ALL the five stars

Beau and Jackson

I’m a bit speechless. This isn’t just a story, it’s so so much more. Talk about fate!
From the first page, I knew for sure this was something special.

After divorcing his husband, Beau returns to the small town where his father still lives.
Enough money to rent a place and not in a hurry to find work. He is a personal chef. One day a short ad holds his attention.
Maisie is looking for a chef for her son Jack to make him healthy dinners a few times a week.
Jack has been through heavy trauma and misses parts of what happened. He is way too thin and way too rude, lying on bed in the dark, away from life. Not at all the beautiful, kind, promising attorney from eight years ago, before it all went down.
Slowly Beau gains Jack’s trust.
Beau doesn’t only make delicious food he also seems to trigger something in Jack’s head.
This can work in Jack’s advantage or ruin him.

What a story, I can’t spoil here but believe me there is so much going on.
At some point (69% to be precise) I had to stop reading, overwhelmed by what happened before my blurred eyes. Hope rises up, HOPE!
It’s an emotional story, at times heartbreaking and devastating, the sadness palpable, but the beautiful moments of connection, hope and recognition rose above everything.
I cried over all the love put in those delicious honest meals, so much tenderness.

“This was not just a gaze—it was an exchange of souls.” This line just describes how deeply emotional and touchy the story is!

What an excellent way of storytelling, so beautifully gentle, considerate, warm, I couldn’t keep my eyes dry. The whole story breathed love, devotion, and hope for better times.
Beau was an amazingly kind soul, I was so so happy his spirit touched Jack’s.
Maisie stole my heart, just like pug Ruth did. There are more secondary characters who were precious. Every page of this book was an overwhelming experience. I felt all the longing, yearning, to reach out to the other.

Wholeheartedly agree, food brings people together. I always want my people around, together at the diner table! Best time of the day!