Fiction – Romance – Contemporary

RELEASE DATE: 3/31/2026 (WILL SHIP DIRECTLY FROM OUR SUPPLIER’S WAREHOUSE)

Exes discover theyve both inherited the restaurant they love in this sparkling, emotional new novel from the USA Today bestselling author of A Love Like the Sun.

Olivia owes everything to Celia’s Place. Its where she learned how to be a great chef. Its also where she first fell in love. But at nineteen, Olivia had a wanderlust she couldnt deny. And Carmello, whose mother owned the restaurant, couldnt leave Celia’s Place behind any more than he could force Olivia to stay.

Now, ten years later, Olivia is a successful personal chef. Her job allows her to travel the world, and she has never stayed in the same place for too long. When Carmello learns that his mother left shares of her beloved restaurant to both him and Olivia, he plans to buy her portion of the shares back quickly and painlessly.

That is until Olivia shows up at the restaurant, ready to help run it. Carmello sees an opportunity: drive Olivia away from his restaurant so that she will want to sign over her shares. But Olivia sees things a bit differently. She finally has the chance to stay in one place and build a home after years on the move, and perhaps now is the right time to explore whether that home can be with the one who got away.

Soon enough, sparks begin to fly, but can Olivia and Carmello avoid the mistakes of the past?

AUTHOR BIO:

Riss M. Neilsonis a magna cum laude graduate of Rhode Island College, where she won the English department’s Jean Garrigue Award for creative writing. Her debut young adult novel,Deep in Providence, was a 2022 finalist for the New England Book Awards. She lives in Rhode Island with her two daughters and four fur babies, including a bunny named Michael Myers.A Love Like the Sunwas her debut adult novel.