Too bad the house she bought is practically unlivable. Could it be a foundation for love or nothing but a teardown? Her hometown of Duchesne, Louisiana, provides the perfect backdrop for her modern takes on traditional Cajun fare. Vindicating herself to the mother who never believed in her is icing on the cake. Bryce Cormier never left Duchesne and has no regrets, except that falling in love as a trans guy in a tiny town is easier said than done. When Chelsea comes home after more than a decade away, Bryce thinks he may have found the perfect woman.
It turns out love is like a good gumboβwhat seems simple is complex, and the best results require a bit of courage. And like all the recipes sayβ¦ First, you make a roux.
For Mira Lavigne, cider is about tradition, elegance, and class. She has little respect and even less patience for self-anointed mavericks who think their ticket to fame and fortune is throwing the rulebook out the window. Dylan Miller is one of those people. When Mira and Dylan are tapped to co-chair Finger Lakes Cider Week, neither can pass up the publicity and prestige of the role. Audrey Adams would do anything for her aunt Ernestine. When Ernestine suffers a stroke, Audrey takes a leave from her fast-track CPA career to care for her.
Enter her neighbor Rowan Marshall, the sexy cider maker. Cuffing season has come for lesbians. All she needs now is a willing lesbian. Sure, lesbians love to bring a U-Haul on the second date. But what happens when the U-Haul crashes?
But something about Amelia pulls her in. The more time they spend together, the more it feels like Amelia might be The One. Sometimes, a second chance comes when you least expect it. But when one bad decision ended things, she moved on, building a life for herself and her daughter. These days, she hardly thinks about all those dreams.
