That's One Big Series

Bryony Thibodeaux has been dealt unfortunate cards since birth. After her father dies when she’s 14, her stepbrother, Buck, takes care of her. He becomes more controlling and eventually sinks his claws into Bryony, claiming her as his. Sometimes toxic relationships stir awake from the depths of the abyss, dragging you along until you’re just barely skimming the surface for air.

Aurora is a single mom and ends up adopting her sister’s baby. She will do anything for her son and nephew- who she now calls her son. Then she receives a letter from a DNA service, stating that she has a half-sister in New Orleans. Fed up with Las Vegas, she buys a lottery ticket, only to win big. Needing a drastic change in her life, she buys an abandoned Victorian home on the bayou in New Orleans and is going to work at a dance studio to teach grannies how to shake it. She hires a carpentry company to remodel her home and soon meets Forest- the man who will break her walls down.