Thanksgiving in New Jersey

Madison Dawson has built her catering business from nothing-long hours, maxed-out credit cards, and sheer determination. When she lands a job cooking Thanksgiving dinner for the wealthy Campbell family at their Alpine, New Jersey estate, she sees it as her chance to break into a world of clients who could transform her struggling business into something sustainable. What she doesn't expect is Noah Campbell.
The prodigal son arrives unannounced from Paris, all stubble and restless energy and eyes that see right through her professional armor. He's everything Maddie should avoid-privileged, rootless, and clearly running from something she doesn't understand. But in the quiet of the kitchen, peeling potatoes and trading confessions over whiskey, she discovers a man as lost as she once was. Someone searching for something real in a life built entirely on other people's blueprints.
As the holiday unfolds, Maddie finds herself caught between the job she needs and the connection she never expected. Noah's mother watches with cold disapproval. His elegant ex-girlfriend arrives with pointed comments about "good help." And Maddie knows exactly how this story is supposed to end-with her packing her van and driving back to Brooklyn, another forgettable face in a parade of hired staff.
But Noah isn't following the script. And neither, it turns out, is she. Set against the stark beauty of a Hudson River November, Thanksgiving in New Jersey is a contemporary romance about class, ambition, and the terrifying courage it takes to want something you're not sure you deserve