![]() I’m really don’t going to go on and on about how this book is like every other novel I’ve read or how unlike every novel I’ve read. It sounds like every single New Adult Romance novel. “A sexy, angsty read with intense heart-breaking and a happy ever after.” How do I sum up my feelings about this book in one sentence? … ![]() The problem is…now that I can’t have Justin, I’ve never wanted him more. I’d soon realize there’s a thin line between love and hate. I hadn’t seen him in years, and now we’re living together because neither one of us is willing to give up the house. The same teenager who’s now a man with a hard body and a hardass personality to match. The same boy who turned into the teenager whose heart I broke years ago. ![]() ![]() When my grandmother died and left me half of the house on Aquidneck Island, there was a catch: the other half would go to the boy she helped raise. Not when it’s Justin…the only person I’d ever loved…who now hates me. Sharing a summer house with a hot-as-hell roommate should be a dream come true, right? ![]()
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