Almost Us

This is an Apple Books audiobook narrated by a digital voice based on a human narrator.

In the small, mountain-ringed town of Sterling, Pennsylvania, Ryan Mercer is the man everyone relies on—a steady, hardworking builder carrying the weight of a family name and a decade of quiet expectations. He has built a life that looks perfect from the outside, but it's a life defined by what he hides rather than what he holds.

Then Evan Richards returns.

Ten years ago, they were two teenagers in the dark of a high school auditorium, sharing a connection that could have changed everything until fear pulled them apart. Now an internationally acclaimed lighting designer, Evan is back to transform the town square for a high-stakes gala, and he needs Ryan's help to do it.

As they work together under the watchful eyes of a town that doesn't forget, the static of the past begins to clear. Between the blueprints and the floodlights, Ryan is forced to choose: continue living the life he was assigned, or risk everything for the truth he's tried to bury.