Living Out Loud (The Austens #4)
Staci Hart
3.94 · 16 ratings · Published: 30 Jan 2018
When she asks if we’re hiring at Wasted Words, I can only say yes, even though we aren’t—it’s that early on that I realize I can’t say no to her. Not when she asks me to show her around New York, even though I already know I should stay away. Not when she asks if we’re friends because I want her so much more than that.
But she isn’t mine, and she never can be.
She’s fresh out of high school, never been kissed. She’s my employee, just a kid with a heart condition that’s stopped her from living out loud like she’s always wanted. She’s never dated, never had a boyfriend, never lived, and I can’t be the one to break her heart the first time. I can’t be the one to show her what could be.
But God, how I want to.
Within a few staggering heartbeats, Annie and I are caught in the middle of something we can’t find our way out of, with no clear answers and no rules. And the moment she’s in my arms again, I realize she can’t control her heart. Not the decisions it makes.
Not the moment it stops.
- romance 4
- contemporary 3
- retellings 3
- family 3
- friends to lovers 2
- age gap 2
- love triangle 2
- multiple pov 2
- slow burn 2
- angst 2
- office/workplace 1
- funny 1
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- audiobook 1
- young adult 1
- book 1
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- death / grief 1
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