Publisher: Harlequin Trade Publishing,  July 22 2025

Format: ebook

Pages: 351

Rating: 4.5/5 stars

Summary (From Goodreads):

Best friends Joni and Ren have been inseparable since childhood. So when Joni moves across the country for her job, the two devise a creative way to stay in they’ll be each other’s plus-ones every year for wedding season, no matter what else is happening in their lives.

It’s a tradition that works, until a line is crossed and the friendship they once thought was forever is ruined.

Now Joni is back at their families’ shared summer home for her sister’s wedding, and she’s determined to make the week perfect, even if it means faking a friendship with Ren—and avoiding the truth of why they have to fake it in the first place. How hard can it be to pretend to be friends with the person who once knew you best?

But as sunny beach days together turn into starry nights, Joni begins to question what her life is without Ren in it. And when the wedding arrives, bringing past heartaches to the surface, she’ll be forced to decide if loving Ren means letting him go, or if theirs is a love story worth fighting for.

My Review:

Thank you Harlequin Trade Publishing for the copy of this book.
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Read if you like: friends to lovers, second chance romance
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Ren and Joni have been friends for forever, and their families have been friends for a long time too, so when they developed feelings for each other that became more than friendship, it was complicated because they didn’t want to ruin things for their families or their friendship!
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I loved this book! I loved the back and forth timeline and I loved Ren and Joni’s friendship. Their relationship felt realistic and I liked how they had to figure out how evolve their relationship into something more! Overall, a great story!