You gotta love Ari. She's something between evil genius and the innocent girl next door. she is driven by emotions, obsessed with following her heart. yet her mind works extra hours, calculating, analyzing.
Ari is 22, it's the end of September. a few weeks after breaking up with her boyfriend Matt, after two years together, Ari is building her life back. It takes just one phone call and a familiar voice to turn everything upside down.
"You sound surprised.. as if it was your dead father calling you." he humors.
"I think I'd be less confused if it had been him calling than you."
the timing was always wrong for the two, and then again when Alex called her - time didn't matter.
throwing each other back in time, to old jokes, childhood memories, and lost feelings, Ari and Alex have to live with the mistakes they've made and face the problems they're about to cause. old fears, dreams, and secrets surfacing, and cannot be ignored anymore. Between losing yourself completely to finding everything you've ever wanted,
You know... life is what happens when you're busy making plans...
As Dallas and Drayton navigate life in the spotlight, Spencer is navigating intense feelings for Nathan - her best friend's brother.
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Dallas and Drayton are planning their wedding, talking babies and learning how to navigate life in LA now that Drayton is a hotshot football player in the big leagues. Meanwhile, Spencer and Nathan are back at home in Colorado, coming to terms with their feelings for one another and learning how to co-parent with Grayson, the father of Spencer's daughter. Will the realities of adult life strengthen them - or will their relationships break?
[Sequel to The QB Bad Boy and Me]
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