When the toxic mother-in-law spoils the pregnancy announcement.”
“When the toxic mother-in-law demands to be in the delivery room.”
“When the mother-in-law calls child services.”
If you have yet to see my @Joeydadad TikTok skits, Joey and Miranda’s stories have their highs and lows. Most of their lows are caused by Miranda’s toxic mother-in-law who will do anything to ensure she stays at the top of the food chain in the family. From interrupting their wedding ceremony, to spoiling a pregnancy announcement, follow Joey and Miranda as they try to find their happily ever after despite the woman who lives by the phrase blood is thicker than water.
“When The Toxic Mother-In-Law” is a collection of stories that explore the characters that all began with me making comedic pregnancy videos about my wife on TikTok. From Joey, Miranda, Gina, and Nanny Agatha, you don’t need to watch one of my videos to jump into and enjoy this book. But for those of you who know me from all the wigs, you’re in for a different type of journey!
Because around every corner, there’s a toxic mother-in-law. And who knows, maybe someone even more toxic…
Her eyes had opened that morning to a mysterious apartment. With no recollection of the night before, Cristyn Pritchard thought that was rock-bottom. It wasn’t even close. She had survived years of abusive relationships, an alcoholic father, and an absent mother. But what was in store for her would be the hardest of all. And then there was Jensen who wanted nothing but her heart, as broken and guarded as it may have already been. With memories from that one mysterious night beginning to come back to her, can Cristyn overcome not only her inner-demons, but the new ones spawned by a health scare and tragedy? Where does that leave Jensen, a man trying his best to understand a woman who can barely understand herself? Does love even stand a chance? READ HERE
Relationships, both brutal and redemptive, are at the heart of Reilly’s debut. The author shows a good grasp of why people make the same mistakes over and over, and of the intense, fragile pleasure when a long-nursed desire is finally fulfilled.” — Kirkus Review
Heather Sand has always given 100% at doing the right thing; from being the perfect big sister to the girlfriend who wears a loving heart on both sleeves. After the passing of her father, a measuring stick for perfect, she’s met with the not so unexpected—a cheating boyfriend. Plucked from a wholesome little world into the abyss of a cold reality, Heather comes face to face with a man who wears confidence like cologne with tattoos to decorate his charisma. For the first time in her life she discovers in herself a deep shallowness laced with jealousy, lust, neediness and passion. With the closest one’s pleading that she has embraced a darkness that is her new found love, she learns that she must also be the angel on the shoulder to her mother, who only after six months of losing her husband has found “love” online. Struggling with that revelation while dealing with her own rocky relationship, Heather decides to do some snooping and just as she feared: her mother’s new romantic interest is bad news. The dilemma– Will Heather fend off her unrelenting inner demons or will she embrace the insecure love that makes her happy? READ HERE
“It’s a book for anyone who’s been blinded by love or fascinated by those who are; for the ones who get told to leave their relationship, and even the ones who are doing the telling.” — Author Joseph Reilly
As someone who started writing for his little sister growing up, I appreciate everyone who lays eyes on a page of my writing. I dreamed of this, and ya’ll made that dream a reality ❤️.
Thank you for making the things in my brain & heart feel like they matter.
