By the author of The Shortest Way Home, a charming and redemptive novel about unexpected second chances, following a publicist who, after the sudden implosion of her career, takes a job as a dorm mom at a Sonoma boarding school.


Gillian thought she had everything she ever wanted-as a successful publicist running her own Manhattan firm and working with a high profile celebrity clientele, she finally made herself at home amongst the elite who eluded her throughout her youth. That is, until her career suddenly implodes, leaving her jobless, friendless, and with a Googleable reputation that follows her everywhere. So, when she receives an offer to become a "dorm mom" at Glen Ellen, the prestigious Sonoma boarding school she attended two decades earlier on scholarship, she leaps at the opportunity for a change of scene-at least until she can figure out how to rehabilitate her career.

But Gillian is surprised to find herself enjoying her new life: her role as a mentor is unexpectedly fulfilling, and she runs into an old flame from her own time at school, who is just as dashing now as he was then. However, just as she begins to feel comfortable, a scandal erupts on campus that threatens to derail everything, and Gillian must figure out how to save her job, her students, her friends, and her new romance before it's too late.