This book was requested when I was young and requested more books than I could possibly read. Sadly, I no longer have access to this book and my tastes have changed. Thus I will not be able to give feedback on this title.

Country Heaven by Ava Miles is a contemporary romance about a country singer and a cook. I grew increasingly uncomfortable with the Midwestern heroine’s love of the movie Gone With the Wind and the idea that going to a restored plantation house for a fancy dinner that romanticized the past is a fun thing to do, when all I could think about was the slave quarters that were never mentioned. I am not sure if there was a single black person in the entire novel, even when they were in Mississippi with the hero’s upper-crust family. I was clearly not this book’s intended audience.

A copy of this book was provided via NetGalley for a honest review.



4 cowboy hats



This is my first book by Author Ava Miles but will not be my last. I think I devoured this book once I started it a couple days ago. I had to see how things played out for Tory and Rye. The way of writing by the author keep me turning the pages and staying up til after 2 am to finish. I have already downloaded The Chocolate Garden, book 2 in this series. I was intrigued to see who is to blame for Rye's life being turned upside down.



Tory Simmons is just the girl next door who has done the right thing by her family. She has been the one to take care of them. But when she finds herself alone, she still continues to do what is right: working and paying the bills for her family. She has a passion for cooking that she shared with her Grandma, without her, Tory would not be the person she is today. So when an opportunity of helping her family is placed on her table, she does what any good girl does, she takes it not matter the cost to her heart.



Rye Crenshaw has it all or so it seems from the persona he shows the world. But he has secrets that need to stay out of the spot light. He is careful about his personal life and the people that he trust is just a handful. One bite of Tory's cooking and he is hooked. He will do anything to get her to be his personal chef. He maybe a famous country singer but food speaks to his soul like it does Tory's.



Tory and Rye have to learn how to keep their lives professional, he is her boss after all. But when Rye's past becomes part of his future, he will turn to Tory for the support that he needs even after having only know her a short time. Life has a funny way of bringing people to you in your time of need. As Rye's professional and personal life collide, will Tory be able to hang on from the backlash or will she leave Rye standing alone to pickup the pieces?