'This book left me speechless in the best possible way. Something in the Way is a beautiful beginning to an epic love story!'-Abby Brooks Author Her complex characters lends depth to her storytelling that drew me in and didn't let me go. 'Hawkins has created a tender story of forbidden love. Hawkins never disappoints and this book is completely captivating.'-SL Scott, New York Times Bestselling Author** Manning Sutter is complex, brooding, and utterly dreamworthy. 'A stunning, thoughtful, and addicting book one in this epic series. It's sweet, it's innocent, but it's also undoubtedly an EPIC love story in the making that I can't wait to read more of.'-KL Kreig, USA Today Bestselling Author 'A brilliantly woven tale of young, forbidden love that will leave behind a craving you can't explain. The unforgettable kind that leaves you holding your breath as you turn the last page.'-Liv Morris, USA Today Bestselling Author 'A gripping, passionate story laced with Jessica Hawkins' special brand of angst and longing.

'Jessica Hawkins writes taboo with finesse, and while Something in the Way is a different kind of forbidden, it's just as gripping.a definite must-read.'-USA Today's Happy Ever After Manning and Lake are the star-crossed lovers you'll root for in 2017.'-Corinne Michaels, New York Times Bestselling Author* * 'Jessica Hawkins weaves a tale of forbidden love in epic proportion. Something in the Way is brilliant and I'm craving more. Because even though I saw Manning first, my older sister saw him next.īook one in a USA TODAY bestselling series of forbidden love. But I'd learn that no matter what you achieve in life, it means nothing if you suffer the heartbreak that comes with falling for someone you can never have. Through all the carefully-chosen words hiding what we knew to be true, his struggle to keep me innocent, and infinitely-starry nights-I would wait.

I loved Manning before I knew the meaning of the word. Yet we saw something in each other that would link us in ways that couldn't be broken.no matter how hard we tried.

I wore a smiley-face t-shirt and had never even been kissed. Under the sweat and dirt, Manning Sutter was as handsome as the sun was bright. It was a hot summer day when I met him on the construction site next to my parents' house. 'The best slow-burn romance I have ever read.'-New York Times bestselling author, Penelope Ward

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