Like a Sister: Except When She Isn't

When two childhood friends return to the lake that broke them, buried secrets, old guilt, and unexpected love finally surface.

Andie Carter has spent the last three years outrunning her past. Before dawn she runs until her lungs burn. She lifts until her muscles tremble. Then she writes until her fingers ache. It's all supposed to be proof that she's still moving forward. But when she returns to the lakeside town where her best friend Nancy died, the past is waiting for her. And so is Kevin Sears.

Kevin was Nancy's brother, her childhood rival, and the boy Andie spent years pretending she didn't care about. Now he's a bestselling author who hasn't written a word since Nancy's death, and the last person Andie expected to face again.

To break the tension between them, Andie proposes a ridiculous challenge: thirty days of romance novel tropes. Forced proximity. Fake bets. Sunset paddleboarding. Line dancing. The works. What starts as a joke quickly turns into something far more dangerous.

Because beneath the laughter and flirtation are the things neither of them has said out loud. The guilt they've been carrying alone. And the truth about the night Nancy died. As old memories resurface and new feelings ignite, Andie and Kevin must decide whether love is strong enough to survive grief and whether the past can finally be forgiven.

Heartbreaking, funny, and deeply romantic, Like a Sister is a story about friendship, second chances, and the courage it takes to face the truth.

Sometimes the hardest person to forgive is yourself.