Can love mend what life has broken? In small town Kentucky, Scarlett has spent the last five years caring for her nephew, Ben, while trying to grow her baking business. Life has never been easy for Scarlett, but it takes a complicated turn when she loses her biggest client and gets behind on her rent. And to make things worse, Scarlett’s sister goes missing at the same time Ben's estranged father suddenly demands custody, leaving Scarlett to find a way to keep Ben. As she tries to keep her life from falling apart, Scarlett crosses paths with Tristen, a musician struggling to revive his career while embroiled in a paternity suit with a girlfriend he hasn’t seen in years. Sparks fly immediately, but Tristen is planning to leave town and needs to focus on his career. It wouldn’t be fair to get involved with Scarlett. And yet, he can’t stop thinking about her… Will love be the key ingredient to overcoming their obstacles, or will the pressures of family and ambition tear them apart? Discover a heartwarming tale of love, trust, and redemption where the sweetest moments can mend the deepest scars. Will Scarlett and Tristen find the strength to let love in? Kat Caldwell has a remarkable talent for creating flawed, relatable characters you can't help but root for. The personalities in this novel are no exception. Scarlett's lack of confidence stems from a dysfunctional childhood where she was abused and neglected, and this seemed to bleed into all areas of her life. It prevented her from advancing in her career and demanding more respect from others when she felt cheapened by their words. I wanted to reach inside the book, hug her, and then shake some sense into her! Caldwell allows readers to witness Scarlett's evolution as she slowly develops a backbone and begins to see her worth (partly thanks to Tristen), and it fills my heart with pride. Tristen—whose journey I've followed through two novels—has risen from an insecure underdog to a self-assured man, and the transformation is wildly attractive and praiseworthy. To say the character development in "Bended Love" superseded by expectations is an understatement! So, what do a tattooed-ex-boxer-musician and a small-town baker raising her eleven-year-old nephew have in common? A sweltering chemistry and the inability to surrender when things get tough. Don't miss out on this gritty novel that will have you cheering, crying, and, ultimately, swooning. -Stephanie Elizabeth Long for Reader Views Their pasts tried to break them, but together they're learning what it means to heal. In Bended Love, Kat Caldwell delivers a romance that's tender and tumultuous—a story of love, family, and healing. -Melissa Suggitt for Independent Book Review Kat is a novelist and short story writer. She writes everyday and can't seem to stick to a genre, having dabbled in historical fiction, contemporary family drama and romance, as well as speculative fiction. Kat is the creator of the Pencils&Lipstick podcast, a podcast for writers with author interviews, craft talk and insight into the publishing world. She is also a trained fiction and nonfiction book coach. In between conducting interviews for her podcast and writing, you can find Kat traveling the world, reading, or volunteering with her church-always with a cup of cold brew close by.