Until You (Until 1) MM

Every life has a before and an after. An invisible line that divides a life into two halves: the before and the after...

When Jude is seventeen he overhears something that changes the course of the rest of his life. Now, at twenty-five, he's guarded, distrustful, and determined to keep the rest of the world at arm's length. He doesn't need other people. He has plenty of issues to keep him busy.

Until a chance meeting at a rooftop party brings Blake into his life. Blake, who's sunny presence suddenly fills Jude's empty life with laughter and happiness. Blake, who breaks down Jude's walls layer by layer and brick by brick. Blake, who makes Jude break every one of his rules. Blake, who makes Jude fall in love.

But Jude's not the only one with secrets in his past, so what happens when the truth comes out? Will falling in love be enough to overcome all the challenges life has thrown in their path?

I’m the first one to tell you I have issues. Trust issues. Family issues. Probably a few others I haven’t discovered yet. Which is why I prefer to keep my life as simple and uncomplicated as possible.

       Until him.

       Blake McAdams barrels into my life and refuses to leave. He’s relentlessly optimistic, incredibly smart, annoyingly persistent, and… wants to be friends? Because… he thinks I’m interesting?

       Yeah, I’ll pass. Thanks.

       Only, somehow, we end up doing just that.

       And then that friendship evolves into something more, and suddenly, I find myself navigating completely foreign territory: a relationship.

       But Blake has his own issues, and once the truth comes out, my simple and uncomplicated life? Turns into anything but.