It's been six years since Terry witnessed the brutal murder of his mother.
It's been five years since he was released from the institution.
It seems like a lifetime since his breakfast didn't consist of medications, or the sight of blood didn't send him into a panic attack, or since he's gotten a full nights rest.
The World thinks Terry has moved on from the death of his mother and onto bigger things like fulfilling his role as the womanizing, cigarette smoking, alcoholic son of a billionaire. No one is able to see past his mask, and no one wants to until Jo Adler.
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Jo has a lot of Names.
Freak.
Loser.
Slut.
After her almost rape, which no one believes was a rape, her mother decides it's time to move away from their small town in Maine and to better placed. New York City for instance. From the start Jo knows it's bad idea and that only multiplies when she meets Terry Chase. He's the exact kind of guy she hates, arrogant, spoiled, and trouble. But through a series of events that push them together Jo learns that there's a lot for to Terry then he lets on.
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Now Jo makes it her personal goal to save Terry from the prison of his mind and in order to do that she must make him relive things that he has spent years trying to forget.
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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