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Homewrecker
Despite Andie’s own terrible track record with romance, even she knows that her father’s sudden move to his girlfriend’s goat farm in North Carolina is a rash, unwise decision. She races south of the Mason Dixon to coax him home, but runs into a man-shaped obstacle in the form of burly paramedic Seth, the adopted son of her father’s lady love.
Farm life is as unpalatable as Andie suspected—stinky goats, malicious chickens and millions of bloodthirsty mosquitos. Her father wants to give up a rent-controlled apartment, lifelong friendships and a satisfying teaching career for this? She’s got to get him to come to his senses before Seth figures out her homewrecking intentions. It’s a difficult position to be in, especially when the positions she’d like to be in involve fantasies about sexy, infuriating Seth.
As she runs from man trouble in New York and heads toward bigger trouble in North Carolina, Andie will have to decide whether she can support her father’s leap of faith and maybe even take one of her own.
Homewrecker is the first book in the Nasty Woman rom-com series and can be read as a stand-alone novel.
Farm life is as unpalatable as Andie suspected—stinky goats, malicious chickens and millions of bloodthirsty mosquitos. Her father wants to give up a rent-controlled apartment, lifelong friendships and a satisfying teaching career for this? She’s got to get him to come to his senses before Seth figures out her homewrecking intentions. It’s a difficult position to be in, especially when the positions she’d like to be in involve fantasies about sexy, infuriating Seth.
As she runs from man trouble in New York and heads toward bigger trouble in North Carolina, Andie will have to decide whether she can support her father’s leap of faith and maybe even take one of her own.
Homewrecker is the first book in the Nasty Woman rom-com series and can be read as a stand-alone novel.
332 pages, Kindle Edition
Published June 1, 2021
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Jill Westwood
10 books29 followersJill Westwood is the author of romantic comedies featuring strong women and the sexy men who fall head-over-heels in love with them. She likes her books steamy, smart, and a little bit wacky. Her goal is always to make readers laugh and swoon.
Jill swam in a cenote in Mexico, summited a mountain in Nepal, and touched one of the standing stones in Wales. She now lives in North Carolina with her husband, two children, and the sweetest rescue dog in the world. She's a fan of Tottenham Hotspurs, chai lattes, Star Wars, and Jane Austen. If you can find a connection between these things, you're smarter than she is.
Jill swam in a cenote in Mexico, summited a mountain in Nepal, and touched one of the standing stones in Wales. She now lives in North Carolina with her husband, two children, and the sweetest rescue dog in the world. She's a fan of Tottenham Hotspurs, chai lattes, Star Wars, and Jane Austen. If you can find a connection between these things, you're smarter than she is.
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April 13, 2024
This was a fun enemies to lovers city girl goes to the farm romcom! The writing was great, the chemistry was awesome, the tension was intense, and we got the perfect happy ending! Just the book I needed!
September 16, 2019
Cute, chick-lit comedy
Twenty-eight-year-old Andie has taught high-school English for the past six years, following in the footsteps of her beloved father, who has taught high school history for 33 years. For the past 23 years since her parents divorced, Andie has seen little of her cold, distant mother, even though her mother lives on Long Island, and Andie and her father live in Brooklyn. Her father is a native of Brooklyn, has many, close, lifelong friends there, enjoys the enviable benefit of a rent-controlled apartment, and has always been the most important relationship in Andie’s life. But suddenly, with no warning, her father abandons everything that matters to him in New York—including Andie—to pull up stakes and move to a small town in North Carolina and become engaged to Renata, his former high-school sweetheart. Renata is a widow who has retired from nursing to run a goat farm.
Andie is convinced it is up to her to save her father from himself, because she believes he is making a terrible mistake on multiple counts: He has only been in a relationship with Renata for six months, and until very recently, when he went to North Carolina to visit her, all of that time together has been spent long-distance. It’s too soon to be talking about marriage. But even if they wait for a while to commit, and decide down the road that it’s a good idea to get married, Andie believes that, given that Renata is African-American and Dad is white, they would be better off living in open-minded New York City, rather than in the intolerant South. Also, New York is a good choice for Renata—much better than North Carolina is for Dad—because she is originally from Brooklyn, has a son who is a surgeon in Manhattan, and a second son who is a chemist, who could easily get a job in New York City as well. In addition, her father can barely change a light bulb, let alone effectively do all the hard labor and constant property repairs required on a run-down, smelly, mosquito-ridden goat farm. And last, but not least, Renata’s farm is a money pit which will devour Renata and Dad’s life savings, because its only source of income is selling a limited amount of goat cheese and a few dozen eggs from a small flock of chickens at a weekly farmer’s market.
For all these reasons, Andie feels perfectly justified in driving over 350 miles to land on Dad and Renata’s doorstep unannounced, to convince her father to reconsider relocating to North Carolina. But two main obstacles stand in the way of her plan: First, Dad is obviously blissed-out, down on the farm with Renata, and she is obviously as generous, understanding, and warm-hearted as Dad, and just as much in love as he is. Second, Andie is both intimidated by and intensely attracted to Renata’s adopted son, Seth, a gorgeous hunk of an ex-Marine in his early 30's. He works as a paramedic, and he’s constantly at Renata’s house, because he’s building a cabin himself from the ground up on Renata’s farm. Seth has deep roots in the local community, is very attached to Renata and her sons, and would be much harder to transplant to New York. He also has an unfortunate habit of walking in on Andie’s frank cellphone conversations with Hugh, her long-time, gay best friend in New York, which has caused him to view her with justifiable suspicion, as a homewrecker out to destroy the happiness of his beloved adopted mother.
I would describe this book as more chick-lit comedy than romantic comedy, not as a judgment as to which is better or worse, but more as a distinction that makes a difference in these two subgenres of comedic, women’s fiction. Romance spotlights the courtship between two romantic partners, with the arc of the story being their mutual evolution from distrust to trust. In contrast, chick lit primarily portrays the heroine’s disastrous dating life, with the arc of the story being the heroine’s gradually realizing that she has to love and respect herself first and foremost before she can ever hope to have any healthy relationships in her life. The arc of distrust to trust in this situation involves the heroine learning to trust herself by developing greater personal responsibility and better judgment. In chick lit, therefore, if there is an HEA romance, it exists as a secondary plot, not the main hurrah. It serves as a kind of reward for a job well done of reaching greater maturity, which is very much the case in this book. Finally, this story is written in first-person point of view (POV), present tense, which is a perspective that is quite common in chick lit and young-adult fiction, and very rare in the romance genre, which is virtually always written in close-third-person POV, past tense. First person POV has a tendency to cause the female protagonist to seem self-centered and a bit narcissistic, and it also detaches readers from her romantic interest, by leaving his goals and motivations a big mystery. Adult romance fiction almost always is written from dual POV of the heroine and the romantic hero, which connects the reader almost as closely with the hero as the heroine.
I personally am not generally a fan of chick lit, because of the narcissism issue, and I’m also not, in general, a fan of stories about a big city gal who resents getting stuck in the country. However, having said all that, this author writes such vivid characters, and has such a clear, entertaining voice, that I found myself strongly drawn into this story. I am a very jaded reader, and these days I frequently skim more of a given novel than I actually read word for word, but I enjoyed this book so much that I didn’t skim it at all.
I found Andie an intriguing, vibrant heroine, and I enjoyed that she has a strong growth arc toward greater empathy and compassion for both herself and others. It makes her a very sympathetic character. I liked Seth very much, as well. He is not just a cookie-cutter, classic, sexy, former-military, alpha, romance hero. Both his past history and present choices make him unique and compelling. All the subcharacters in this book are colorfully and sympathetically drawn as well, and the farm setting is also clearly and believably presented.
The relationship between Andie and Seth is a “slow burn” romance, which I personally have no problem with. There is exciting sexual chemistry between the two of them from the start, but sex itself is presented as a culmination of the growth of respect and affection between them, rather than an end in itself, and it does not occur until very near the end of the book. For me, that makes the sex much more sexy than pages stuffed full of meaningless bump-and-grind.
All in all, this is a fun read, and I look forward to the next book in this series.
I rate this book as follows:
Heroine: 4 stars
Romantic Hero: 5 stars
Subcharacters: 5 stars
Setting: 4 stars
Chick Lit Plot: 4 stars
Romance Plot: 5 stars
Writing: 5 stars
Overall: 4.5 rounded to 5 stars
Twenty-eight-year-old Andie has taught high-school English for the past six years, following in the footsteps of her beloved father, who has taught high school history for 33 years. For the past 23 years since her parents divorced, Andie has seen little of her cold, distant mother, even though her mother lives on Long Island, and Andie and her father live in Brooklyn. Her father is a native of Brooklyn, has many, close, lifelong friends there, enjoys the enviable benefit of a rent-controlled apartment, and has always been the most important relationship in Andie’s life. But suddenly, with no warning, her father abandons everything that matters to him in New York—including Andie—to pull up stakes and move to a small town in North Carolina and become engaged to Renata, his former high-school sweetheart. Renata is a widow who has retired from nursing to run a goat farm.
Andie is convinced it is up to her to save her father from himself, because she believes he is making a terrible mistake on multiple counts: He has only been in a relationship with Renata for six months, and until very recently, when he went to North Carolina to visit her, all of that time together has been spent long-distance. It’s too soon to be talking about marriage. But even if they wait for a while to commit, and decide down the road that it’s a good idea to get married, Andie believes that, given that Renata is African-American and Dad is white, they would be better off living in open-minded New York City, rather than in the intolerant South. Also, New York is a good choice for Renata—much better than North Carolina is for Dad—because she is originally from Brooklyn, has a son who is a surgeon in Manhattan, and a second son who is a chemist, who could easily get a job in New York City as well. In addition, her father can barely change a light bulb, let alone effectively do all the hard labor and constant property repairs required on a run-down, smelly, mosquito-ridden goat farm. And last, but not least, Renata’s farm is a money pit which will devour Renata and Dad’s life savings, because its only source of income is selling a limited amount of goat cheese and a few dozen eggs from a small flock of chickens at a weekly farmer’s market.
For all these reasons, Andie feels perfectly justified in driving over 350 miles to land on Dad and Renata’s doorstep unannounced, to convince her father to reconsider relocating to North Carolina. But two main obstacles stand in the way of her plan: First, Dad is obviously blissed-out, down on the farm with Renata, and she is obviously as generous, understanding, and warm-hearted as Dad, and just as much in love as he is. Second, Andie is both intimidated by and intensely attracted to Renata’s adopted son, Seth, a gorgeous hunk of an ex-Marine in his early 30's. He works as a paramedic, and he’s constantly at Renata’s house, because he’s building a cabin himself from the ground up on Renata’s farm. Seth has deep roots in the local community, is very attached to Renata and her sons, and would be much harder to transplant to New York. He also has an unfortunate habit of walking in on Andie’s frank cellphone conversations with Hugh, her long-time, gay best friend in New York, which has caused him to view her with justifiable suspicion, as a homewrecker out to destroy the happiness of his beloved adopted mother.
I would describe this book as more chick-lit comedy than romantic comedy, not as a judgment as to which is better or worse, but more as a distinction that makes a difference in these two subgenres of comedic, women’s fiction. Romance spotlights the courtship between two romantic partners, with the arc of the story being their mutual evolution from distrust to trust. In contrast, chick lit primarily portrays the heroine’s disastrous dating life, with the arc of the story being the heroine’s gradually realizing that she has to love and respect herself first and foremost before she can ever hope to have any healthy relationships in her life. The arc of distrust to trust in this situation involves the heroine learning to trust herself by developing greater personal responsibility and better judgment. In chick lit, therefore, if there is an HEA romance, it exists as a secondary plot, not the main hurrah. It serves as a kind of reward for a job well done of reaching greater maturity, which is very much the case in this book. Finally, this story is written in first-person point of view (POV), present tense, which is a perspective that is quite common in chick lit and young-adult fiction, and very rare in the romance genre, which is virtually always written in close-third-person POV, past tense. First person POV has a tendency to cause the female protagonist to seem self-centered and a bit narcissistic, and it also detaches readers from her romantic interest, by leaving his goals and motivations a big mystery. Adult romance fiction almost always is written from dual POV of the heroine and the romantic hero, which connects the reader almost as closely with the hero as the heroine.
I personally am not generally a fan of chick lit, because of the narcissism issue, and I’m also not, in general, a fan of stories about a big city gal who resents getting stuck in the country. However, having said all that, this author writes such vivid characters, and has such a clear, entertaining voice, that I found myself strongly drawn into this story. I am a very jaded reader, and these days I frequently skim more of a given novel than I actually read word for word, but I enjoyed this book so much that I didn’t skim it at all.
I found Andie an intriguing, vibrant heroine, and I enjoyed that she has a strong growth arc toward greater empathy and compassion for both herself and others. It makes her a very sympathetic character. I liked Seth very much, as well. He is not just a cookie-cutter, classic, sexy, former-military, alpha, romance hero. Both his past history and present choices make him unique and compelling. All the subcharacters in this book are colorfully and sympathetically drawn as well, and the farm setting is also clearly and believably presented.
The relationship between Andie and Seth is a “slow burn” romance, which I personally have no problem with. There is exciting sexual chemistry between the two of them from the start, but sex itself is presented as a culmination of the growth of respect and affection between them, rather than an end in itself, and it does not occur until very near the end of the book. For me, that makes the sex much more sexy than pages stuffed full of meaningless bump-and-grind.
All in all, this is a fun read, and I look forward to the next book in this series.
I rate this book as follows:
Heroine: 4 stars
Romantic Hero: 5 stars
Subcharacters: 5 stars
Setting: 4 stars
Chick Lit Plot: 4 stars
Romance Plot: 5 stars
Writing: 5 stars
Overall: 4.5 rounded to 5 stars
October 13, 2021
After a drunken mistake with a coworker at her school, Andie flees New York to a goat farm in North Carolina, determined to keep her father from making a mistake of his own. He left his job and his apartment to move in with his high school sweetheart. The hard work, the smell, and the mosquitoes make Andie think her dad is losing his mind to stay here. Not to mention Renata's surly and suspicious adopted son, Seth. He seems to be around every corner, eavesdropping on her phone conversations, questioning her motives in staying, and looking irresistible in nothing but a towel in her bathroom (wait... she couldn't possibly be attracted to HIM could she?!!)
This story is a hilarious rom-com: demon goats, malicious chickens, and vicious bloodsucking mosquitoes are the perfect blend of humor plus heat. I can't wait to read the rest of the series!
I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.
This story is a hilarious rom-com: demon goats, malicious chickens, and vicious bloodsucking mosquitoes are the perfect blend of humor plus heat. I can't wait to read the rest of the series!
I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.
February 6, 2026
Andie is a self-centered teacher who rushes to North Carolina supposedly to save her father from making a big mistake. You see he’s fallen in love with a woman who owns a goat farm. He’s decided to leave NYC and his teaching profession and change his lifestyle entirely. Andie wants him to come home and continue teaching. For his own good she says. But the real reason Andie wants him to return to New York is because she is overly attached to her Dad and can’t stand the idea of his leaving her. Well, while in North Carolina Andie falls in love with the unbelievably sexy Seth (it’s the kind of romance where the reader is repeatedly told about the incredible physical attributes of the heroine’s lover). Eventually Andie matures enough to realize how selfish she’s been and is ready to move to North Carolina and marry this dreamboat. This is not a spoiler. The way the novel was going to end was clear almost from page 1.
There are many faults with this book. It’s overly long. There’s too much game playing before Seth and Andie connect romantically. And I wasn’t that enthralled by the endless details about goats, chickens and small towns. Maybe readers with different interests might like the descriptions more.
The book has another major problem. Some of the characters’ interactions are unrealistic. I didn’t have any difficulty with Andie’s father and a black woman falling in love because it has often worked out, especially now that attitudes have changed. But there were problems with other relationships. Andie’s best friend is a gay man to whom she pores out her heart and vice versa. In the real world that’s not gonna happen. A heterosexual woman and a gay man are not going to become that close. It was not believable. Which leads to another interaction problem. Andie is a total slob by her own admission and a vegetarian who thinks people who eat meat are murderers. How is she going to to live with Seth, a meat eater who is borderline compulsively neat. Weird.
There were some cute details. I liked the description of the crazy therapist, for example. But I wouldn’t read another book written by this author.
There are many faults with this book. It’s overly long. There’s too much game playing before Seth and Andie connect romantically. And I wasn’t that enthralled by the endless details about goats, chickens and small towns. Maybe readers with different interests might like the descriptions more.
The book has another major problem. Some of the characters’ interactions are unrealistic. I didn’t have any difficulty with Andie’s father and a black woman falling in love because it has often worked out, especially now that attitudes have changed. But there were problems with other relationships. Andie’s best friend is a gay man to whom she pores out her heart and vice versa. In the real world that’s not gonna happen. A heterosexual woman and a gay man are not going to become that close. It was not believable. Which leads to another interaction problem. Andie is a total slob by her own admission and a vegetarian who thinks people who eat meat are murderers. How is she going to to live with Seth, a meat eater who is borderline compulsively neat. Weird.
There were some cute details. I liked the description of the crazy therapist, for example. But I wouldn’t read another book written by this author.
March 23, 2023
Esta novela romántica me dejo… meh. Hay muchas cosas que me gustaron, pero la verdad la mayor parte del tiempo pensé en dejar de leerla porque no me convencía.
Entrando en detalle en los personajes, tengo que decir que Seth me encanta, pero cuando se enoja con ella por haber estado con Dan? Para matarlo, entiendo que el paso por algo parecido y todo, PERO como para dejar de hablarle? NO, bastante exagerado el asunto. Ella me parece una caprichosa, tiene 28 años no 15, si su papa se quiere mudar LO DEJA, y si le molesta, lo tendria que hablar, no lo deberia ir a buscar para que le cumpla el capricho de volver. Y con Seth tambien tenia actitudes de nena caprichosa que me sacaban de quicio.
Otra cosa que no me gustó es que todo pasa MUY rápido, tanto que se me hicieron surreales algunas situaciones:
- Del odio al amor fue demasiado rápido y del amor al odio también. Se conocen, se odian, casi dos semanas después ya están enamorados y en la primer cita terminan, y dejan de hablar. Ella se va a NY y está con el corazón roto dos/tres días y después de una semanita o algo así aparece Seth a pedirle perdón y listo, todo solucionado.
- Habla con el papa del trabajo y dos semanas después (cuando vuelve a NY) renuncia, resuelve sus asuntos con Dan, consigue un trabajo, decide que quiere abrir el emprendimiento en la granja y se arregla con Seth.
Realmente quiero gritar ¿¡CUANDO!? ¿¡En qué momento!? ¿¡Cuando tuvo tiempo para todo!?
Y por último la autora a veces cuenta cosas super irrelevantes, pero después no me cuenta cosas que si quiero saber. Lo que mas me molesto que no me cuente es como, al final, la protagonista empieza su emprendimiento de organización de eventos en la granja y se muda con Seth, es un paso re importante en la vida de la protagonista y la autora lo evito por completo. Y ni hablemos de la escena de la propuesta, cero emoción.
Claramente esta novela no fue para mi y eso que amo las novelas románticas con todo mi corazón.
Entrando en detalle en los personajes, tengo que decir que Seth me encanta, pero cuando se enoja con ella por haber estado con Dan? Para matarlo, entiendo que el paso por algo parecido y todo, PERO como para dejar de hablarle? NO, bastante exagerado el asunto. Ella me parece una caprichosa, tiene 28 años no 15, si su papa se quiere mudar LO DEJA, y si le molesta, lo tendria que hablar, no lo deberia ir a buscar para que le cumpla el capricho de volver. Y con Seth tambien tenia actitudes de nena caprichosa que me sacaban de quicio.
Otra cosa que no me gustó es que todo pasa MUY rápido, tanto que se me hicieron surreales algunas situaciones:
- Del odio al amor fue demasiado rápido y del amor al odio también. Se conocen, se odian, casi dos semanas después ya están enamorados y en la primer cita terminan, y dejan de hablar. Ella se va a NY y está con el corazón roto dos/tres días y después de una semanita o algo así aparece Seth a pedirle perdón y listo, todo solucionado.
- Habla con el papa del trabajo y dos semanas después (cuando vuelve a NY) renuncia, resuelve sus asuntos con Dan, consigue un trabajo, decide que quiere abrir el emprendimiento en la granja y se arregla con Seth.
Realmente quiero gritar ¿¡CUANDO!? ¿¡En qué momento!? ¿¡Cuando tuvo tiempo para todo!?
Y por último la autora a veces cuenta cosas super irrelevantes, pero después no me cuenta cosas que si quiero saber. Lo que mas me molesto que no me cuente es como, al final, la protagonista empieza su emprendimiento de organización de eventos en la granja y se muda con Seth, es un paso re importante en la vida de la protagonista y la autora lo evito por completo. Y ni hablemos de la escena de la propuesta, cero emoción.
Claramente esta novela no fue para mi y eso que amo las novelas románticas con todo mi corazón.
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December 27, 2021
Andie, a 28-year-old high school English teacher, and self-confessed Daddy’s girl is distressed by her father’s decision to leave his 33-year teaching career in Brooklyn to move to a small town in North Carolina and his engagement to his former high-school love, Renata, a widowed retired nurse who lives on a goat farm. Andie decides to travel, unannounced, to Renata’s farm to convince her father that he is making a huge mistake and take him back to Brooklyn and their lives together. However, what she doesn’t expect to find is the true happiness that her father and Renata have found or Renata’s charming, adopted son, a well-built paramedic named Seth. Despite smelly animals, her father’s less-than-stellar handyman skills, a rundown farmhouse, and the only source of income being goat cheese and chicken eggs being sold at the small-town weekly farmer’s market, Andie slowly begins to realize that her father may have found the happy retirement and love that he deserves. This makes Andie reassess her own priorities and start opening herself up to the possibility of finding her own love and happiness.
This book is a great story of personal growth, romance, and small-town charm that will entertain readers and maybe even make some question their own priorities. The author has written relatable and charming characters in a scenic plotline that makes it easy to imagine being amid things as they occur. I highly recommend this book.
This book is a great story of personal growth, romance, and small-town charm that will entertain readers and maybe even make some question their own priorities. The author has written relatable and charming characters in a scenic plotline that makes it easy to imagine being amid things as they occur. I highly recommend this book.
January 22, 2022
A slow-burn romance between a handsome, broody paramedic and a teacher from the Big Apple who's feeling a little lost, set on a Southern goat farm. Low on steam (2 out of 5 spicy flames), but full of charm and happily ever afters. There were moments when I wanted more from the pacing and from the characters, moments where it felt like things were happening on the page but then...nothing was actually happening. The hero was a little two-dimensional, partially owing to the fact that we only get this story from the heroine's pov. But also partially owing to the fact that the two of them weren't together often enough for me to feel like I really got to know him. There were moments when he would start to shine and then the chapter would be over. But I liked this one, I liked the heroine's growth and her imperfections and I liked the relationships she had with her family. The goats were cute too.
July 28, 2021
3/5 Stars
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Heroine
I liked Andy's character. Although she seemed superficial and childish at first, as the book progressed I began to understend her motives and enjoyed watching her develop.
Hero
Seth, on the other hand, was the opposite. His character had a lot of potential in the beginning, but by the time the first date rolled around, he had lost his charm for me. We got a lot of scenes describing how hot he is, but behind that I didn't feel any warmth towards the heroine.
They had chemistry in the beginning, but by the middle of the book it was just gone. I had a feeling that the spark between them was about to erupt, but it never did for me.
Overall, I liked the book and the author's writing style, but I was expecting a different dynamic of relationship development and intimacy between the characters.
🐓🐓🐓
Heroine
I liked Andy's character. Although she seemed superficial and childish at first, as the book progressed I began to understend her motives and enjoyed watching her develop.
Hero
Seth, on the other hand, was the opposite. His character had a lot of potential in the beginning, but by the time the first date rolled around, he had lost his charm for me. We got a lot of scenes describing how hot he is, but behind that I didn't feel any warmth towards the heroine.
They had chemistry in the beginning, but by the middle of the book it was just gone. I had a feeling that the spark between them was about to erupt, but it never did for me.
Overall, I liked the book and the author's writing style, but I was expecting a different dynamic of relationship development and intimacy between the characters.
November 20, 2021
It was a fairly formulaic enemies to lovers novel, but that isn’t the problem I had reading it. The problem is Andie is not likable enough to make me care. I wanted her to have an epiphany from the point she didn’t want her best friend to have a baby because it would mean he had less time for her. The kiss with a married man? Fine. She knew it was a mistake. But the rest of the time was selfish Andie does something stupid over and over. Also, for a new novel, it already has dated pop culture references - maybe using current examples wasn’t the best idea as it pulled me out.
I received a free advance copy of this book and am leaving this review voluntarily.
I received a free advance copy of this book and am leaving this review voluntarily.
September 8, 2023
I don't love the title of this book but I really enjoyed the story. The story starts off with Andie having just made out with her married co-worker while they were both very drunk. She's the one who stopped them from going farther but there's too much guilt and too many consequences from that kiss for my liking.
The good parts of the book (most of it!) are in the present as she heads down to NC to "save" her dad from a rushed decision to move far away for a woman. Goats, grumpy almost step-brothers, lots of humor and some heat. I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.
The good parts of the book (most of it!) are in the present as she heads down to NC to "save" her dad from a rushed decision to move far away for a woman. Goats, grumpy almost step-brothers, lots of humor and some heat. I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.
November 13, 2020
Fun, funny, feminist, smart romance. I love a romance that's also about families and friendships and this one has bonus goats! The main character is all mixed up about her own love life and her father's, which I thought was a nice twist on that trope, because it's usually the mother's love life that gets mentioned (if it gets mentioned at all.) Surprise visit to dad? Comedy ensues! I really love how messed up Andie is in the beginning and that Seth is so steady.
December 1, 2021
Deep story line with interesting well rounded characters. Delves into the complexities of relationships both with families and romantic. I did find it interesting that only one character is described in physical detail. Leaving how they looked completely up to our imagination. Deals with the realities of how our decisions in life, both good and bad effect those around us.
I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.
I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.
May 21, 2022
Hilarity Galore!
Homewrecker was such a delightfully entertaining read. The page-turning fast-paced plot was filled with humor and romance. Moreover, the protagonists, Andie and Seth, were made for each other and gushed with chemistry. I loved the author's style of writing, especially her use of vivid descriptions that helped create a lively tone. I constantly laughed out loud as I read and thoroughly enjoyed reading this narrative.
Homewrecker was such a delightfully entertaining read. The page-turning fast-paced plot was filled with humor and romance. Moreover, the protagonists, Andie and Seth, were made for each other and gushed with chemistry. I loved the author's style of writing, especially her use of vivid descriptions that helped create a lively tone. I constantly laughed out loud as I read and thoroughly enjoyed reading this narrative.
February 10, 2024
I pulled this book because it mentioned a goat farm, but sadly, there's not many references to it nor more than one hijiink that the goats get up to. Instead, this is a pretty formulaic romantic novel, with what I found to be an unlikable central character who is rude to everyone for the first half of the book. The tones here of "move to the country, be a good wife, learn to be softer and feminine" are here too, even though the author's bio suggests this isn't the main point of the story.
November 9, 2025
This was a freebie on Amazon. One of the better free books I've read by authors I don't know.
I really liked this one. The story was good. Rather formulaic, but the H/h were likable.
That is until the hero decides the heroine is lower than a worm when she comes clean about her worst secret. Which really wasn't THAT bad. He seems to blow it out of proportion though & it takes months for him to come groveling. Thus the 4 stars.
ANYWAY. I might check out the author's other books.
I really liked this one. The story was good. Rather formulaic, but the H/h were likable.
That is until the hero decides the heroine is lower than a worm when she comes clean about her worst secret. Which really wasn't THAT bad. He seems to blow it out of proportion though & it takes months for him to come groveling. Thus the 4 stars.
ANYWAY. I might check out the author's other books.
February 14, 2020
If I'm being totally honest, I almost didn't read this one because I thought the cover was dreadful. (Sorry) But I'm glad I didn't let that stop me from reading, because this one really is pretty charming. Fans of rom coms will enjoy it, I think. Full disclosure: I received an ARC free of charge from Romance Rehab/Romance Remedy.
August 30, 2021
I loved this book. These characters were fantastic. Andie was such a relatable person, we all make mistakes but it's how we react to them that shows us who we really are. I loved Seth, with his broody alpha self. They trying to hide their feelings for each other was hilarious and their bickering was refreshing
January 19, 2022
Andie wants his father back in New York and for nothing to change in her life. But when she meets handsome Seth in the goat farm her father isn’t going to live with his future wife, can she fight the attraction and convince her father of his mistake or will she also fall in love with the southern and stay for good? Sweet and funny
September 7, 2021
Good book!
Loved this book and read all night. It has a lot of issues that are not usually brought into romance. Like cheating and it's not some vague character but the girl the story is about. Mixed marriage gay friends and goats are also in it.
Loved this book and read all night. It has a lot of issues that are not usually brought into romance. Like cheating and it's not some vague character but the girl the story is about. Mixed marriage gay friends and goats are also in it.
October 29, 2021
Wonderful story about finding the missing piece that makes you feel whole again and fighting to realize that you love that person and have a happier life with them in it.
I received this book as an arc and am voluntarily leaving a review.
I received this book as an arc and am voluntarily leaving a review.
December 3, 2021
Love the word choice
Easy read. The plot is very predictable but in a good way with enough twists and turns to keep it interesting. I admire anyone with the persistence to write an entire book.
Easy read. The plot is very predictable but in a good way with enough twists and turns to keep it interesting. I admire anyone with the persistence to write an entire book.
July 28, 2025
3.5⭐️
Could have easily been 4 stars if not for the random cheating subplot. I’m not sure why the author thought that was necessary, besides forcing a third act breakup? They could have easily been separated without it and it wouldn’t have made the resolution feel so rushed.
Could have easily been 4 stars if not for the random cheating subplot. I’m not sure why the author thought that was necessary, besides forcing a third act breakup? They could have easily been separated without it and it wouldn’t have made the resolution feel so rushed.
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November 6, 2025
Romcom
I'm not really in to romance novels although I love comedy.
Home wrecker is both.. It's nice for a change from thrillers that I normally read. This one is well written and my error radar only picked up three errors. I enjoyed Homewrecker. I bet you will too.
I'm not really in to romance novels although I love comedy.
Home wrecker is both.. It's nice for a change from thrillers that I normally read. This one is well written and my error radar only picked up three errors. I enjoyed Homewrecker. I bet you will too.
October 11, 2021
me gusto me gusto
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December 5, 2021Good family produces love
A great cast of characters. They make you shake your head, laugh or cry. The story was from enemies to friends and lovers. Theme opposits attract.
A great cast of characters. They make you shake your head, laugh or cry. The story was from enemies to friends and lovers. Theme opposits attract.
July 5, 2022
Cute and fun read.
July 14, 2022
Real Good
5 stars
I would give this book a good rating because you can never go wrong with a good ole Rom-com.
5 stars
I would give this book a good rating because you can never go wrong with a good ole Rom-com.
August 9, 2022
opposites attract
Even though their relationship didn’t turn out well in the beginning, Seth and Andie solve their problems for a happily ever after. It was really a funny story.
Even though their relationship didn’t turn out well in the beginning, Seth and Andie solve their problems for a happily ever after. It was really a funny story.
August 10, 2022
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