Thanksgiving in New Jersey

<p>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.<br>What she doesn't expect is Noah Campbell.<br>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.<br>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.<br>But Noah isn't following the script. And neither it turns out is she.<br>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</p>