—Cece—
Men beg to touch my body. Yet, Dusty’s moves against mine in unspeaking eloquence.
My heart stammers when we’re alone, and he growls my name.
I hate that I love the strength of his arms.
I love that I hate it too. The feeling keeps me sane because when we’re apart, doubt creeps in.
I’m ashamed to admit my fears about what happens if everyone finds out we’ve been hooking up. Along with the guilt comes the horrible thoughts I shouldn't have about Dusty’s disability.
Perhaps those emotions are a sign I’m not a good person and there is a sliver of truth that I don’t deserve a better life.
After all, what would a single dad really want with a woman who took her clothes off to get to where she is?
Cece & Dusty’s love story is perfect for contemporary and new adult & college romance readers who love forbidden workplace taboo, and single parents starting over and ready for their second chance at love. A steamy, found family romance about a child abuse survivor, trying to better her life and forced to examine her bias towards her brother’s best friend after he’s become disabled, Sliver of Truth is a full-length book in the southern small town North Carolina Shattered Hearts of Carolina Series and has a guaranteed happily ever after.
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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.