seriously romantic: show me by abigail strom

show me, the companion book to tell me, follows hunter bryce's story. days away from going into a biosphere for eight months, hunter meets airin delaney in a bar and is drawn to her. she's mysterious and innocent in a way he doesn't expect. and she is reluctant to tell him everything because she's afraid of how he'll react, that he'll treat her differently if he knows that she's the daughter of a billionaire space scientist who has struggled with a heart condition her whole life.

when they are in a freak car accident the night before hunter is scheduled to leave, everything changes. he refuses to leave her side, even if it costs him his position in the biosphere. and when he learns who she really is, when he must face her mother, everything really does change. her mother is reluctant to let her go. she's been protecting airin from the world for so long.

so she blackmails hunter into spying on airin for her. in exchange, she promises to give him the one thing he gave up when he chose to stay behind instead of going into the biosphere, a chance to be a pilot on the first mission to mars.

he can't say no. but he feels terrible about spying on airin. so he chooses to ignore their chemistry and focuses on being her friend. but their connection is magnetic. and the pull proves irresistible. and at some point, everything is going to blow up in hunter's face. he only hopes he'll be able to explain himself to airin in a way that won't allow him to lose everything.

because he thought he wanted to be the first man on mars more than anything, but the truth is, after meeting and falling in love with airin, she means more.

**show me will publish on january 2, 2018. i received an advance reader copy courtesy of netgalley/montlake romance in exchange for my honest review.