In Your Dreams
A Novel
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4.3 • 180 Ratings
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- $11.99
Publisher Description
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A homecoming to Rome, Kentucky, sparks a new romance—and lots of drama—between two old family friends, from the New York Times bestselling author of When in Rome, Practice Makes Perfect, and Beg, Borrow, or Steal.
AN ELLE BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR
Madison Walker left Rome, Kentucky, determined to make it in the culinary world. But after years of chasing success in New York, all she has to show for it is her shattered confidence and a desperate need for a fresh start. Coming home isn’t part of the plan—until an unexpected job offer lands in her lap: the head chef position at a new farm-to-table restaurant in her hometown. The only catch? It comes from James Huxley, owner of Huxley Farm, her brother’s best friend.
James has always played it safe, keeping his head down and running the family business. But when Madison’s happiness is on the line, he’s willing to take up his estranged brother’s offer to launch a restaurant. James has loved her quietly for years, knowing she’s never seen him as more than an annoyance, but now that she’s back, he’s determined to change that.
Madison and James are tasked with launching the dreamy restaurant in record time, but keeping things strictly professional soon becomes impossible, and the town can’t help but meddle in their relationship. As opening night looms closer, Madison’s fears threaten to hold her back.
When an unexpected disaster collides with a long-simmering sibling feud, both Madison and James will have to face their biggest insecurities—and decide if love is worth the risk or if some dreams are safer left untouched.
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
A young aspiring chef finds a recipe for a new life when she moves back to her small hometown in this perky rom-com. In a New York City culinary school, Madison Walker experienced only shattered self-confidence. Returning home to Rome, Kentucky, wasn’t in her long-term plan, but she’s offered the role of head chef at a start-up farm-to-table restaurant run by old family friend James Huxley. Unfortunately, James is the last person she’d want to work for—except she finds she can’t stop thinking about him, in all the most unprofessional ways. Author Sarah Adams sparkles in her bantery dialogue and layered characters, which makes the sweet tension building between Madison and James feel engaging and thrilling. In Your Dreams is a delicious entry in Adams’ delightful Rome, Kentucky, series, but it also works beautifully as a standalone romance.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Adams delivers a sweet conclusion to her Rome, Kentucky series (after Beg, Borrow, or Steal). After just barely graduating from culinary school in New York City, budding chef Madison Walker gets an unexpected offer from her childhood friend, James Huxley, to work as the head chef of his new farm-to-table restaurant in their hometown. Maddie is thrilled to return home and reunite with her sisters, but fearful the restaurant is doomed to fail, like everything else she's done. To complicate matters, James's brother and Madison's longtime crush, Tommy, starts hitting on her at work—but it's James who sparks real romantic interest. He's harbored his own crush on Maddie for years, and the pair bond over shared memories and Maddie's culinary experiments as the restaurant's grand opening approaches. It's moving to watch this affable and deserving couple fall in love while navigating misunderstandings from the past and the heightened scrutiny of small-town life. This sends the series out on a high note.
