STAY A LITTLE LONGER is southern small-town romance at its best. Athena’s journey is one that will stick with you long after the last page is turned. Don’t miss your chance to fall in love with the colorful cast of characters of the Misfit Inn in Eden’s Ridge, Tennessee. ~USA Today Best-Selling Author Erin Wright Athena Reynolds is a goddess in the kitchen, and she’s got a Michelin star to back … goddess in the kitchen, and she’s got a Michelin star to back it up. Darling of the Chicago restaurant scene, she’s flying high—until a betrayal leads to her sudden fall from grace. Furious and reeling, she escapes home to small-town Tennessee to hide from the scandal and nurse her wounds among family.
Logan Maxwell’s life is a world away from the Windy City. His his are hands full keeping his organic farm thriving and in the black, but that hasn’t stopped him from reliving last summer’s passionate wedding fling with the notoriously prickly, award-winning chef. But it’s the glimpse of her vulnerability when she returns that has him craving more.
Small towns are like small kitchens, everyone’s constantly bumping into each other and sooner or later something’s bound to boil over. Maybe that’s why Logan finds it so hard to resist Athena. Well, that and the fact that he’s never been able to walk away from a woman in distress. An unexpected confidant, Logan reminds Athena of her roots, and in turn, she begins to question everything she’s worked for. But can love win out over the temptation of redemption, when her old life comes calling?
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Loved it!
I always enjoy revisiting Eden’s Ridge, The Misfit Inn, and its characters.
Kait Nolan is one of my go-to authors.
What I liked:
The writing style
The characters
Part of a series: The Misfit Inn
Standalone
HEA
Epilogue
I’m looking forward to Kait’s next book.
I voluntarily read and reviewed an ARC from Booksprout.
Athena a world class Chef returns home to re- group after finding her boyfriend and her friend and sous chef in a compromising situation.
Back with her family of the heart, she struggles with her identity and reconnects with Logan a local farmer.
This is the fourth in the Misfit Inn series and is a standalone. You would appreciate knowing more about the supporting characters by reading the rest of the series.
An enjoyable visit to this small town.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
I have come to love the books by this talented author, and this one proved my point. Though I have not read the previous stories in this series, I had no problems with it since it’s definitely a stand alone.
The story centers around Athena Reynolds and Logan Maxwell. Athena now a chef with a Michelin star and part owner of a Chicago restaurant, is one of the girls that were sent to the foster home of now deceased Joan. The home that is now an Inn and owned by other “sisters” that also with Joan when they were young.
Logan, owns an organic farm close to the Inn. These two met and had a fling at a wedding. But Athena went back to Chicago and Logan to his farm.
When things blow up in Chicago, Athena returns “home” much to Logan’s delight but also aware that she is a very complex woman and one he has to treat with care. But will they be able to reach their HEA when life throws them curveballs?
The story is engaging from the start and the characters complex, imperfect and very human. The author also reminds us that our experiences as children do in fact mold us as adults, for better or for worse.
Another winner by Ms. Nolan. I now want to go back and check the previous stories in this series, which I am sure I’ll enjoy just as much.
I was entrusted a copy of this book. The opinions expresed are solely my own.