Title: Kate Landry
Has a Plan
Author: Rebekah Millet
Narrated by: Susan Bennett
Publisher: Recorded
Books
Length:
Approximately 12 hours and 24 minutes
Source: Audiobook Purchased from Audible and physical book from Bethany House Books as part of the Austenprose PR Book Tour. Thank-you!
Are you a planner? I’m an engineer so I definitely like plans and lists. I am a day behind on posting this review as I wasn’t feeling so well yesterday.
Kate Landry is the forty-year-old owner of a café in New Orleans. She is raising her niece Hayley after her beloved sister’s death. Kate and her sister had a plan for growing their café business and Kate is determined to stick to the plan. Carefully laid plans don’t always go as imagined. Kate’s first kiss, Micah, is back in town and is working at her local library. Hayley spends a lot of her time at the library. Her ex-fiancé and nemesis, Ryan, is also back in town. Will Kate be able to realize her and her sister’s plan for a second café location while also keeping the rest of her life on track?
My thoughts on this novel:
· I love the New Orleans setting - it was so fun.
· Kate Landry being forty made me love all her flashback references such as Sarah McLachlan’s song “Angel” on the sad animal commercials, Uncle Jesse from Full House, Paula Abdul, and more.
· I love her clean epithets such as Sarah McLachlan!!
· This novel had excellent well-developed three-dimensional characters with great growth through the novel.
· The characters seemed very real, and the story was unique. A woman who is raising her sister’s daughter, difficult relationships with parents, grief, trust issues, caring for elderly parents/grandparents, and bad ex-boyfriends were all themes.
· Faith was important for Kate and was discussed throughout the novel.
· I didn’t realize this was a series until I finished the book and looked to add my review to Goodreads. It was great as a standalone, but I need to read the first book which is the story of Kate’s best friend Julia and her romance. This series is called Beignets for Two.
· I love the great love story between two mature forty-year-old adults. Micah is an understanding and caring male librarian. AKA – every woman’s dream man.
· The novel had many real world difficult and emotional conversations.
· This book had the theme of family is what you make of it and not what you are born into.
· The audiobook narrator was excellent and I enjoyed listening to this on audiobook.
Overall, Kate
Landry Has a Plan by Rebekah Millet is a delightful rom com with wonderful three-dimensional
characters and a wonderful overall story.
I want to read more of this story!
BOOK DESCRIPTION
Forty-year-old Kate Landry's carefully planned life has become as messy as the powdered sugar on her famous beignets. Juggling the responsibilities of running her café, raising her teenage niece, and the emotional baggage from her breakup, Kate finds her world once again turned upside down when her first-ever crush, Micah Guidry, returns to town as the hunky local librarian.
Rebekah Millet spins a delightful tale, set against the vibrant backdrop of New Orleans, proving that sometimes the messiest of situations can lead to the sweetest outcomes.
AUTHOR BIO
Rebekah Millet is a Selah Award, Cascade Award, and ACFW First Impressions Award–winning author of southern inspirational romance novels. A New Orleans native, she grew up on beignets and café au lait, and loves infusing her colorful culture into her stories. Her husband is an answer to prayer, who puts up with her rearranging furniture and being a serial plant killer. Her two sons keep her laughing and share in her love of desserts. Visit her at http://www.rebekahmillet.com/.
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