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The last thing single dad, Cris Sanchez, considered when he set aside his ambitious music career was handing his shattered heart over to anyone else. Except, nowadays the widower’s claim to fame feels rather cliche– He’s been admiring his boss’s daughter from afar for years
And wouldn’t you know, about the time Cris gets his son to stop asking why his former babysitter can’t be his mother, Daveigh announces she’s coming home from college.
Contending with the impending loss of a confidant they’ve both shared, Daveigh Cavanaugh hasn’t garnered the courage to reveal the real reason she’s returned to Kingsbrier. And she’s definitely not sharing her sob story with her father’s ranch and vineyard manager. After all, Daveigh once took a bold, albeit drunken, leap by kissing the rugged and handsome older man.
The proof of her naïveté? Daveigh still ponders what she’d have given up, if Cris hadn’t pushed her away. The painful lesson was obvious: enduring happiness was meant for the other quintuplets.
But as grief draws them closer, and their friendship intensifies, Doubt creeps in for Cris that raising his child was the only second chance he needed. Can Cris relinquish the past that haunts him before Daveigh leaves the ranch for good, or will the two spend a lifetime denying their deeper feelings?
Previously published as Daveigh. For content considerations, please visit the author's website.
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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.
