Come to Me Recklessly (Closer to You)

Product Description <br/>From the<br/> New York Times<br/> bestselling author of <br/>Come to Me Softly<br/>, another irresistible new adult romance in the Closer to You Series.<br/><br/><br/>His heart was turned off…<br/><br/>Until she turned him on….<br/><br/>Christopher Moore gave up on the idea of love years ago. Now, his life is an endless string of parties and an even longer string of girls. Enjoying the physical perks with none of the emotional mess, he’s convinced everyone that he’s satisfied—everyone but himself.<br/> <br/>Samantha Schultz has moved on with her life. Finishing her student teaching and living with her boyfriend, she’s deluded herself into believing she’s content. But there is one boy she never forgot—her first love—and she keeps the memory of him locked up tight. She will never allow any man to break her the way Christopher did.<br/> <br/>When Christopher’s sister and her family move into a new neighborhood, Christopher is completely unprepared to find Samantha living at the end of the street. Memories and unspent desires put them on collision course of sex, lies, and lust. But when guilt and fear send Samantha running, Christopher will have to fight for what has always been his.<br/> Review <br/><br/>"Come to Me Recklessly was everything I've come to expect from A.L. Jackson: a truly<br/>amazing love story that draws you in and<br/>pulls at your heartstrings. This second-chance love story was absolutely beautiful. ~<br/>The Book Nuts<br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/>"I<br/>absolutely love reading books by A.L. Jackson. The impacts her intensely emotional journeys have on me are everlasting and can never be replicated. What she creates with each unique story continuously shocks me with how powerful written words can truly be. ~<br/>Best Sellers Best Stellars<br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/>"Oh...my...gosh. I am suffering from the<br/>MOTHER OF ALL BOOK HANGOVERS! Wow. Come to Me Recklessly by AL Jackson was pure perfection!!! A true work of art!" ~<br/>HEA Bookshelf<br/><br/> About the Author <br/>A. L. Jackson spends her days writing in Southern Arizona where she lives with her husband and three beautiful children. She is the author of the Closer To You Series, including<br/> Come to Me Softly and<br/> Come to Me Quietly. She is also the author of <br/>Lost to You, <br/>When We Collide, <br/>Take This Regret, and <br/>Pulled.<br/> Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. <br/><br/>PRAISE FOR THE NOVELSOF A. L. JACKSON<br/><br/><br/>Also by A. L. Jackson<br/><br/><br/>To love and faith.<br/><br/><br/>PROLOGUE<br/>There are few things that hurt so much as a broken heart.<br/>It’s physical.<br/>Intense.<br/>Real.<br/>It doesn’t matter which way you slice it, analyze it, or add it up, you’ll always come up with the exact same sum. The worst part is there is no antidote for this affliction.<br/>They say time mends all things.<br/>I say they are liars.<br/>Maybe time subdues, burying the pain beneath all the new memories we make, tucking it under the burdens and joys and new experiences that life layers on over the years.<br/>But that broken heart?<br/>It’s always right there, lying in wait. Ready to crush you when you’re slammed with that errant, unexpected thought.<br/>But nothing could have prepared me for this—what it would feel like to look up and find him standing inches from me.<br/>From the moment we met, he always had the power to bring me to my knees. I should have known his control over me would never diminish or dim.<br/>I should have known it would only intensify.<br/>Maybe I should have run.<br/>But somewhere inside, I knew he’d never let me get far.<br/><br/><br/>ONE<br/>Samantha<br/>My phone rang with the special chime, the one reserved just for my brother Stewart. I rummaged around for it in my purse while I was browsing the aisles of Target. The grin taking over my entire face was completely uncontrollable. I just couldn’t help it. Talking with him—seeing him—was always the highlight of my day.<br/>Running my thumb across the screen, I clicked the icon where his message waited. I’d never even heard of the app until he’d convinced me I had to get it, teasing me that I was living in the Stone Age, which to him I was pretty sure would date all the way back to 201