Not Quite Over You by Susan Mallery
This novel is part of a series set in the small California town of Happily Inc., a town that a previous generation marketed as a wedding destination, and that the town now embraces as one of its main revenue streams. Silver Tesdal runs a mobile bar service out of an refurbished Airstream trailer, and her business is booming, so she wants to expand and has her sights on two old Airstreams currently for sale. She tried a few banks, but despite her well-thought-through business plan, no one is biting. When her last hope is gone, a unexpected offer comes her way.
Banker Drew Lovato, who works at that last hope bank, was a three-month passionate relationship for Silver after high school, before Drew went off to university, when it ended. When he noticed that his aunt, head of commercial bank at their family bank, convinced the board to deny her the loan, he took a look at her application and business plan.
He decides to purchase the trailers and come to Silver with a partnership offer. He hopes that the move will allow him to win back her trust, as well as support her in the town's major industry.
Silver is wary, but her business acumen knows that his knowledge would be an asset to her, not to mention that he now has the trailers she wants. With his investment, she can move forward quickly on most of her plans, but she has a secret that he isn't fully aware of. That secret will change their relationship, and their plans for the future.
I enjoyed this novel, which moved quickly. There were a lot of characters introduced, and I assume we see some of them in other novels in the series. Here, Silver and Drew take center stage, and we see their relationship grow, both personally and on the business side, and we also see family members from both sides have their influence. Friendships are also big here, with some having interesting international scope for plotlines in other books.
A fun read from a series I'd definitely read more in.
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