In Your Dreams

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. Agent: Kim Lionetti, BookEnds Literary. (Dec.)