The Blue Bistro

Adrienne Dealey has spent six years moving between hotels in exotic resort towns. This summer she means to settle on Nantucket. Her ex-boyfriend has left her with no money, so she needs paid work quickly.

The only person willing to hire her is Thatcher Smith, who owns the island's hottest restaurant. Adrienne has never worked in one. Thatcher teaches her the business from the ground up, and an attraction between them starts almost at once.

Two puzzles hang over the season. Fiona, the chef at the Blue Bistro, keeps drawing Thatcher's attention, and Adrienne cannot tell why. The restaurant is also doing well, yet it appears to be heading into its last summer before closing for good.

The book is a summer romance with a mystery running underneath it. Adrienne has always left a place when it began to matter, and this time she has to choose between going again and letting someone in. The setting is a busy Nantucket restaurant, and the tone is light, with questions that stay open until the choice is made.