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Fromย New York Timesย bestselling author Penelope Ward comes a friends-to-lovers story spanning more than a decadeโฆ
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At first, I thought Iโd hate spending the summer with Archie Remingtonโthe conceited son of my parentsโ friends.
What I knew about Archie: he was gorgeous, pre-law, and had always treated me like I didnโt exist when we were younger.
When our families bought a house together on an island in Maine, he and I were forced to share a bathroom.
The boy I remembered was now a full-grown manโbut with the same attitude.
After a rough start, Archie and I unexpectedly started getting along one day and eventually became friends. We shared secrets and bonded during our morning jogs. I discovered that Archie had a wild spirit and that he struggled to conform to his fatherโs expectations.
Things were cool until I had to go and ruin it, getting drunk one night, and blurting out my fantasyโinvolving him.
I took it back, but it was too late. Archie had heard me loud and clear. After that, we never quite knew how to toe the line.
When that summer came to an abrupt and shocking end, I headed back to college, unsure if anything would ever be the same again.
Across the miles over the years, he and I stayed in touch as friends, but fate and timing always kept us from becoming more.
You know the saying: If two people are meant to be, theyโll find their way back to each other?
Letโs just say Archie came back into my life in a way I wouldโve never expected.
And this time, my heart wouldย reallyย be put to the test.
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She grew up in Boston with five older brothers and spent most of her twenties as a television news anchor. Penelope resides in Rhode Island with her husband, son, and beautiful daughter with autism.
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With over two million books sold, she is a 21-time New York Times bestseller and the author of over thirty books. Her novels have been translated into over a dozen languages and can be found in bookstores around the world.
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