A Table for Two

by Sheryl Lister

Overview

One woman must learn to love again with the help of her supper club friends and the man next door in this delightful enemies-to-lovers small-town contemporary romance that's perfect for fans of Jill Shalvis and Jenny Hale!

The best meals. The perfect company. And just enough sparks to make it complicated . . .
 
Serenity Wheeler’s Supper Club is all about getting together with great friends, incredible food, and a whole lot of dishing—not for hooking up. Still, Serenity knows inviting her friend’s brother to one of her dinners is just good manners, but the ultra-fine, hazel-eyed Gabriel Cunningham has a gift for saying the wrong thing at the really wrong time.

Gabriel isn’t quite sure how they got off on the wrong foot, but something about Serenity makes him nervous. Maybe it’s because he’s new to the small-town vibe. Maybe it’s because the woman is so gorgeous that he can’t think straight around her.

Before long, everyone in the Supper Club knows there’s more heating up between Serenity and Gabriel than the delicious meals they share. But Serenity can’t let herself fall for Gabriel. Because while cooking with love is one thing, trusting it is quite another . . .

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781538755273
Publisher:	Grand Central Publishing
Publication date:	08/16/2022
Series:	Firefly Lake Series , #1
Pages:	336
Sales rank:	471,559
Product dimensions:	5.20(w) x 8.00(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

SHERYL LISTER has enjoyed reading and writing for as long as she can remember. She writes contemporary and inspirational romance and romantic suspense. She been nominated for an Emma Award, RT Reviewer's Choice Award and named BRAB's 2015 Best New Author. When she's not reading, writing or playing chauffeur, Sheryl can be found on a date with her husband or in the kitchen creating appetizers and bite-sized desserts. Sheryl resides in California and is a wife, mother of three daughters and a son-in-love, and grandmother to two very special little boys.

Editorial Reviews

06/13/2022

Lister (Love’s Sweet Surrender) enchants with a tale of two city slickers who find love in a small town. Nurse and amateur chef Serenity Wheeler left San Diego after a contentious breakup, landing in the idyllic Firefly Lake, Calif., and forging close friendships. When one of these friends, Andrea, takes a job in Seattle, she asks that Serenity show her brother around town. Software engineer Gabriel Cunningham isn’t thrilled to be relocating to Firefly Lake from Atlanta, but he agrees to take over the responsibility of caring for his grandmother from Andrea—secretly hoping he’ll be able to convince his grandmother to move back to Atlanta. Gabriel and Serenity get off on the wrong foot—culminating in Serenity throwing a container of brownies at Gabriel—but as they settle their differences and grow closer, Gabriel becomes much more enthusiastic about staying in California. Well-drawn supporting characters—including precocious local six-year-old Brianna—add charm, and Lister nails the pacing of her appealing protagonists’ path to love. Anyone who enjoys small-town and enemies-to-lovers tropes will be delighted. Agent: Sarah Younger, Nancy Yost Literary. (Aug.)

Publishers Weekly

2022-08-17
A nurse with a painful past learns to heal herself when a software engineer reprograms her attitude toward companionship.

When avowed city dweller Gabriel Cunningham moves to a small town to replace his sister, Andrea, as their grandmother’s caregiver, he's confident that he will return to Atlanta—along with Nana—within a few months. But Firefly Lake, nestled close to Napa Valley, has its own charms. One of them is Serenity Wheeler, accomplished professional nurse and superb amateur chef, who regularly hosts a Supper Club for her girlfriends, which includes Gabriel’s sister. When Andrea moves away, Serenity extends a courtesy invite to her brother. Although Gabriel makes a terrible first impression, Serenity gradually begins to enjoy his company. But when mutual dislike morphs to desire, both decide to keep their relationship casual: Serenity is especially not keen to enter a commitment after a bad breakup. But when they bond over food and conversations, Gabriel and Serenity are required to reevaluate their demands from the relationship. The rhythms of Firefly Lake, complete with a lovely ice-cream shop and several food-loving denizens, are consistently warm and comforting. Lister displays a knack for seamlessly weaving evocative descriptions of culinary delights with equally vivid portraits of engaging characters. While Serenity and Gabriel are fun when together, their interactions with their respective friends and family are especially entertaining. It's easy to empathize with Serenity’s fears and Gabriel’s reluctance to commit, but the obstacles that mar their path to happy companionship often seem perfunctory. While Serenity’s tendency to compare Gabriel to her ex-boyfriend is perfectly justifiable, the bar often seems to be set too low for Gabriel: He's able to lope over it merely with his effortless charm and consistent likability.

An enemies-to-lovers romance that is light on the animosity and heavily loaded with love.

Kirkus Reviews

"Lister enchants with a tale of two city slickers who find love in a small town."—Publishers Weekly

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