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Romance · 2016 · PG-13

Bittersweet

by Sarina Bowen

Griffin Shipley is exhausted and alone on his Vermont farm. The woman who shows up to intern is not what he needed.

Farmers make the earth move. The last person Griffin Shipley expects to find stuck in a ditch on his Vermont country road is his ex-hookup. Five years ago they'd shared a couple of steamy nights together. But that was a lifetime ago. At twenty-seven, Griff is now the accidental patriarch of his family farm. Even his enormous shoulders feel the strain of supporting his mother, three siblings and a dotty grandfather. He doesn't have time for the sorority girl who's shown up expecting to buy his harvest at half price. Vermont was never in Audrey Kidder's travel plans. Neither was Griff Shipley. B

For14+GenreRomanceLength266 pagesRead time~7.4 hoursCommunity ratings0

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Violence

None

No violence

Language

Some

Contemporary language; some mild strong words

Sexual Content

A lot

Explicit-adjacent romantic content

Substance Use

None

No substance use

Emotional Intensity

Some

Explicit-adjacent romantic content; The internship dynamic — Audrey's dependence on Griffin for her credential; Vermont farming — the labor is depicted honestly

What this book is about

Griffin Shipley runs his family's Vermont apple farm mostly alone, overwhelmed, and deeply skeptical of any help. Audrey Kidder arrives needing an internship to complete her degree. She's overqualified, over-educated, and entirely unprepared for farm work. Bittersweet is the first of the True North series—Vermont farming romance, slow burn, low-key warmth.

Notes for sensitive readers

Reader-flagged moments and themes that may affect your experience.

Explicit-adjacent romantic content

An internship power dynamic — addressed by the plot

Vermont small-farm setting — the labor is real and central

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