Days Like This

Almost a year ago, nineteen-year-old Cassie Harlen left home in the middle of the night. The stack of college acceptance letters wanted answers, the boy next door had proposed, and her mom's most recent bipolar episode had left her hurt and confused. Cassie was tired of cleaning up the messes caused by her mother's bipolar disorder, of resenting her mother for not being there, and of being trapped by an inevitable future--which included marrying Graham Tucker. So Cassie did the only thing she could think of to keep from ending up like her mother: she left. Graham Tucker never knew why Cassie left him. All he knew was that he woke up one morning and she was gone--along with a life that he had created around her. But over the last eleven months, Graham has built a new plan for his future. One that doesn't involve Cassie Harlen. But when Cassie's mom has a manic episode and nearly burns down her house, Cassie comes rushing back into his life, bringing with her all the feelings he'd tried to bury. Graham doesn't know how he's going to spend the whole summer living next door to the person who broke his heart without letting those old feelings push through to the surface. Neither does Cassie.