A DASH OF SALT AND PEPPER

With his conversational delivery, narrator Joshua David Scarlett keeps listeners attuned to Xavier's perspective in this romance set in a small town in Maine. After he loses his job and his boyfriend dumps him, 20-something Xavier finds himself back at his parents' house, and he's not happy about it. Xavier has big dreams for his future, and Harper's Cove has only ever felt stifling. An inauspicious encounter with local chef and single dad Logan makes a bad first impression but eventually leads to their working together, and more. Scarlett leans into the humor when Xavier and Logan trade quippy banter, and as they grow closer, listeners will hear Xavier's self-protective walls gradually begin to come down. J.M.D. © AudioFile 2022, Portland, Maine [Published: DECEMBER 2022]