The homewreckers : a novel / Mary Kay Andrews.

Andrews, Mary Kay, 1954- author.

Book

First U.S. Edition.

New York : St. Martin's Press, 2022.

440 pages ; 25 cm

Hattie Kavanaugh went to work restoring homes for Kavanaugh & Son Restorations at eighteen, married the boss's son at twenty, and became a widow at twenty-five. Now, she's passionate about her work, but that's the only passion in her life. "Never fall in love with anything that can't love you back," is the advice her father-in-law gives her, but Hattie doesn't follow it and falls head over heels for a money pit of a house. She's determined to make it work, but disaster after disaster occurs, and Hattie's dream might cost Kavanaugh & Son their livelihood. Hattie needs money, and fast. When a smooth Hollywood producer shows up in her hometown of Savannah, Georgia, she gets a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity: to star in a beach house renovation reality show called The Homewreckers, cast against a male lead who may be a love interest, or may be the ultimate antagonist. Soon, there's more at stake than bad pipes and dry rot: during the demolition, evidence comes to light that points to the mysterious disappearance of a young wife and mother years before. With a world-weary detective investigating the case, an arsonist on the loose, two men playing with her emotions, and layer upon layer of vintage wallpaper causing havoc, it's a question of who will flip, who will flop, and if Hattie will ever get her happily ever after.

Widows -- Fiction.

Grief -- Fiction.

Dwellings -- Remodeling -- Fiction.

Reality television programs -- Fiction.

Man-woman relationships -- Fiction.

Cold cases (Criminal investigation) -- Fiction.

Savannah (Ga.) -- Fiction.

Romance fiction.

Detective and mystery fiction.

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