SOLVED. Restaurant owner/chef falls for friend [s]

[Kris]

Hope, what year did you read this romance?

What's the tone - romantic, angsty, erotic, funny, etc.?

Locations - they both left for a big city, one left and came back to a small town, etc.?

[Kris]

Any chance the hero is the chef - e.g., Hot in Here by Sophie Renwick?

More guesses:
On Lavender Lane by JoAnn Ross?
The Trouble with Cowboys by Melissa Cutler?

[Kris]

You're welcome. :)