A Second Chance Scottish Summer: A Short Novel (Scottish Second Chances) by Rachel Mae Linden

An ambitious American restaurant consultant squares off against a stubborn, sexy Scottish chef over competing plans for her family’s coastal Highland manor house in a deliciously surprising second chance summer… from the bestselling author of The Magic of Lemon Drop Pie. At thirty-two, restaurant liquidator Avery Hayes is an expert at shutting down dreams. Haunted by her failure to save her family’s historic Scottish tea shop years ago, Avery is fiercely efficient at tying up loose ends and avoiding entanglements, both professional and personal. Despite the suitcase stuffed with swoony Highland romance novels hidden under her bed, Avery has no time for complications of the heart. And she is determined to avoid risk at all costs. Yet everything changes when Avery unexpectedly finds herself heading back to Oban, Scotland, the one place she swore never to return. Tasked with deciding the fate of her family’s ancestral manor house, Avery is determined to sell the house quickly and leave Scotland for good. There’s just one thing standing in her way - Chef Cameron MacKay. Kilt-wearing, cheese-making single dad Cameron is far more appealing than Avery remembers and seems determined to upend all her carefully laid plans. He has a grand vision for the manor house and needs Avery to partner with him. But despite Cameron’s enticements, including adorable baby Highland cows and artisan cheese, Avery feels torn. When a disaster threatens both of their futures, she is forced to choose - play it safe or risk everything for a second chance at the life and love she secretly longs for. Read more