Country Heaven Cookbook by Ava Miles

Author:Ava Miles [Miles, Ava]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Southern Cooking, entertaining, comfort food, farm to table, desserts, recipes, holidays
Publisher: NLA Digital LLC
Published: 2014-06-20T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 1

Over a month later…

The run-down appearance of Diner Heaven just outside Lawrence, Kansas, didn’t concern Rye. Everyone knew diners were hidden food gems.

Through a grime-encrusted window, he could see a lone redheaded waitress bustling around under harsh fluorescent lights, wiping down white countertops. That the diner looked to be empty was a bonus. He wouldn’t have to contend with any of his country music fans and their worried glances, pinched mouths, or flat-out nosy questions about whether he’d plumb lost his mind at the charity event on May Day. The man whom Rye had shoved, a wealthy businessman, had pressed charges for assault and blabbed to anyone who would listen about how Rye didn’t have family values and was too wild to be around “decent people.”

He’d had to go to the downtown police precinct for questioning, and there were pictures all over the media of him alongside the men in blue. Few cared that the police hadn’t charged him, finding little evidence and observing the man had been drunk.

Tonight, he’d fled the stage after his concert and was immediately attacked by a rabid female fan and swarmed by journalists with cameras who asked him rude questions while shoving cameras in his face. Over a month after The Incident, they were still asking him if he had anger management issues, if he needed counseling, and whether he hated kids and families.

So here he was, craving a little comfort food and peace since he’d recently fired his tour cook—another disaster he didn’t want to think about. And he was crammed into a beat-up muscle car, two decades old if it was a day, that he’d borrowed from a member of their local crew, wearing a ball cap instead of his black Stetson. Trying to be all incognito-like.

No one ever saw him without his cowboy hat, so he should be able to fly beneath the radar. Plus he met the restaurant’s high standards. He had on shoes and a shirt. Bully for him.

The sooner he got inside, the sooner he could get back to the tour bus and start the drive to the next concert stop. He slammed the car door, rubbing the bite mark on his neck from the overzealous fan. Darn kids read too many vampire books these days. A cat the color of his beloved Oreo cookies shot past him.

And then he saw the striped tail.

He lunged for the car, but it was too late. A menacing hiss punctuated the silent parking lot, and a filmy spray misted his clothes. He gagged at the rotten smell and pinched his nose.

Rye knew Kansas had a reputation for being rural, but seriously. His stomach growled. God, he was rank, but he was star-ving! Grateful the wind wasn’t behind him, he prayed the waitress would have seasonal allergies and a plugged nose.

He pulled the cap lower, hoping he could pass for an innocent college student with his jeans and black T-shirt. He snorted. Innocent he wasn’t.

The door chimed when he eased it open, and he nudged the doorstop down with his foot.

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