<h6> <meta charset="utf-8"> <span>Book 2 of 2 in the It Ends with Us series.</span> </h6> <p><meta charset="utf-8"><strong data-mce-fragment="1">Before <em data-mce-fragment="1">It Ends with Us</em>, it started with Atlas. Colleen Hoover tells fan favorite Atlas’s side of the story and shares what comes next in this long-anticipated sequel to the “glorious and touching” (<em data-mce-fragment="1">USA TODAY</em>) #1 <em data-mce-fragment="1">New York Times</em> bestseller <em data-mce-fragment="1">It Ends with Us</em>.</strong><br data-mce-fragment="1"><br data-mce-fragment="1"><span data-mce-fragment="1">Lily and her ex-husband, Ryle, have just settled into a civil coparenting rhythm when she suddenly bumps into her first love, Atlas, again. After nearly two years separated, she is elated that for once, time is on their side, and she immediately says yes when Atlas asks her on a date.</span><br data-mce-fragment="1"><br data-mce-fragment="1"><span data-mce-fragment="1">But her excitement is quickly hampered by the knowledge that, though they are no longer married, Ryle is still very much a part of her life—and Atlas Corrigan is the one man he will hate being in his ex-wife and daughter’s life.</span><br data-mce-fragment="1"><br data-mce-fragment="1"><span data-mce-fragment="1">Switching between the perspectives of Lily and Atlas, </span><em data-mce-fragment="1">It Starts with Us</em><span data-mce-fragment="1"> picks up right where the epilogue for the “gripping, pulse-pounding” (Sarah Pekkanen, author of </span><em data-mce-fragment="1">Perfect Neighbors</em><span data-mce-fragment="1">) bestselling phenomenon </span><em data-mce-fragment="1">It Ends with Us</em><span data-mce-fragment="1"> left off. Revealing more about Atlas’s past and following Lily as she embraces a second chance at true love while navigating a jealous ex-husband, it proves that “no one delivers an emotional read like Colleen Hoover” (Anna Todd, </span><em data-mce-fragment="1">New York Times</em><span data-mce-fragment="1"> bestselling author)</span></p>