Except Emerson by Jamie Bennett

Where exactly is she going? Because this isn’t the life that Emerson had planned…
Emerson Mack is definitely not heading down the right road. That would have led her to marriage to her long-term boyfriend, a job in a lab, a house with a terrace, and the promise of stability. Happiness? Love? Not necessarily, and that was ok.
But now, she’s totally off course, alone in an apartment with the window stuck shut and with a cat that thinks it’s too good for her. Stability? Nope, that’s nonexistent, just like her former boyfriend. He’s gone, as is everything else that she was counting on.
Luckily, she gets the chance to turn in a different direction, and a guy named Levi is on this new road, too. He’s definitely a project, but his problems won’t scare her off. Emerson knows that she can get him sorted out, if he’ll just give her that chance, and she can fix her own problems, too! She can force a bond of friendship that will give them both what they need.
In his case, that means stepping up to responsibility and adulthood, and moving away from the past that’s pulling him down.
But what does she want? Where is she steering now, and can she take Levi along with her? Who’s at the wheel, anyway? And are they heading toward love and happiness, or will things end in another crash?