And the way he looks at her makes it clear he wants to get horizontal. Sexy and intense, Jax is in Calla's business from they moment they meet, giving her a job and helping her search for Mona. Instead, six feet of hotness named Jackson James is pouring drinks and keeping the place humming. Of course, when she arrives at her mother's bar, Mona is nowhere to be found. Now, Calla has to go back to the small town she thought shed left behind and clean up her mom's mess again.

But the safe cocoon Calla has carefully built is shattered when she discovers her mom has stolen her college money and run up a huge credit card debt in her name.

She still carries the physical and emotional scars of living with a strung-out mother, Mona-secrets she keeps from everyone, including her close circle of college friends. But growing up, she witnessed some things no child ever should. She's never been kissed, never seen the ocean, never gone to an amusement park. At 21, Calla hasn't done a lot of things. New York Times and USA Today Bestseller From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Wait for You and Be with Me comes a daring tale that pushes boundaries.

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