Okay, so I’m not usually a huge fan of the insta-love trope, but when it came to Phillip and Gabby’s love story, I found it to be so very sweet and swoony that I didn’t even mind!

Phillip is a single dad who has moved back to his hometown of Magnolia Point after his grandmother’s death to take over the bed & breakfast business she left him.

Meanwhile, Gabby is a New York socialite who is determined to get Phillip to sell his bed & breakfast business to her family’s hotel chain. She thinks getting Phillip to sell will be easy, but she couldn’t be more wrong!

“Once Pecan a Time” was definitely on the shorter side, but I thought both characters were well-developed, and even though their love was practically instantaneous, it somehow didn’t feel rushed.

Phillip was the grumpy to Gabby’s sunshine, and I loved how well that worked for them. I also thought it was really swoony the way that Phillip would move heaven and earth for his daughter, Mia. And watching Gabby and Mia bond was so sweet as well! I would definitely recommend!