Compulsively readable and impossible to forget, Jennifer Niven's luminous new novel is an insightful portrait of a young woman determined to write her own next chapter-sex, resilience, mosquito bites, and all. There isn't enough time to fall in love, especially if it means putting her already broken heart at risk. So when Claude decides to sleep with Miah, she tells herself it's just sex-exactly what she has planned. Here, you can see them all in order (plus the year each book was published). He's brash, enigmatic, and even more infuriatingly, he's the only one who seems to see Claude for who she wants to be. Jennifer Niven has written a series of 12 books. Miah is a local trail guide with a passion for photography, and a past he doesn't like to talk about. It's the last place Claude can imagine finding her footing, but then Jeremiah Crew happens. After: Claude's mom whisks them both away to a remote, mosquito-infested island off the coast of Georgia, a place where the two of them can start the painful process of mending their broken hearts. Suddenly, Claude's entire world feels like a lie, and the ground under her feet anything but stable. retarial classes and computer classes, although I wouldn't have been caught dead in a computer class.

Then her dad drops a bombshell: he and Claude's mom are splitting up. Big Hair, Big Dreams, Small Town Jennifer Niven. She doesn't even need to be in love-sex is all she's looking for.

Before: With graduation on the horizon, budding writer Claudine Henry is focused on three things: college in the fall, become a famous author, and the ever-elusive possibility of sex. From Jennifer Niven, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of All the Bright Places, comes an unforgettable new novel about a sensitive girl ready to live her bravest life-sex, heartbreak, family dramas, and all.

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