We don't need to know the entire friend group!!!
Minor rant, and yes I know I'm not the first person to post about exactly this. I hate, hate and despise, when within the first couple of chapters, an author dumps the name of every single person the main characters are socially involved with.
We're already soaking up preliminary information about the main couple. We are learning who they are, the major points about them, their jobs, how they spend their days, and their overall personality.
We don't need to know that MMC's brother broke up with FMC's sister last year, AND that FMC's bestie works for MMC's dad, AND that there are five other guys who work on MMC's ranch who are all like brothers, AND FMC's aunt is a foster mom who has the hots for the school psychologist.
We get it. You want to turn this into a series. But I have the attention span of a spaniel in a barn full of squirrels, and I need a few goddamn minutes to get my bearings before I meet every single person in your charming small town!
And we're breathing in, and we're breathing out. We are breathing in peace and tranquility, and we are breathing out annoyance and undiagnosed ADHD.
/rant