First published 2011
Ellis has just lost the job she poured her heart into for a decade. Her best friends Julia and Dorie are equally adrift. Julia hides her deep insecurities behind sharp humor while her boyfriend offers her everything. Dorie reels from a devastating betrayal by the man she trusted most. The three women decide a month at a beach house in North Carolina's Outer Banks might help them figure out what comes next. Their landlord Ty Bazemore is barely holding onto the property and faces losing everything he values. Despite a rocky first encounter, Ellis finds herself drawn to him. Then Maryn Shackleford arrives. She's running from something and needs a place to disappear without questions. The three friends take her in, but Maryn brings complications they didn't expect. Over the course of one transformative month, all five people confront the choices that brought them to this moment and discover what they truly need to move forward.
Genres: fiction, romance, contemporary, contemporary-romance, family-drama
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, found-family
Setting: North Carolina, Outer Banks
Period: Contemporary
402 pages · Hardcover · St. Martin's Press