The Martins and the Sweets have been enemies since before the Civil War, when family members from both sides eloped, which caused a feud that still resonates in the little town of Salvation. The Martins are upright citizens, have always been respected, whereas it's been an entirely different thing for the Sweets. They have had criminal records, they're from the wrong side of the tracks and have never really tried to change the town's perception; they have always been despised, shunned, and at best ignored by everyone, and most of them don't care.

Miranda Sweet and Logan Martin were one-time lovers, until Miranda unexpectedly left to study at university in Harbor City. She is now a VP for DeBoer Finances, and has all but left her old small-town life behind. Or so she thought. She and her sisters inherited the Sweet Salvation Brewery. The brewery is in dire straits after years of poor management, and Miranda must salvage the business within 3 months if she wants the promotion she knows she deserves. First she needs funds to keep the business afloat.

Miranda is not exactly thrilled to be back in Salvation, because nothing seems to have changed: a Sweet is still not welcome. Things go from bad to worse when she realizes that the only apparent option for obtaining funds lies with Martin Bank and Trust, the only bank in town: the enemy.

Logan has never quite forgiven Miranda for leaving the way she did, because in spite of the long-standing feud he had feelings for her. Logan denies the loan; Martin Bank and Trust wants to acquire the land where Sweet Salvation Brewery stands, in order to build an industrial park. Luckily, Miranda still has friends who are willing to help her.

Miranda and Logan are still attracted to each other in spite of the bitter business rivalry. Soon things get really nasty; someone is out to get Miranda. Could it be that Logan is trying to rekindle the old flame only to get his hands on Sweet Salvation Brewery?

ENEMIES ON TAP A Sweet Salvation Brewery Novel is the first book of Avery Flynn's new series, and once again she delivers. Her writing is crisp and clean, her characters genuine, and the plot moves along seamlessly. You can always count on Ms. Flynn for spunky heroines, fallible heroes, great dialogue and some funny repartee. Cheers, Ms. Flynn!

Book Summary

Enemies

What’s a girl to do when the only person who can help her is the man who betrayed her? After years away, Miranda returns to Salvation, Virginia to save her family’s brewery, but her fate is in the hands of her first lover turned enemy, Logan Martin.

Lovers

Logan, Salvation’s de facto prince, can’t believe his luck when the woman who smashed his heart to smithereens walks into his bank asking for his help. What she doesn’t know is he needs the land her brewery is on. When she tempts him with a bet—if she wins, he gives her the loan; if he wins, she forfeits the land—he knows it’s a sure thing.

An Irresistible Combination

But soon it’s a battle between their attraction for each other and their determination to win, and it’s in each other’s arms that they realize there might be more at stake now than the bet. With the town dead set against the Sweet Salvation Brewery’s success, Logan has to choose between what’s expected of him and what he really wants—even if helping Miranda means she’ll run out of his life once again.