There's no such thing as a perfect guy, but Xavier Rush comes disastrously close. A gorgeous veterinarian giving Greek god vibes—all while cuddling a tiny kitten? Immediate yes. That is until Xavier opens his mouth and proves that even sculpted gods can say the absolute wrong thing. Like, really wrong. Of course, there’s nothing Samantha loves more than proving an asshole wrong ... unless, of course, he can admit he made a mistake.
But after one incredible and seemingly endless date, Samantha is forced to admit the truth, that her family is in crisis and any kind of relationship would be impossible. Samantha begs Xavier to forget her. To remember their night together as a perfect moment, as crushing as that may be. Only no amount of distance or time is enough to forget what's between them. And the only thing better than one single perfect memory is to make a life—and even a love—worth remembering.
Why You Should Read This Book
Tropes
Trigger Warnings
Say You'll Remember Me
“I’m a social media manager for a mustard brand,” I said. “Murkle’s Mustard. Basically they pay me to abuse their customers.”
“My toxic trait is thinking I could change him.”
“I think you can tell a lot about someone by how animals react to them.”
“Be yourself. If you’ve gotten this far, she’s probably got an idea of how you are already. And you’re not scary once someone gets to know you.”
“That there is nothing more beautiful than being a witness to someone’s life. To know them inside and out and be with them through everything, share the same memories. Memories are everything. I want that.”
“Long enough to hear you’ve got a penis flying in from Minnesota—”
“Because if you were my wife you would be my world. Everything starts with you and ends with you. Anything else is just the stuff that happens in the middle.”
"You’re obsessed with me, Xavier.”
“I know. I’ve always loved you. I think I couldn’t forget you because I remember you from a different lifetime. And I loved you then too.”
“You know, fun? That thing that makes you laugh and have a good time? Typically removing balls is not involved.”
“Some things are worth remembering, Samantha. No matter how much they hurt.”
“None of this matters. None of it. It’s just stuff. You can build another clinic somewhere else, but that? What you have with her? That is not easy to find. The universe doesn’t just hand out true love. And I know that’s what this is because I see you’re willing to kill yourself over it. So if you have that, if you’re one of the lucky ones, why in God’s green earth would you give it up?”
“I want someone who knows all my petty vendettas and they honor them no matter how out of pocket they are.”
“You can tell a lot about someone by how they treat their pets.”
“This song is going to be my villain origin story.”
“I never get why white men are grumpy. Like, we’re living in a patriarchy. You’re the most privileged class on the face of the earth. You’re not walking to your car with your keys through your fingers like wolverine and you’ve got bodily autonomy, why the bad mood?”
“Being without you is the hardest thing I’ve ever done, and I’m sorry I put you through it. I should have ended up here sooner, but I had to come to it on my own.”
“People are inherently assholes.”
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