{"product_id":"homewrecked-paperback","title":"Homewrecked: A novel of obsession, desire and the lies that wreck a home - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRuby Soames\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLonglisted for the Somerset (CIBA) Award for Contemporary Literature - Finalist, Wishing Shelf Book Awards 2025\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAre you the Jack Mathews I met on Santa Catalina Island twenty-one years ago?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne message. Sent on a whim during lockdown, when the world stopped and there was nothing left to hide behind.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eElizabeth Lambert has everything she was supposed to want - an old-money husband, a daughter, a life that looks right from the outside. What she doesn't have is enough.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJack Mathews is the boy she loved at fifteen and never forgot. Now he has a wife, three children, and a life already under strain.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat begins as nostalgia becomes something far more dangerous: a virtual affair that feels more real than their actual lives - because the people they become in it are the people they'd rather be.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut they haven't accounted for Jude.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJude isn't a footnote. She's a mother who built something real - and when she sees what's happening, she has no intention of stepping aside.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs lockdown lifts, Elizabeth makes her move - renting a house overlooking Jack's family, close enough to feel inevitable, too close to be anything but deliberate.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDesire turns to obsession. Fantasy collides with reality. And something is going to break.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHomewrecked is razor-sharp, darkly funny, and quietly devastating - a novel about longing, marriage, and the stories we tell ourselves just before everything falls apart.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor readers who loved 'Big Little Lies' - but wanted it darker, sharper, with more bite.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 366\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.82 x 8 x 5.25 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 10, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52580752949555,"sku":"9781068428913","price":25.88,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/JeD_9ytEf59781068428913.webp?v=1781993916","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/homewrecked-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}