Because of Low by Abbi Glines

Book Blurb:

In my debut novel, Breathe, Sadie may have fallen in love with the teen rock star, Jax Stone, but readers fell head over heels for Marcus Hardy. This is his story…

Marcus Hardy had hoped to enjoy a year away at college while he put the summer he’d rather forget behind him. But instead, he’s jerked right back to the coastal town of Sea Breeze, Alabama due to a family crisis. His dear ol' dad found himself a girlfriend only a few years older than Marcus. So now his sister needs help dealing with their mother who is mentally falling apart. The only bright spot to returning is the fascinating red head who sleeps over several times a week. The problem is she's sleeping in bed with his new roommate, Cage York.

Willow “Low” Foster needs a place to live. Running to Cage’s apartment every time her sister kicks her out isn’t exactly a long term solution. Juggling her courses at the local community college and a part time job doesn’t produce excess income. But Cage has a new roommate and suddenly sleeping over at her best friend’s apartment isn’t such a bad thing. Not when she gets to see those sexy green eyes of Marcus Hardy’s twinkle when he smiles at her like he wants her there.
Even though Cage seems a little territorial where Low is concerned, Marcus finds time to spend with Low without upsetting his roommate. Cage may use his small college baseball star persona to sleep with every hot female in his path but he’s still under the disillusion that when he’s through sowing his wild oats, he’s going to marry Low. Marcus intends to change that assumption for both Cage and Low. Until his carefully laid plans come crashing down with a revelation he never expected. He’ll have to choose between Low or his family. Because once the truth comes out.... there’s no other choice.

5 Stars!

After reading Breathe, I really liked Marcus and felt so bad that he didn't win Sadie, but in the end Jax and Sadie belonged together. So I was super excited that Marcus got his own book.

Marcus is the sweetest guy. He had to move home because his family is falling apart and I just melted that he cared so much about his family. He and his family don't deserve what his father is putting them through.

When Marcus and Low first meet, their attraction is instant and something that Marcus doesn't want to ignore until he finds out that she's sleeping in his roommate, Cage's, bed. Cage is a douche, at least in my opinion he is. He goes off and has sex with any living female, sometimes more than one girl and expects that Low will wait for him when he is ready to marry her.

I'm so glad Low didn't have any feelings towards Cage because no girl should be treated like how Cage treated her. (Him having sex with anything with legs then expecting her to love him and want to marry him.)

When Low and Marcus begin dating their relationship is fragile and stays that way until the end of the book because Low is a fragile girl, not wanting to let a guy like Marcus in. (The reason being he is rich, hot and has a different upbringing than her.)

Even though the big twist in the story was somewhat predictable, I was still saddened when the whole ordeal went down. I won't give anything away, but Marcus's dad is a douche and I'm glad Low and Marcus end up together.

I loved this book and continue to re-read this book whenever I want to read a HEA that makes me smile in the end. This whole series of books are awesome and definitely some of my favorites.