Abby Jimenez

After a wild bet, gourmet grilled-cheese sandwich, and cuddle with a baby goat, Alexis Montgomery has had her world turned upside down. The cause: Daniel Grant, a ridiculously hot carpenter who’s ten years younger than her and as casual as they come—the complete opposite of sophisticated city-girl Alexis. And yet their chemistry is undeniable.

While her ultra-wealthy parents want her to carry on the family legacy of world-renowned surgeons, Alexis doesn’t need glory or fame. She’s fine with being a “mere” ER doctor. And every minute she spends with Daniel and the tight-knit town where he lives, she’s discovering just what’s really important. Yet letting their relationship become anything more than a short-term fling would mean turning her back on her family and giving up the opportunity to help thousands of people.

Bringing Daniel into her world is impossible, and yet she can’t just give up the joy she’s found with him either. With so many differences between them, how can Alexis possibly choose between her world and his?

The New York Times bestselling author of Life's Too Short delivers a refreshingly modern fairy tale perfect for fans of Casey McQuiston and Emily Henry.

Part of Your World, Book #1

Part of Your World

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“I’m not interested,” I said, putting the eight ball cleanly into the side pocket. “I don’t like betting on other human beings. She’s not an object.”

         Doug shook his head at me. “At least try to have fun.”

         “Oh yeah? When’s the last time you hooked up with someone?” Doug asked. “It’s been what? Four months since Megan?”

         “I’m not looking to hook up. Thanks though.” 

         He shrugged, pulling out his keys. “A hundred bucks.”

         “And what about you? You’re not in on this bet?”

         He shook his head. “That’s not my thing.”

         “No? Well, what if I left with you? Would you win the money?”

         He wrinkled his forehead at me. “I don’t follow.”

         “I think I’m going to leave anyway. You could walk out with me. Win the bet.”

         He smiled. “You’d do that?”

         He glanced over at the men across the room.

         Carhartt Jacket was holding a guitar.

         Daniel’s eyes came back to mine, and a smile played at the corners of his lips. “If we do it, we split the money.”

         I turned to Liz. “Liz, on a scale from one to serial killer, how dangerous is this man? Am I safe to walk out into a dark parking lot with him?”

         She smiled. “Daniel is the only guy I’d leave this bar with.”

         “I don’t know how I feel about that,” he said. “You’re my cousin.”

         She laughed. “He’s harmless.”

         “And he’ll keep up his end of the bargain and pay me?” I asked.

         She dried a tumbler with a rag. “Even if those idiots don’t keep up their end of the bargain and pay him, he’ll pay you. It’s the kind of person he is.”

“I’m going to pretend that you just said something really funny and I’m going to laugh. Then we can wrap this up.”

         He put a hand to his chin. “What kind of laugh?”

         “Yeah. In theory whatever I’m saying to you has to be good enough to make you leave with me after only knowing me for five minutes. It’s going to have to look pretty convincing. I’m thinking Julia Roberts?”

         This actually did make me laugh, which made him laugh—and it was adorable. His warm golden-green eyes creased at the corners and it lit his whole face.

         God, he had a nice smile. Really nice. Something about it darted me right in the heart, took a little of my breath away.

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         “Well, you don’t steal a hoodie and not wear it. Otherwise it’s just another senseless crime.”

         The idea of her wearing my hoodie made my heart pound.

         “You know, I have a theory,” I said, switching the phone to my other ear.

         “I think you took that hoodie because you wanted a reason to come back here.”

         Turns out, it was the right move.

         I’d had chemistry with other women, but I’d never experienced animal magnetism before. It’s the kind of thing that’s unmistakable when it’s happening—and it happened with her. The same as last time, only stronger. The sexual tension between the two of us was like a sunflower turned to the sky. I’d felt it even when she was gone, I realized. Like my body was looking for her even though I didn’t know where she was. It was a shift in gravity. Two bodies in a hammock, or an old mattress that dips in the middle. I could feel us rolling toward each other.

         It’s the kind of pull that’s easier to give in to than it is to get out of.

The power she had over me terrified me. But it also gave me clarity.

         There is a peace in knowing the one thing you can’t live without. It simplifies all things. There was her, and then there was everything and everyone else. And only she really mattered. It was easy to know it.

         I hovered over her, kissing her softly. I brushed her wet hair off her forehead, and she gazed up at me with those beautiful brown eyes, smiling, and I couldn’t not say it. It came out like an exhale, like something that was always there, only now I was finally giving it a name and breathing it into the universe and acknowledging that it existed.

Sarah Campbell

Don’t let them decide the life you’re going to live. You only get one. 

“Just keep her laughing,”” Doug said. “When a woman laughs, her eyes are closed more. She won’t notice how ugly you are.”

“Grace costs you nothing. My grandma used to say it. She especially liked to say it to herself when I was being a little shit.” 

Sometimes what you have to give is enough. Even if it’s a rock instead of a diamond. 

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