First published 2021
Daphne Berg can't believe what she's hearing. After six years of complete silence, Drue Cavanaugh stands before her asking the impossible: will Daphne be her maid of honor? The two haven't spoken since their friendship exploded in high school. Daphne has moved on, building a successful career as a plus-size Instagram influencer and creating a life she genuinely loves. Drue remains as beautiful and privileged as ever, though she still can't keep friends. The wedding invitation comes with a weekend at a Cape Cod waterfront mansion and promises of eligible men. Despite every rational instinct, Daphne agrees. She knows Drue's charm always was her weakness. But this isn't high school anymore, and Daphne refuses to play the self-effacing sidekick again. As the wedding weekend unfolds, old dynamics resurface and new complications arise. The story explores how friendships change us, how we present ourselves online versus reality, and whether some bonds can survive betrayal and time.
Genres: fiction, romance, friendship, contemporary, 21st-century, contemporary-romance
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, second-chance
Setting: Cape Cod
Period: 21st-century
368 pages · Hardcover · Atria Books