If only life were as simple as making a reservation.Makenna Rye Conroy was living the dream—with an amazing husband and a beautiful new baby daughter—when one night changed everything.Almost six years after Adam’s death, Makenna and her daughter Paige have built a solid, happy life together. Makenna manages her brother’s trendy restaurant, The Yard, and helps out at Ryeland Farms, the family … Ryeland Farms, the family business, all while navigating the world of private school parenting. Sure, being a single mom has its challenges, but she hardly has time to pack her daughter’s lunch in the morning, let alone think about dating.
Travis McNulty, the middle child and biggest disappointment of the McNulty clan, is a chef at his best friend’s new restaurant. He gave up apologizing for not being the football hero his family wanted a long time ago. In fact, Travis apologizes for very little these days. He loves creating great food—it’s more of a passion than a job—and he lives life on his own terms with few complications.
For the past couple years, Makenna and Travis have worked side by side at The Yard, bickering, teasing, and never taking each other very seriously. That is until Makenna has her usual reoccurring dream; but this time, instead of her late husband as the featured man, Travis stands in his place. Travis may be attracted to his best friend’s sister, but she’s a widow and a mother, which tops the charts for complicated in his book.
As the game changes, Makenna and Travis, with a little help from Paige, have to figure out what they are willing to risk to reserve a table for three.
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A beautiful well written story the fourth book in the Love Story series. This is Makenna Rye Conroy her daughter Paige, and Travis McNulty’s story, once I started reading this book I was not putting it down. A very good storyline of a second chance at love for Makenna with a man who is very caring. I recommend this book. I received an Arc of this book through Hidden Gems and I am voluntarily reviewing.
Single Mom and Perpetual Bachelor
Reserved is a friends to lovers to more story between Makenna and Travis. They have known and worked with each other for years in her brother’s restaurant. She is a widow with a young daughter who has been trying to keep life simple and predictable so that she can manage it. She also has stayed away from all relationships. Travis works as the chef at the restaurant and is a bonafide bachelor. He also knows that as Makenna is off limits, because of her brother and his best friend, but also because her life is just too complicated, or at least according to him.
Makenna and Travis have more of a brother/sister relationship with the way they interact with each other. But some things start shifting and as much as they each try to fight it they find themselves headed towards an actual relationship. But there is Paige to be considered and what will she think.
This is a sweet story of two people who are right for each other but have only every looked at each other in one way………until that view starts to shift. This is an easy story with no drama. But to me it did read rather slowly and there could have been some editing as situations seemed to repeat themselves a few times, at least in the general sense. However, I did enjoy reading Reserved by Tracy Ewens.
I received a free copy of this book in exchange for my honest review. My opinions are all my own.
Makenna has had a dream very now and then since her husband died sixyears ago. It’s always the same. She wakes up in her bedroom and she walks to her kitchen where she finds her daughter Paige and her husband Adam. Until this morning. When she enters her kitchen’s dream she finds Travis, his brother’s best friend and chef inn is restaurant where they all work. Travis, a well know have a good time but not committed guy. Can they work through all their differences and have a future together? Can Kenna show him love and family is worth fighting for? Can Travis show Kenna he really cares about her daughter and her? A really sweet love story. I received a free copy of this book and I voluntarily reviewed it.
4.5 Stars
I love a single parent romance so I knew I had to read this one. Makenna is a single mom and you can feel the pain still inside from her loss. It’s a book the will pull emotions out of you. Now at first I wasn’t sure of Travis, but he won me over rather quickly. Some of my favorite scenes are with Travis and Makenna’s little girl Paige. They’re just too adorable together. It melts your heart. There is plenty of humor and I love the banter between Makenna and Travis. Once you start this book you will soon get lost in this book. I got so invested in the characters and I was rooting for them to get their HEA. I loved the end and it left me with a happy, warm heart. I would definitely recommend this one. You’ll have a hard time putting it down. It is part of a series,but it can be read as a standalone. It’s the first book I’ve read and now I’m going to check out the previous books in the series.
Love is definitely on the menu at The Yard! Makenna Rye is a woman who lost her husband around five years ago, and now she is raising her daughter Paige on her own and managing her brother Logan’s restaurant, The Yard. She seems like she is content with being single until she starts having dreams about her brothers business partner Travis McNulty. He and Logan are both highly talented chefs. She won’t deny that Travis is attractive, but he seems like a bit of a player, which is something she needs to avoid. She can’t deny he is a good person though. He always makes a lunch for her daughter Paige without asking, and that just makes her little girls day. The problem is, Makenna is having a hard time keeping him in the friend zone because she can’t deny the attraction she feels for him. To make it worse, she finds out that he has been attracted to her too, for a long time. Can she get over her past, and his list of former trysts in order to give them a chance? Can Travis deal with all of his family drama and past hurts in order to bring 100% to the table, and be the best man he can for Makenna and Paige? This was such a sweet, slow burn romance. I was totally rooting for them from the start. This was a touching and heartwarming story. Now I need to read the rest of the series! I did receive a copy of this book from Hidden Gems, and this is my honest review.
Makenna and Travis are the star attractions in this story. He is a middle child who has given up trying to please his over the top family. He is a chef where as his family was expecting him to be a football star. Makenna is a single mom who lost her husband much too soon. They work together in her brother’s restaurant and although they are friends, Travis has feelings for Makenna but since she is a widow with a child he keeps in the friend zone. When Makenna’s dream which features her dead husband starts featuring Travis things change between them. Travis was hurt in a relationship and has since then only has one night stands where he is up front but can he put aside his past for a chance to have a happily ever after with Makenna and Paige who already has a place in is heart? This story draws you in and the writing style has you feeling like you are right there in the moment with Makenna and Travis as they navigate their emotional family challenges. I voluntarily agreed to receive an ARC of this book for an honest review.