From the author of Recipe for Second Chances comes a smart, sexy, heartfelt romance about a single mother juggling homelife and career who finds unexpected complications while in Ireland for work.

Beatrice Leal’s personal life is complicated between her divorce and her precocious six-year-old. But the job she loves is the one thing she counts on to be straightforward—that is, until her boss’s own divorce prompts a move from NYC back to Ireland.

Now Bea’s in Ireland twice a month for work. It’s wreaking havoc on the custody agreement she and her moody ex are sorting out while he lives downstairs in the brownstone they co-own. And to top it off, her company’s new CTO turns out to be the boy who once broke her heart: Jack Sander.

It’s been twenty years since Bea and Jack saw each other. Their lives are both messy. So when they hook up one night in Ireland, they plan to just keep it a work fling that stays there. But the more time they spend together, the more Bea wonders if happiness might not always mean needing to have your life in order.

Ali Rosen is a writer of both cookbooks and novels and is the Emmy and James Beard Award-nominated host of Potluck with Ali Rosen on NYC Life.

Her first novel is Recipe for Second Chances, a romp of a love story set in the Umbrian hills of Italy that New York Times Bestselling author Fern Michaels said she “couldn't turn the pages fast enough.” It will be followed by Alternate Endings in May, 2024.

She is the author of the upcoming 15 Minute Meals as well as the Amazon Editor’s pick and bestselling cookbook Modern Freezer Meals and Bring It!. She has been featured on shows like the Today Show, Food Network Kitchen and Rachael Ray and has written for publications including Bon Appetit and New York Magazine. She was a Forbes 30 Under 30 and Thrillist said Ali had one of the coolest jobs in food (she agrees).

She is originally from Charleston, SC but now lives in New York City with her husband and three kids and can usually be found cooking in her kitchen or curled up in a chair reading a novel.