I often steer away from this trope, specifically because of the weird and gross "keep your hands off her" but I did read one once where the brother was like "you'd better not, because when this goes south I gotta side with her" which I appreciated as a realistic and tasteful reason to object to the relationship.
Yeah I definitely don't gravitate naturally to this trope for its own sake (usually I'm reading it because it's part of a longer series I'm reading or it's an author I love like in the case of Mazey Eddings) so I appreciate when the brother's reaction is more nuanced or, if it's not, the book deals with that. I thought Walk on the Wilder Side by Serena Bell did a good job of this because in that one, the hero tells his best friend (the heroine's brother) that it actually really hurts his feelings if he doesn't think he's good for his sister. How can you call me your best friend if you apparently don't trust me etc etc, which I thought was a lovely way to handle this. Because it's true! If someone's your BEST friend, literally who better to love someone you love??
I've started that series but gotten to that one yet, lol. But that's a really good way to handle it too, like either you've let your best friend get away with some real bs towards women, or else you should be able to trust him with your sister!
Ooh, ooh, Artistic License by Elle Pierson. It's not really set in a winery, but the heroine's parents live at a winery, which the couple visit in the book. Elle Pierson is a pen name of Lucy Parker. A bit of a stretch for your theme, but this one is absolutely lovely.
I often steer away from this trope, specifically because of the weird and gross "keep your hands off her" but I did read one once where the brother was like "you'd better not, because when this goes south I gotta side with her" which I appreciated as a realistic and tasteful reason to object to the relationship.
Yeah I definitely don't gravitate naturally to this trope for its own sake (usually I'm reading it because it's part of a longer series I'm reading or it's an author I love like in the case of Mazey Eddings) so I appreciate when the brother's reaction is more nuanced or, if it's not, the book deals with that. I thought Walk on the Wilder Side by Serena Bell did a good job of this because in that one, the hero tells his best friend (the heroine's brother) that it actually really hurts his feelings if he doesn't think he's good for his sister. How can you call me your best friend if you apparently don't trust me etc etc, which I thought was a lovely way to handle this. Because it's true! If someone's your BEST friend, literally who better to love someone you love??
I've started that series but gotten to that one yet, lol. But that's a really good way to handle it too, like either you've let your best friend get away with some real bs towards women, or else you should be able to trust him with your sister!
Ooh, ooh, Artistic License by Elle Pierson. It's not really set in a winery, but the heroine's parents live at a winery, which the couple visit in the book. Elle Pierson is a pen name of Lucy Parker. A bit of a stretch for your theme, but this one is absolutely lovely.
LUCY PARKER HAS MORE BOOKS NOT UNDER THAT NAME?!!!! This is a revelation thank you for telling me !!
Just that one, as far as I know, I think she wrote it before her Lucy Parker books. It disappeared off Amazon for a while and now it's back.