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Kate Landry Has a Plan by Rebekah Millet
Series: Beignets for Two – Book 2
Publisher: Bethany House Publishers
Release Date: March 18, 2025
Genre:  Contemporary Christian Romance

Forty-year-old Kate Landry’s carefully planned life has become as messy as the powdered sugar on her famous beignets. Juggling the responsibilities of running her café, raising her teenage niece, and the emotional baggage from her breakup, Kate finds her world once again turned upside down when her first-ever crush, Micah Guidry, returns to town as the hunky local librarian.

As Kate struggles to implement her plans to expand her café amid the New Orleans Mardi Gras madness and the meddling of her conniving ex-fiancé, Micah becomes the unwitting hero of her misadventures, stirring up feelings she thought she’d long buried. How can falling in love in the Big Easy be this hard?

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Most book reviews start with a general overview of the book. Here is my overview for 𝑲𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝑳𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒓𝒚 𝑯𝒂𝒔 𝒂 𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒏 – This book is everything you’d ever want in a contemporary romance! 

Kate is a 40-year-old single mother to her niece. She has the most horrible ex-fiancé ever (I legitimately hate him – good thing he’s fictional), and her former junior high crush, Micah Guidry, shows back up in town. The book (other than the epilogue) is entirely from Kate’s point of view. Her internal commentary has me laughing so hard. I started reading passages to my mom and daughter because I can’t keep stuff this funny to myself. I also appreciate that she describes her ex as a “nongreasy version of Matthew McConaughey.” I thought that was just me.  

About 50% through the book, I feel like Kate needs a therapist more than she needs a plan. Not because she’s doing anything bad or wrong, but because she isn’t really living her life. Luckily, she has her best friend, Julia, who tries to point her in the right direction. And when Micah, who is slowly breaking down Kate’s internal barriers, starts saying very similar things, Kate starts seeing the light.  

If you want to experience more emotions than you might during a bad period (as Kate would say), then you need to read this book. If you’ve never experienced this many emotions from one book, then you really need to read this. 

I voluntarily reviewed a complimentary copy of this book which I received from the publisher.
All opinions are my own.

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About the Author

Rebekah Millet is a double Selah Award, Cascade Award, and ACFW First Impressions Award-winning author of contemporary Christian romance novels. A New Orleans native, she grew up on beignets and café au lait, and loves infusing her colorful culture into her stories. Her husband is an answer to prayer, who puts up with her rearranging furniture and being a serial plant killer. Her two sons keep her laughing and share in her love of desserts.

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(1) winner will receive a print copy of Julia Monroe Begins Again, Kate Landry Has a Plan, and a $20 Cafe du Monde gift certificate!

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