Tuesday Reviews: The Homewrecker by Sara Cate

 

I’ve been faithful long enough.

I never claimed to be a good man, but I’ve always done what was expected of me.

Find a nice girl. Get married. Have children.

That was my duty as a good Christian man.

And everything was going as planned when I met Briar.

Beautiful. Charismatic. Sexy.

But marriage is hard, and after seven years, I feel like I’m failing.

Then, a figure from my past enters the picture.

Dean Sheridan is cocky and charming. When this twenty-five-year-old needs a place to stay, I should turn him away—especially after I notice the spark between him and my wife. But I don’t.

When I pressure him about his relationship with Briar, he does the last thing I expect.

He dares me.

He thinks he can take what’s mine.

And if it’s a challenge he wants, it’s a challenge he’ll get.

What started as a game becomes so much more.

Between them. Between us.

This isn’t how normal couples behave.

The games we’re playing are dangerous.

And the roles we’re playing are far more.

But God help me, I can’t seem to stop.

What we’re doing is wrong, but it feels so right, and before long, I don’t recognize the good husband I used to be.

For the love of all that that is holy, this book was ah-MAZING.  I've honestly loved everything that Sara Cate has written to do date, but this one knocks "The Anti-Hero" off its pedestal as my favorite.  Caleb and Briar's marriage is on the rocks. They're trying so hard to live up to their families' ideals of a perfect nuclear family looks like that they have lost their way. Ironic, considering the events of the first book with Caleb's mega church preacher father, Truett.  Their physical relationship has dwindled down to procreation only, and each passing month, their marriage becomes harder and harder.  Though, I do have to disagree that when a marriage is that broken that the idea of having a baby will be the solution, but in this case, it's a fictional couple so moving on from that. 

They're on the brink of losing each other until Dean, Caleb's younger brother's best friend, comes into the picture. Living above their garage, Dean injects so much life back into their marriage. As well as some competition. As the story unravels, the cracks that have been so carefully covered up are exposed, and with Dean's help, Caleb and Briar finally find the path to what they really want. Each other.... and Dean.  It's not going to be easy considering the history between not only Caleb's family, and Dean, but the fact that Isaac, Caleb's younger brother, was Dean's first real love. 

This book, simply put, was amazing. I couldn't put it down, and considering we are a week and half from closing on our new home and I am in desperate need to pack... that's saying something.