Borrow My Heart

Contents Cover Other Titles Title Page Copyright Contents Dedication Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Chapter 11 Chapter 12 Chapter 13 Chapter 14 Chapter 15 Chapter 16 Chapter 17 Chapter 18 Chapter 19 Chapter 20 Chapter 21 Chapter 22 Chapter 23 Chapter 24 Chapter 25 Chapter 26 Chapter 27 Chapter 28 Chapter 29 Chapter 30 Chapter 31 Chapter 32 Acknowledgments Excerpt from Places We've Never Been About the Author Landmarks Cover Cover Title Page Contents Start Copyright Print Page List ii iii iv v 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 222 223 224 225 226 227 228 229 230 231 232 233 234 235 236 237 238 239 240 241 242 243 244 245 246 247 248 249 250 251 252 253 254 255 256 257 258 259 260 261 262 263 264 265 267 268 269 271 279 281 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Also by Kasie West
 The Distance Between Us
 Pivot Point
 Split Second
 On the Fence
 The Fill-In Boyfriend
 P.S. I Like You
 By Your Side
 Love, Life, and the List
 Lucky in Love
 Listen to Your Heart
 Fame, Fate, and the First Kiss
 Maybe This Time
 Moment of Truth
 Sunkissed
 Places We’ve Never Been
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.
 Text copyright © 2023 by Kasie West
 Cover art copyright © 2023 by Charley Clements
 Places We’ve Never Been excerpt text © 2022 by Kasie West. Cover art © 2022 by Ana Hard.
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 Contents
 
 Cover
 Other Titles
 Title Page
 Copyright
 Dedication
 
 
 Chapter 1
 
 
 Chapter 2
 
 
 Chapter 3
 
 
 Chapter 4
 
 
 Chapter 5
 
 
 Chapter 6
 
 
 Chapter 7
 
 
 Chapter 8
 
 
 Chapter 9
 
 
 Chapter 10
 
 
 Chapter 11
 
 
 Chapter 12
 
 
 Chapter 13
 
 
 Chapter 14
 
 
 Chapter 15
 
 
 Chapter 16
 
 
 Chapter 17
 
 
 Chapter 18
 
 
 Chapter 19
 
 
 Chapter 20
 
 
 Chapter 21
 
 
 Chapter 22
 
 
 Chapter 23
 
 
 Chapter 24
 
 
 Chapter 25
 
 
 Chapter 26
 
 
 Chapter 27
 
 
 Chapter 28
 
 
 Chapter 29
 
 
 Chapter 30
 
 
 Chapter 31
 
 
 Chapter 32
 
 
 Acknowledgments
 Excerpt from Places We've Never Been
 About the Author
 
 
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 No dogs die in this book! But sometimes, in real life, they do. To our sweet rescue, Harley. Thanks for making our lives better and for always being the Goodest Boy.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Rule: Never date a guy you just met. He could just as likely be a sociopath as a nice guy.
 “Hey,” I said, sliding my beach tote off my shoulder and onto the checkered tile floor of the coffee shop. “I thought you were off at four.”
 Kamala, my best friend, sighed from behind the register. “Lewis called in sick, so Meg asked if I would stay.”
 “Your mean boss asked you to stay and you said, ‘Screw Wren, of course I can stay.’ ”
 “Shh!” She looked over her shoulder toward the back hall, then flicked something off the counter at me. “I know, I’m messing up your perfectly planned afternoon.”
 Her ammunition hit my shoulder, then landed on the ground. “What was that?” I squinted