Them Bones

Right guy, wrong time.

Laney Hawton has a difficult life. She takes care of her younger brother, Dustin, because honestly? Who else will? Her mother is a menace, more interested in chasing unavailable men than raising children. And her older brother Cary is... Well. Anyway.

When Laney meets Shane, her whole world is turned upside down. But what do you do when you meet your soul mate at fourteen?

Right girl, wrong life.

Shane Mathers is chronically between couches, scraping by on the unexpected charity of a ten-year-old boy named Dustin. Through a violent twist of fate, Shane meets Laney and can't decide if the universe has finally given him a break, or just offered him his total demise, all wrapped up in an irresistible four-foot-something package that makes his knees buckle.

Fate is a cruel mistress, and she has it in for Shane. He knows that nothing this good comes without a price. The question is, will he survive it?

This is a gritty, slow-burn romance that takes place over several years in the late nineties.