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A new love will test the boundaries of passion between a privileged boy next door and the tattooed, blue-haired girl who helps him embrace his wild side...

Nate has developed quite a playboy reputation around campus. It's not that he doesn't respect or trust women; he doesn't trust himself. The men in Nate’s family are prone to abusive behavior—a dirty secret that Nate’s been running from his entire life—so Nate doesn't do relationships. But he can’t help himself around one girl…

Jessie is strong, independent, and works at a tattoo parlor. Nate can’t resist getting close to her, even if it’s strictly a friendship. But it doesn't take long for Nate to admit that what he wants with Jessie is more than just friendly.

With Jessie, he can be himself and explore what he’s always felt was a terrifying darkness inside him. Even when Nate begins to crave her in a way that both shocks and horrifies him, Jessie still wants to know every part of him. Testing their boundaries together will take a trust that could render them inseparable… or tear them apart.

Mother, wife, reader, dreamer. Christina lives in the Midwest with her husband and son--her two favorite guys. She's addicted to lip gloss and salted caramel everything. She believes in true love and kissing, so writing romance novels has become a dream job.

Author of the Between Breaths series from Penguin. ALL OF YOU, BEFORE YOU BREAK and WHISPER TO ME available now, PROMISE ME THIS on October 7th, 2014.

Also the creator of Tags-n-Stones (dot com) jewelry.

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Before You Break by Christina Lee ♥♥♥♥

Before You Break is the second book in Christina Lee’s Between Breaths series. I recommend reading them in order to avoid spoilers. But Ella and Quinn’s story was just as great as Avery and Bennett’s (All of You).

Ella is in a relationship with a lame frat guy whose connection with Ella’s dead brother seems to be keeping them together. And Ella has never really noticed her boyfriend’s fellow frat brother, Quinn, until he takes care of her one night while her boyfriend is passed out drunk. Ella and Quinn grow close in the time after they take notice of each other, but Quinn’s closed off nature and silence about his past is keeping them from becoming as close as Ella hoped.

We get to see the story from both Quinn and Ella’s perspectives, so while we know the secrets both characters have kept bottled up, we watch Quinn come to terms with what he should ne telling Ella. And we see what happens when we see their lives upended in a way neither of them could have expected.

I found this story to be a very enjoyable read (and I was glad to be back to good books). Seeing the story from both perspectives was nice, and add to that was the drama of how the characters would react when they found out how their lives are connected in unexpected ways. Both Ella and Quinn are great characters who felt exceptionally real. Their issues, and Quinn’s guilt in particular, were very well written.

While reading, I did think the ending would go on a bit longer. When all the problems come to a head, they were solved fairly quickly. While I was glad to see the characters get back on track so quickly, I expected there to be more.

Overall, I really enjoyed the story. I have been really enjoying reading Christina Lee’s books. And I preordered Whisper to Me, the third book in the series and Rachel’s story, yesterday. May 20^th is too far away, but I will be glad when I finally get my hands on it!

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