hall but Victoria snuck it into her bedroom and it was on that typewriter she first began pounding out her own stories.

Victoria, her husband Jack and their chihuahua Gus live in a 222 year old home with character, charm and more spiders than she cares to think about. When not writing books she can usually be found on a beach somewhere. Her favorite beaches are La Concha in San Sebastian, Spain, Zuma in Malibu, California and Ocean Park, Maine.

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