To say I've been waiting for this story is a bit of an understatement, I honestly really NEEDED this story even though I knew it was going to spell the end of Tessa Bailey's Romancing the Clarksons series. We've seen this couple interact during this series, there is no doubt there is some kind of connection, but no one, not even the two people involved have figured out what is going on between them and with time running out, desperate times leads to desperate measures. A poignant, emotional journey filled with past regrets and secrets and healing that only comes from letting go and letting love in, Too Beautiful To Break is a touching and beautiful love story and Ms. Bailey absolutely saved the best book for last in this series. 
 Belmont Clarkson, the oldest of the Clarkson siblings, is determined to fulfill his mother's dying with for him and his three siblings to jump into the Atlantic Ocean on New Year's day at Coney Island and although three of his siblings have found love and are now all over the United States, he plans to meet them there before he makes the drive back to San Diego with Sage Alexander, his sister Peggy's best friend, and the only person who has ever been able to make him feel calm and whole. She is his heart, but he knows she is too good for him, too pure, so he allows her comfort, he gives it back but that is all. When Sage insists he take her to the train station so she can go home, where she grew up, not San Diego, both of their lives are changed forever in more ways than one. 
 I honestly don't want to say too much about this story because I think all the twist, turns, and backgrounds on both Belmont and Sage need to be read, digested, and absorbed. Both these characters have baggage that has made them into the people they are today. Until Belmont met Sage he was barely getting by in his life; meeting Sage made him want to be a better man, get his act together, work hard and be able to provide for her when HE was ready to be that man. Sage was happy to help Belmont, but as time went on she began to realize there was something all too familiar about their relationship and she had to make changes in her life. When things get really bad, the rest of the Clarksons are there to see them through and give back to Belmont who helped all of them when they needed it the most. 
 This is not a pretty story, these two people overcome a lot of obstacles to be together, but the steps they take, the trust they place in each other as they work through it all had me holding my breath and turning pages as fast as I could read. The emotions I experienced in this book, the tears I cried both sad and happy, and the overwhelming sense of peace I had at the end made me realize I was reading an expertly crafted and truly exceptional story. Well done, Ms. Bailey, well done!