Back Roads

Harley Altmyer’s mother is in prison for killing his father. So Harley is bringing up his younger sisters and working two jobs to pay the bills-and that doesn’t leave a lot of time for distractions. But lately, he’s getting distracted by Callie Mercer, an older woman who fills him with such desire he fears he might explode. And as he struggles to keep it together while things begin to spin out of control, Harley finds that as shattered as his family is, there are still more shattering surprises in store… Author Biography: Tawni O’Dell, a western Pennsylvania native, earned a degree in journalism from Northwestern University. In addition to earning wages as a bank-teller and a waitress, she put herself through college working as an “exotic dancer,” jumping out of cakes at bachelor parties. A mother of two, she lives with her husband, a biochemist. This is her first published novel.