A few days later, Jase runs into Grace while visiting Samantha. In exchange for the job, the store owner requires Tim to go to Alcoholics Anonymous meetings. Meanwhile, they help Tim get a job working for Grace’s campaign, as well as at a local hardware store. Samantha denies that she has, and they fall asleep together, deciding to take their relationship slowly. A few nights later, Jase sneaks through Samantha’s bedroom window and asks her why she has kept him a secret. Samantha spills the details of her relationship to Nan, who expresses jealousy, stating that it is unfair how few problems Samantha has.
On a road trip with Tim that goes awry, Tim gets drunk and passes out. Samantha hides the relationship from even her best friend, Nan Mason Nan has her own suffering relationship, exacerbated by her college applications and her brother Tim’s drug abuse problems. Jase and Samantha continue to get closer and frequently go on secret dates. Garrett asks Samantha to babysit the younger kids, and she agrees despite knowing her mother’s objections.
A few days later, he invites her into his house, where she is surprised at his family’s disorganized and crowded life. Irritated, she withdraws to her private spot on the roof. One night, Samantha discovers her mom and her young political advisor making out. Grace is now a state senator running for reelection and Tracy waitresses in Martha’s Vineyard to save money before starting college in the fall. Samantha is on summer break before her last year of high school.
Which perfect family will save her? Or is it time she saved herself?Ī dreamy summer read, full of characters who stay with you long after the story is over.The novel then jumps 10 years into the future. Then in an instant, the bottom drops out of her world and she is suddenly faced with an impossible decision. As the two fall fiercely in love, Jase's family makes Samantha one of their own. until one summer evening, Jase Garrett climbs her terrace and changes everything. And every day from her balcony perch, seventeen-year-old Samantha Reed wishes she was one of them. The Garretts are everything the Reeds are not. “One thing my mother never knew, and would disapprove of most of all, was that I watched the Garretts. A gorgeous debut about family, friendship, first romance, and how to be true to one person you love without betraying another
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