The Boy Next Door by Jennifer Sucevic

Release Date: April 6

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From USA Today bestselling author, Jennifer Sucevic, comes a sexy, new stand-alone novel.  I’ve spent more years than I care to admit crushing hard on Colton Montgomery.  The blond, blue-eyed hottie leaves a trail of broken hearts in his wake wherever he goes.  Mine being one of them.  Just when I’d decided to cut my losses and move on, he appeared out of nowhere and swept me off my feet.  It had all seemed like a fairytale until he dumped me.

Through text message, no less.

Ouch.

Eighteen months and one study abroad program later, I’ve returned to Wesley University to finish out my senior year.

And Colton?

He’s nothing more than a regrettable mistake I’d prefer to forget.  Or so I tell myself.  It only takes one run-in to realize that my feelings for him aren’t as dead and buried as I’d thought.  Nope, they’re still there, simmering dangerously beneath the surface.

He wants a second chance to make things right.

That’s not going to happen.

But Colton has other ideas.

And part of me is afraid that if he actually puts his mind to it, he’ll end up changing mine.

 *This is a mature New Adult novel with strong language and sexual situations intended for readers above the age of 18*

Meet Jennifer Sucevic

Jennifer is a USA Today bestselling author who has published seventeen New Adult and Mature Young Adult novels.  Her novels have been translated into both German and Dutch.  Audiobooks are also in the works.  She has a bachelor’s degree in History and a master’s degree in Educational Psychology from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.  She spent five years working as a high school counselor before relocating with her family.  Jennifer lives in the Midwest with her husband and four children.

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 This is book 2 in a series but I never read the first book. The previous book (The Girl Next Door)  features the best friends of the the two main characters in this story, Beck and Mia. This is about Colton and Alyssa/Lys.

These two grew up attending the same high school and knew the same people. Lys has always wanted/crushed on Colton and he always knew that but he also knew that had a connection and so tries to avoid her crush at all costs until they end up going to the same college.

At college their friends expand and Colton has to decide if he wants Lys enough that he fights for her heart. I am not going to discuss more than this in the plot because I don't want to spoil anything. Let's just say that the path to their forever story starts Freshman year and continues thru the end of college.

Its told beautifully and I highly enjoyed the way the author told their story. Colton is very much afraid of love. And so he has to decide if he is brave enough to face his hurtful past and move forward with Lyss or not.

Lyss is an awesome character. She faces things head on and she moves forward. I love her connection with Colton and how she tries to see his side while at the same time not being a door mat. She is a very strong and mature person and she really wants all of Colton, even his vulnerable side.