Dinner on Primrose Hill by Jodi Thomas

 

What are your favorite meals to share with family and friends?  Do you cook the dinner, is it a potluck, do you go out to eat?

I read Dinner on Primrose Hill by Jodi Thomas in November for the Brenda Novak Book Group.  This delightful romance takes place in Honey Creek, Texas and focuses on three couples.  Benjamin Monroe teaches chemistry at the local college and has his life planned out and orderly.  When his new colleague, Virginia Clarke, arrives, his routines are thrown to the wind. He also feels like he has met her somewhere before. Where could it have been?

One of Benjamin’s students, Ketch Kincaid, has retired from military service and is earning his college degree.  He is shocked when his fiancée dumps him.  Can he find love again when he meets Tuesday, a local waitress, who shares his old soul? 

Millie is the college librarian, and she is hit by local pastor’s son, Hank, while crossing the road.  With no family in town to help her, Hank helps her out in her recover.  While Millie is a button up librarian, everyone in town knows that Hank is the wild son of the pastor who has just recently returned to town.  Will these two be able to get past trust issues?

When pipe bombs are discovered around town, will these couples be able to work together to solve the mystery? 

I really enjoyed the cozy romances in this story and the humor.  I enjoyed all three couples, and the small college town setting.  I also really loved Tuesday’s historic home, its history, and how Ketch helped her with fixing it up.  I want an entire novel focused on the house!  I did enjoy the second chance romance theme of this novel.  This was part of a series, but I read it as a standalone novel and that worked for me. 

Favorite Quotes:

“Hank hoped he was wrong, but sometimes it seemed all the people in the world were broken somehow.  Everyone held a story they would never voice.”

Overall, if you are looking for a good second chance romance, Dinner on Primrose Hill is the perfect novel.

Book Source:  Review Copy from NetGalley.  Thank-you! I received a complimentary copy of this book. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.