Second Courses

She takes over her cheating ex’s restaurant and hires her first love as chef—putting second chances back on the menu.

Lyndsay Leach spent seventeen years supporting her celebrity-chef husband, but when he leaves her for a much younger woman, she makes a bold—and slightly petty—move: She takes the one thing he never thought she would, his prized Lake George restaurant.

There’s just one problem. She’s never run a kitchen, her secret writing career has stalled, and her first love just walked through the door and wants the head chef job. Okay, more than one problem.

Now, with a rival restaurant opening right down the road and a scathing food critic on the way, Lyndsay has one shot to prove that she’s no longer a supporting character in someone else’s story—and maybe find love at the same time.

Of course, nothing’s easy, as Lyndsay soon finds out. But sometimes the second course is the one worth waiting for.

Tropes you'll love:

Second chance romance
First love reunited
Forced proximity
Midlife reinvention
Love after divorce
Small-town lake setting
Restaurant drama
80s references