The Corner Booth

Cass Rhodes has run the Bluebird Diner since she was twenty-three, and she has three rules: no crying at the counter, no dating customers, and no falling for Wade Mercer. Wade is the fire chief, her best friend, and the man in the corner booth every single morning. He's also the person she calls first for everything—except the truth. When a developer tries to buy the diner out from under her, Wade throws himself into the fight beside her. Late nights, burnt pies, a petition at the county fair. Somewhere in all of it, the friendship that has held them together for a decade starts to feel like something else. A small town friends-to-lovers romance about home, second helpings, and finally saying the thing you've been afraid to say.