Angie hopes that her Uncle Max is proud of the changes that she's made to the bar Out of the Ashes. She grew up sitting on the bar stacking cups and filling bowls with nuts. No longer a run-down bar full of bikers it was the go-to place in town. But she was in desperate need of more workers, especially with the planned expansion.
Dylan is back in town only to help his mom until she heals and can get around by herself. This was the last place he wanted to be and usually was able to get in and out visiting his mom without seeing any of the friends he grew up with. Now he is not so lucky as he stops for gas and runs into one of the reasons he left town. He had been tired of being the buffer in fights and having to take sides.
When Jake tells him that all the gang is meeting up at Out of the Ashes he finds himself driving to the bar instead of heading to his mom's. He looks in shock at what a decade has done to the bar and can't believe there is a line of people waiting to get inside. Then he sees Angie at the bar and realizes that his childhood crush on his babysitter hasn't died.
I loved this book. It is very well written and the characters are fully developed and relatable. Angie notices the second that Dylan enters the bar and is dismayed at the thoughts that enter her head. Dylan may have grown up into a gorgeous man but he was still younger and the teenager she had driven to his games to help out his mom who worked two jobs.
This is a small-town reverse age-gap romance. Angie fights her feelings for Dylan not only because of the age difference but will he stay around after his mother's leg heals? I really enjoyed this story and can't wait for the rest of the series.
COCKTAILS & CRUSHES is book one of the OUT OF THE ASHES Series
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