GRR Reviews Country Heaven (Dare River Book 1) by Ava Miles

Country Heaven is about a serendipitous meeting between a diner cook and a country music star, leading to a slow-simmer romance as they each discover the other's public persona is not all there is.

Country star Rye Crenshaw loves food, and he always goes to the smallest diners, as they are often hidden gems. When he found the chef to be the delectable Tory Simmons, he hired her on the spot to be his tour private chef, as it's honestly, the best food he'd ever tasted. The fact that he needs an image makeover after a PR disaster was, well, probably secondary. But Rye Crenshaw has a past that he shows nobody, not even his private chef... // Tory Simmons needed the money, and she's not the sort of girl that puts out or fall for a megastar. She sure does NOT appreciate being used for PR purposes. But the more time she spends with Rye, the more she realized Rye is just a public front... an invented persona. When a REAL family emergency summoned Rye back home, Tory volunteered to go with him to keep him grounded... and perhaps, they may have fallen for each other, even as they deal with their own crises...

The idea she can just walk away from the diner job was hard to believe, but the rest of the relationship slow simmer as they deal with their respective personal crises was nicely done.

Category: Contemporary

Primary Plot: Can a diner cook fall for a country megastar when he "rescued" her from her dreary job to be his personal cook? Is he using her?

Tropes: chef, different worlds, performer, forced proximity, hot for boss, family drama, scars, disguise, family secrets

Overall Rating:  4/5