Hallie finds herself with a glass of wine tossed in her face while Jack and Vanessa make their exit. her entire goal in this book was to change the person she’d been becoming and grow, BUT SHE NEVER GREW. It has the wonderful humor I’ve come to love from Painter’s stories and I could feel the sparks fly between Jack and Hallie. he was fiery, had problematic sense of passion, temperamental, obsessive, and overly spontaneous (to the point where it was harmful.

Well in this second book in the series, it’s her brother Jack’s turn to find love, and once again, fate may have something to say! In this fictional hellscape are people going around with their college transcripts and IQ score stapled to their forehead?But this brand new book is about Olivia’s brother Jack and tiny bartender/ tax accountant Hallie Piper!

you're funny and smart, and beautiful, and whenever anything happens to me, funny, awful, or wonderful, you're the first person i want to tell.

yes’ he swallowed and said, ‘i can't drive by a burger king without thinking of french fries in bed; i can't hear a british person speak without remembering your fucking awful accent; i can't see a diamond ad without picturing your stupid grinning face at the borsheim's counter; and i can't hear my phone buzz without wishing it would be some asinine text from you.