What's Been Missing is the story of Haven, a country star who has reluctantly come home for the holidays to her small mountain hometown, where she left the love of her life 10 years ago. On her way her car breaks down so she calls the town's mechanic, who happens to be Phoebe, the love she left. The feelings they had for each other back then are still smoldering, although there's a lot of hurt that they'll have to work through if they're going to find their way back to each other. 

Haven had a horrible childhood, and although the cause of that (her abusive stepfather) is gone, and she loves the two little sisters her mom had with her current husband, there's still a lot of animosity between Haven and her mother and brother. Part of that is related to her childhood, and part of it is that neither can accept that she's a lesbian. 

Haven and Phoebe spend a lot of time together reconnecting, in part because of their feelings and in part so Haven can escape her family, and Phoebe becomes the safe space that she once was for Haven. The story felt very real and I definitely bought the connection between them emotionally, but Phoebe is a smoker who does so frequently throughout the book. I found that off-putting and I'm not sure I buy that a famous singer would be very happy about it, either, but I guess no one is perfect? 

I received a free ARC from BookSirens, but my review is unbiased and left voluntarily.