Cover of Just Remember to Breathe (Thompson Sisters, #3)

Just Remember to Breathe

Charles Sheehan-Miles

Thompson Sisters #3

new adult romance(10k)

A soldier home from Afghanistan and his ex are forced to work side by side — and keep breaking their own rules.

Content Warnings
war/combat

Description

Alex Thompson’s life is following the script. A pre-law student at Columbia University, she’s focused on her grades, her life and her future. The last thing she needs is to reconnect with the boy who broke her heart.Dylan Paris comes home from Afghanistan severely injured and knows that the one thing he cannot do is drag Alex into the mess he’s made of his life.When Dylan and Alex are assigned to the same work study program and are forced to work side by side, they have to make new ground rules to keep from killing each other.Only problem is, they keep breaking the rules.The first rule is to never, ever talk about how they fell in love.

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