Give Me a Reason: A Novel [Paperback]

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In this modern retelling of Jane Austen's PERSUASION, a K-drama actress gets her second chance at love with the man she left to save her family, if only she can work up the courage to risk her heart on forever&one last time.

For ten years, Anne Lee told herself that Frederick Nam was her past. To save her father from bankruptcy, she dropped out of UC San Diego to pursue an acting career in Korea. Anne had to stop Frederick from following her and ruining his future. Breaking up with him was the best way she could love him.

After Anne left him, Frederick spent years loving her, missing her, and hating her until he decided to live his life for himself. He followed his dream and became a firefighter in Culver City. He didnt need romance. He had his work and his friends.

When she returns to Los Angeles, Anne and Frederick find themselves in the same weddingshe as her cousins bridesmaid and he as his friends groomsman. Even though he is cold and distant with her, Anne can no longer deny that she never got over him. Not even close. As for Frederick, needing to take care of Anne is a habit he can't seem to kick, but that doesn't mean he has to forgive her.

Jayci Lee is a USA Today bestselling author of sexy contemporary romance and epic romantasy, featuring Korean American main characters. Her books have been in O, The Oprah Magazine, Cosmopolitan, Entertainment Weekly, Hollywood Reporter, E! News, and Womens World. Jayci is retired from her fifteen-year career as a litigator because shes a lover¬ a fighter. She lives in sunny California with her husband, sons, and a fluffy rescue.

Jayci LeesGive Me a Reasonis a second-chance romance that hits like a gut punch wrapped in a love letter. Anne and Frederick are fire and ashtwin heartbreaks that smolder ten years later with breathtaking heat. Its a love story that dares to ask what happens after the credits roll, and what it ml_