—Cary—
To get my head screwed on straight before it’s too late, I took on a mentor role with the big brother program. Shallow as it sounds, what any nine-year-old got from having me as a role model wasn’t a priority. Then Bhodi reminds me of everything I lost out on during my childhood.
Unlike the adults in my life, I’d planned on doing right by the kid. And not because of the way his mom, Holly’s, bare midriff always peeks over those signature cut-off shorts.
Or the way the woman—old enough to be my… older sister—looks at me from under those thick lashes.
After Holly gives me one night, she’s stolen my heart, and I’m set on winning hers over. I’ll do anything to keep them, including chasing off Bhodi’s old man, who is looking for a second chance.
And it leaves everyone around us wondering who is the real home wrecker?
Holly & Cary’s love story is perfect for readers who love angsty, found family, contemporary and new adult single parent romances filled with drama. A sizzling, southern, age gap romance, Home Wrecker features an jilted older woman’s second chance at love when she falls for a sexy, rich businessman. This is a full-length book in the southern small town North Carolina Shattered Hearts of Carolina Series and has a guaranteed happily ever after.
(Please visit the author's website for content considerations.)
Subjects: romance novels, steamy romance, contemporary romance series, dark romance, racy book, southern romance, southern romance series, emotional reads, blue collar romance, bad boy romance, long romance series, love, love stories, new adult romance, found family romance books, sexy romance, dirty books, angsty romance novels, sexy books, alpha hero, alpha male, age gap, reverse age gap, older woman, younger man, single parent, single mother, deadbeat dad, second chance at love, starting over, friends to lovers, strong heroine, coming of age, forbidden romance, opposites attract, second chance, emotional triggers, happily ever after, love heals, mental abuse, childhood abuse, childhood neglect, missing piece, soul mates, big brother program, male role model, stand-in dad, billionaire romance, swoon-worthy, undeniable chemistry, irresistible hero, white collar crime, organized crime, blue collar romance, anti-hero, anti-hero romance, small town, small town romance, small town southern, small town southern romance, dual pov, dual perspective, loyalty, loyal friendship, twists and turns, wrong side of the tracks, stripper, exotic dancer, gentleman’s club, strip club, cocktail lounge, undercover, blackmail, mill girls, north carolina, brighton, raleigh, shattered hearts, shattered hearts of carolina, splinter of hope, shred of decency, sliver of truth, homewrecker, home wrecker, holding onto hope, deep gap, kingsbrier, jody kaye
Before becoming an international bestselling author, Jody Kaye used to cook dinner for her family …Or so her three sons say, since she still maintains they began eating the meal ingredients for snacks around the same time.
It makes her wonder if the phrase “just 5 more minutes” only counted for video games and not toward penning the last paragraph of a romance novel?
A voracious reader, Jody has written over 25 small-town books, including the steamy southern Kingsbrier and angsty Shattered Hearts of Carolina series. Among her emotionally relatable cast of characters are coming of age twenty-year-olds and later-in-life single parents. She even threw in a psychic medium for a dash of suspense!
Jody currently resides in North Carolina with her husband, who continually proves an insta-love romance can last a lifetime—and who’s glad he talked her into being a writer and out of the bougie French stove she drooled over.
Her children have either moved out or are currently waiting in line for their take-out order. She’s hungry and hopes they ordered extra fries.