Something like Desire
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- $12.99
Publisher Description
Something like Desire is an emotional, romantic, and humorous story of family, loyalty, and finding love in the most unlikely of places.
Lexi Callen’s world is turned upside down when her mother announces she’s leaving her father because she’s having an affair. With her sister’s wedding just weeks away, Lexi vows to put an end to the fling before it tears the family apart.
But her plan takes an unexpected turn when she crosses paths with Zach, the son of her mother’s lover, who seems equally determined to break up the relationship. What begins as a blame game and clashing opinions quickly shifts into something more complicated. The more time Lexi spends with Zach, the harder it is to deny the magnetism between them.
As the wedding date looms closer, Lexi is forced to confront more than just her mother’s scandal. Questions about her own future, and her long-term boyfriend, Jayden, begin to surface. Caught between loyalty, desire, and the life she thought she wanted, Lexi must decide how much she’s willing to risk in order to follow her heart.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
There's a reverse Parent Trap scheme at the heart of the enjoyable adult debut from YA author Hoy-Kenny (Shadow Lab). When Lexi Callen's mother announces she's leaving Lexi's father for her affair partner, Nicholas Wrenford, Lexi and her soon-to-wed sister, Gia, are devastated. Lexi decides to break her mother and Nicholas up and finds an eager accomplice in Nicholas's hot son, Zach, who's determined to avenge his equally heartbroken mother. As they work together to separate their respective parents, feelings blossom, leading Lexi to break up with her long-term boyfriend Jayden and causing Jayden to spiral. Things only get messier when Gia gets drunk at her wedding and calls out all of the family shenanigans in a profanity-laced diatribe. Now Lexi and Zach must weigh their relationship against their familial loyalties. The drama is juicy, the prose lively, and the characters endearingly flawed, with Lexi going on an especially satisfying personal growth journey over the course of the plot. This entertains.
