Fallon is heartbroken when she realizes that Ben and Jordyn are a couple. On the fourth November 9th, Ben brings his nephew, Oliver, to meet Fallon. Ben believes Fallon is saying she does not love him and is abandoning him when he needs her most. Fallon breaks Ben’s heart when she tells him they cannot start a relationship at that point. Jordyn hopes Ben and Ian will agree to let her stay there and help with the baby. She and Kyle have been living with Ben in the house where brothers Ben, Kyle, and Ian grew up. Fallon agrees to a relationship, and Ben plans to sell the house and move to New York.įallon learns that Kyle’s widow, Jordyn, who is expecting a baby in a few months, does not want to move back in with her mother. The visit becomes complex when the two are intimate for the first time. Fallon makes the decision to fly back to Los Angeles to see him. He calls to tell her that Kyle has been killed in a car wreck. On the next November 9th, Ben had planned to go to New York to see Fallon. While at Ben’s house, his brother, Kyle, punches him in the face after seeing him with Fallon. They meet at Ben’s house instead of at the airport. She finally gets in touch with him to tell him that her flight was late.

The following November 9th, Ben fears he has been stood up because Fallon is two hours late. They discover that they do have a mutual attraction, but Ben encourages Fallon to go to New York anyway. After Donovan leaves, Ben and Fallon spend the rest of the day together. He argues that Donovan should support Fallon’s attempts to return to acting. Ben interrupts their lunch and pretends to be Fallon’s boyfriend. Ben hears her father criticizing her decision and telling her she no longer has the looks to have an acting career. On November 9, the anniversary of a house fire that left Fallon scarred and destroyed her acting career, Fallon meets her father, Donovan O’Neil, for lunch to tell him she is moving to New York. As they continue to meet each year, Fallon learns that she is connected to Ben in a way that makes her question everything she believed about him and everything he taught her. Ben challenges Fallon to date and audition for roles in plays, even though she is self-conscious about the severe scarring on the left side of her body as a result of a house fire. November 9 is the day they first met and the anniversary of tragedies in both their lives. She and Ben agree to meet every year on November 9 and spend the day together. In the romance/psychological thriller November 9 by Colleen Hoover, O’Neil believes she could fall in love with Benton “Ben” James Kessler, but she has decided to follow her mother’s advice not to date seriously until she is 23.

The following version of the novel was used to create this study guide: Hoover, Colleen.

9. november by Colleen Hoover