Stay A Little Longer
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4.3 • 76 Ratings
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- £4.99
Publisher Description
She spent her life chasing stars. Now she’s back where it all began—with a broken heart, a shattered dream, and the one man she never planned to see again.
Michelin-starred chef Athena Reynolds has always known who she is and where she’s going. Until it all falls apart. Betrayed by her boyfriend and sous chef, ousted from her own kitchen, and out of options, she returns to Eden’s Ridge to lick her wounds—just until she figures out what’s next.
The last thing she expects is Logan Maxwell.
Once, they shared a wedding weekend fling she never forgot. Now, he’s the man who bought her childhood home—and the quiet presence who offers comfort without strings. Logan doesn’t ask for anything. He just shows up. Steady. Kind. Unshakably patient.
But when Athena gets a second shot at her culinary dream, it comes with a choice: the life she thought she wanted, or the man who might finally feel like home.
Poignant, sexy, and full of heart, Stay a Little Longer is a reverse grumpy-sunshine romance about ambition, belonging, and discovering that sometimes love doesn’t ask you to give up your dreams—it asks you to imagine new ones.
Customer Reviews
Another great story by Kait Nolan
I received an ARC and this is my honest and voluntary review.
Athena returns home after leaving her cheating boyfriend and quitting her job. Refusing to tell her family the real reason she came home she soon finds herself confiding in Logan, a one night stand after Kennedy’s wedding.
Logan is happy to see Athena home and is determined to convince her to stay, with him, but he reminds her of an early life she had to leave behind.
When an opportunity of a lifetime comes knocking can she resist the lure and stay with Logan or will love not be enough.
I loved this story. Athena is a strong woman who has certainly met her match in Logan. Couldn’t put it down and can’t wait for the fourth in this series.
A fabulous fun and beautiful little slice of Southern life, family and community
This book could be read stand-alone, but I would highly recommend reading this as part of the Misfit Inn series, as you will get so much more from the characters, relationships and backstory.
It was great to get to know Athena so well, after meeting her in previous book as the highly strung and slightly emotionally distant sister in previous books. Understanding her past, her experiences and challenges, you can then understand her reactions and her guarded heart.
When Athena returns to Tennessee and the Misfit Inn, she also returns to Logan her wedding fling from a year ago, and as well as being a fabulously deep and well rounded character, he is also an ideal man (one I daydream of often!). I really appreciate the well crafted storylines, no insta-love unbelievable connections, but true depth, real life interactions and building a relationship on a strong foundation - one that will therefore weather whatever life throws at them.
This was an incredibly well written book and the depth of characters, as well as the joyful storytelling, is what brings me back to this series and Kait Nolan’s other series time and time again.
I voluntarily reviewed an advanced copy of this book, and am proud and honoured to be part of Kait Nolan’s ‘Squee Squad’ and to feel even tangentially involved in the creation of her beautiful little slices of Southern life, family and community.