Me Before You

Louisa Clark has never been farther than her tiny village, and she likes it that way, or tells herself she does. She has a steady boyfriend, a close family and a life with no surprises. When she needs a job badly, she takes one caring for Will Traynor, a former high-flying businessman who now uses a wheelchair after an accident.

Will once lived large: major deals, extreme sports, travel around the world. Now he is convinced he cannot go on living the way he is. He is sharp-tongued, moody and bossy, but Lou will not tiptoe around him or treat him as fragile. Slowly, his happiness starts to matter to her far more than she ever expected it to.

Then she discovers that Will has startling plans for his own future. Lou sets out to prove to him that life is still worth living, even as she faces a painful question: what happens when making the person you love happy means breaking your own heart?

Me Before You, by Jojo Moyes, is a bittersweet love story about two people who seem to have nothing in common. It is the first book in a series that continues with After You and Still Me.