She knows that loving Rhett-- her favorite person, her best friend since childhood, her steady and devoted golden boy-- means letting him go eventually. But she’s not ready to let him go yet.
Her proposed arrangement is simple. They can be friends-with-benefits when he’s home in Hampton, Ohio as long as he promises to date other people when he’s back at school.
Everhett Wheeler is a man with a detailed plan: graduate with his MBA, then move to Virginia to take his rightful place in the executive suite at his grandad’s company. He’s calculated, confident, and self-assured. The one thing he can’t predict is what happens to his relationship with Tori once he moves away for good. He has always wanted more, and she knows it. But in a battle of wills, she always wins.
After an unplanned weekend together, Tori and Rhett start to question whether the arrangement they’ve relied on for the last three years is too much or just not enough. Is it time to go their separate ways? Do they have the courage to commit to a real relationship? Or will a series of surprise visits, soul-crushing lies, and unexpected news tear them apart before they can even try?
When You’re Home is a steamy new adult romance that includes mature themes, offensive language, substance abuse, and infidelity. It can be read as a standalone book with a happily ever after ending, but Tori and Rhett’s story will continue in a follow up sequel available later this year.
Abby Millsaps is an author and storyteller who writes steamy contemporary romance. She loves to write about the big feelings that surface when people grow up, grow apart, fall in love, and discover exactly what they’re made of. Her characters are relatable, lovable, and on occasionally confused about the distinction between right and wrong. Her books are set in picturesque small towns that harbor secrets of their own.
Abby started writing romance in 7th grade. Sure, it was Newsies-inspired fanfic and pages of prose about slow dancing to ‘This I Promise You’ at the middle school dance, but like all good love stories, they always ended in happily ever after. She met her husband at a house party the summer before her freshman year of college. He had a secret pizza stashed in the trunk of his car that he was saving for a midnight snack— how was she supposed to resist? When she’s not writing Abby enjoys dancing with her two young daughters, spending time with her family, and traveling to her favorite theme park destinations.