Joseph spent six years running from the worst mistake of his life and from the half brother he left behind. Jake Carter is a cop, steady, disciplined, and everything Joseph isn't. After their parents died, Jake became the one constant in Joseph's life until one reckless night shattered their bond and sent Joseph running. Now, six years later, an unexpected reunion in a small California coastal town forces them both to face the pain they've spent years trying to bury. Joseph has built his life on charm, lies, and fast exits, but when trouble finds him again in the world of street racing, Jake is pulled back into the role he never really stopped carrying: the brother trying to save him. The Road Home is a gritty, emotional story about brotherhood, redemption, and the long hard road back to the people who never really stop being family.

I'm not a boy, but I'm not a man either. What I am is eighteen, standing in a truck stop parking lot, abandoned by a father who designed me to be quiet, useful, and too afraid to ask for help. Then a smart-mouthed contractor with a habit of bringing home strays looked at me and couldn't walk away. Lynk gave me a job, food, safety, and the first bed I'd ever slept in that didn't live above wheels. His wife, Kilah, gave me kindness, warmth, and an education I was never supposed to have. My father taught me rules that controlled me. Lynk taught me rules that protected me. The longer I stayed with them, the more I wanted to believe I could keep that life. A home. A family. A place where I'm more than just a tool to my father. But wanting it only made me more terrified of losing it when they learned the truth about me and my father. Then Dad came back. And he doesn't just threaten to take me away. He threatens to break everything Lynk and Kilah taught me how to build. I thought I was the one hiding the worst secrets. I had no idea my father had buried bigger ones.