Considering Us - by Jenn Bouchard (Paperback)

About the Book

After an affair with a client's husband leads to scandal and career ruin, private chef Devon Paige lands at Rockwood, a picturesque boarding school in New Hampshire.

Book Synopsis

"Bouchard dishes up the sweetest second chance romance that will warm your heart to the end." -Caitlin Moss, author of You First and Goodbye Again

After an affair with a client's husband leads to scandal, private chef Devon Paige is left with only one client in Boston -a reclusive professional basketball player with a craving for cookies. With no other choice, Devon lands on the doorstep of Rockwood, a boarding school on the New Hampshire seacoast, taking a job leading their dining services. She is shocked to soon discover Kyle Holling on staff, who she hasn't seen in over fifteen years since a memorable night just before departing for college in different cities. Devon and Kyle must determine what their relationship looks like years later, all while dodging the cameras of an underground newspaper, dealing with the installation of a controversial campus sculpture, and grappling with the arrival of Devon's former lover's daughter as a newly-enrolled student.

When Devon meets a handsome paramedic named Heath, she ditches the possibility of romance with Kyle in favor of what appears to be a more straightforward relationship. But a trip to Los Angeles to keep her client well-fed ahead of his basketball game threatens to upend everything, forcing Devon to finally answer the one question she has been avoiding: is fifteen years too late to rekindle a one-night stand?

Review Quotes

2025 American Fiction Awards Winner "Romantic Comedy"

"A soul-searching, second-chance romance for readers who love a strong female lead." -Kirkus Reviews

"Bouchard dishes up the sweetest second chance romance that will warm your heart to the end." -Caitlin Moss, author of You First and Goodbye Again

"Set in small town New England, Considering Us is for readers who know sometimes the right person comes along at the wrong time, but that fate has a way of bringing us second chances." -Sharon M. Peterson, author of The Do-Over, The Fake Out, and The Fast Lane

"Nobody writes a New England story like Jenn Bouchard, especially with mouth-watering food you can taste while you read. I need those cookies! Considering Us is a feel-good, humorous yet realistic book that I'll hold in my heart as a new classic." -C. D'Angelo, award-winning author of The Difference and The Visitor