DINING FOR LOVE by Valerie Pepper is AVAILABLE NOW!
Blurb:
She’s not expecting love. He’s not planning to stay.
Willa Dash’s sheltered life is perfectly wonderful, thank you very much. She loves cooking at her family’s diner and enjoying everything her tiny beach side town has to offer—despite her mother insisting her talents would be better showcased at a Michelin-starred restaurant far away from home.
Big city cop Reid MacKinnon decamps to Lucky after his undercover sting goes bust. His plan is simple: help his police chief uncle by patrolling the town, and lay low while the D.A. builds a case against the bad guys back home.
All his plans go up in flames when he comes face to face with adorably klutzy Willa, who stammers and tries to hide from him every time they meet. Considering he’s her new neighbor, that’s…a lot. It’s not long before making her blush is his new favorite pastime, and this small town? It’s beginning to feel a lot like home. Now he needs to convince Willa to give their relationship a real chance—and not be taken out by the hitman sent to finish him.
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Sunny Shelly’s Review: 5 Stars
I am so glad I took a chance on reading author Valerie Pepper for the first time, because Dining For Love was adorable! A quirky diner waitress and an undercover detective from Miami hiding out in a small beach town…. I loved Reid and “Just Willa” so much!
From their first meet-cute to their vows of love and all the make-out sessions in between, this book was a gem! And it was so funny! Plus, there’s a bit of suspense in the mix with the case gone awry that Reid was working on back in Miami. Both characters show a lot of growth by the end of the book as well. Willa has led a rather sheltered life. A traumatic incident at culinary school has made her clam up. But throughout her relationship with the hot cop passing through town, Willa really comes into her own and learns to stand up for herself. Reid, meanwhile, was kind of anti-relationship, and never envisioned himself settling down in a small town. What starts out as a situationship with an expiration date turns into so much more for these two!
I would really love to see whatever is going on with Willa’s sister, Goldie, and best friend, Matt, explored in the next book!
I received an advanced copy and voluntarily left a review.
Meet Valerie Pepper:
Valerie Pepper is an incurable optimist and a firm believer in the girl getting the guy, or the guy getting the girl, or the girl getting the girl, or the guy getting the guy, or basically any way it needs to happen to make a real-life happily ever after, even if it takes more than one try.
When she’s not writing, you can find her reading, hiking, listening to whatever music suits her mood, and hanging out with her family. She’s fascinated with the idea of a capsule wardrobe, but loves clothes and shoes and boots far too much to make a real go of it.
She’s currently living out her own happily ever after with her husband, kids, and dogs, and maaaaaybe too many shoes. She lives in Birmingham, Alabama, and is the recipient of the Contemporary Romance Writer’s 2021 Stiletto Award.
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