This was so lovely! It has a soft, cozy feeling while still centering around serious issues like environmentalism and capitalism. Kia and Sullivan were in culinary school together and always in competition, pushing each other to be better. They shared a surprise kiss the evening of their graduation and then didn't see each other again for six years. 
Now, Kia is a food influenced with a food truck and lots of sponsorships. Sullivan owns a ecologically ethical restaurant just on the other side of the area of wild land near her house. The Bois was protected by her grandfather for years and she's shocked when the neighborhood association is about to sell it to Kia, to raze it and build a food truck pod. Before the women can even class, Mega Eats, a huge corporation swoops in and tries to outbid Kia. The only way to stop them? Get married and take advantage of Sullivan's legacy claim. 
The story is sweet, as they get used to being around each other, Kia still very much in her feelings and attraction and Sullivan trying to deny hers. There's a side plot about Kia not being very experienced beyond one lackluster relationship and Sullivan not feeling desirable because of how her last relationship ended, and the women coming together to soothe and heal and learn. The author's said they hoped this felt like a hug for the reader and to me it absolutely did. There were a few moments where lingo characters used made me remember that I'm in my mid-thirties and not GenZ like Kia, but I'll survive that and it didn't detract from the reading experience. 
One thing, that is 100% my own fault (thank you chronic illness brain fog and memory issues): this book is tied to the authors' first one, but it took me until 84% to realize that. Had my brain been cooperating, it would have been obvious that I'd met Kia as a side character in Lillian's story in Second Night Stand, and then more so when we hear about Lillian and Izzy, and Kia's Aunt Eleanor, and her dad who lives on a yacht with his many dogs. Very much distinct characters and not forgettable so I wish I had been able to clue in sooner and enjoy the connections all the way through. You don't have to read the first book to read this one but I still recommend you do because it is really good. 
Thank you to Forever for the ARC! 
•Out July 15/25. 
•BIPOC rep: Black FMC
•Queer rep: lesbian and bi/pan rep