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 pLyndsay 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 her ex opening a rival restaurant right down the road, 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
About the Author :
Robin Blackburn is a contemporary romance and women's fiction author whose stories center on second chances, reinvention, and the beautifully complicated seasons of midlife. A native of Queensbury, New York, she grew up surrounded by Adirondack lakes and mountain towns, a setting that now weaves its way through much of her writing.She earned her degree in French Language and Culture from Penn State University and later a Master's in Education from SUNY Albany. Before becoming a full-time writer and marketer, Robin spent nearly a decade in education, first teaching high school and later helping teachers integrate technology into their classrooms.Robin lives between Houston, Texas, and Lake Hadlock in Upstate New York with her husband, Blaine. Her debut novel, Second Courses, is set in the Lake George region and celebrates what happens when life goes off script and you decide it might just be the beginning of something better.
Review :
"Delightfully warm and deliciously honest, Robin Blackburn's Second Courses serves up beautiful life lessons about the importance of confidence and self-love, proving that it's never too late to start a bold new chapter. With prose as crisp as your favorite prosecco, you'll devour this story of resilience, forgiveness, and the possibility that love might be sweeter the second time around." -Suzy England, Amazon Charts bestselling author of Perfect
