Last Resort by Jill Sanders
This is the first book in a series following the Grayton family, a closeknit family made up of children rescued from bad homes. The main character here is the youngest child, Cassandra (Cassey) who is in her mid-twenties for the main story. We see her backstory of joining the family, and then her beginning to owning the Boardwalk Bar and Grill, in a building that was family owned and had previously been run by her aunt Karen, but sat empty for a few years. We see her family chipping in and fixing up the building, which also has a small apartment where Cassey lives.
This is all in a small beachside community called Surf Breeze on the Florida Gulf coast. As the main part of the book begins, the county has recently stopped running shuttle buses from the larger tourist town of Emerald Beach to Surf Breeze and it is hurting the businesses there. It seems to be a ploy to get the owners of businesses on the boardwalk to sell to a large hotel in Emerald Beach, called Crystal Shores. When Luke, the son of the owner of Crystal Shores is sent to talk to Cassey about selling he finds that he has met his match, and he begins to question his father's tactics and methods of doing business. The chemistry between Cassey and Luke is fast-acting and they become intimate quickly, but that doesn't necessarily equal a relationship. This was an interesting look at a strong woman posing more of a challenge than anticipated, and the respect that she is due for making her business work well. Cassey's siblings are part of the story, except for a sister who disappeared of her own volition a few years ago, and I can already see that there are stories that will develop for each one of them. A fun summer read.
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