This was such a fun, sweet, spicy, and heartfelt read. I love this so much. This story isn't just a romance but also focuses heavily on the forming friendships among the employees at the Passing Through Café. I love me a good found family story, and this was absolutely perfect. All of the characters are so interesting and well written. This story has some serious subject matter (like some heavy hitting truths through social commentary), but it's balanced out so well with well placed humor (hello, Gem, I'm looking at you). This rag-tag group of misfits has so much heart and care so deeply for each other, even if somewhat dysfunctional at times. This is an amazing read and so well done. I'm so looking forward to Jude and Toni's story that's up next in the series.