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From New York Times\u00a0bestselling author Penelope Ward comes a friends-to-lovers story spanning more than a decade\u2026<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n At first, I thought I\u2019d hate spending the summer with Archie Remington\u2014the conceited son of my parents\u2019 friends.<\/p>\n What I knew about Archie: he was gorgeous, pre-law, and had always treated me like I didn\u2019t exist when we were younger.<\/p>\n When our families bought a house together on an island in Maine, he and I were forced to share a bathroom.<\/p>\n The boy I remembered was now a full-grown man\u2014but with the same attitude.<\/p>\n 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 father\u2019s expectations.<\/p>\n Things were cool until I had to go and ruin it, getting drunk one night, and blurting out my fantasy\u2014involving him.<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n When that summer came to an abrupt and shocking end, I headed back to college, unsure if anything would ever be the same again.<\/p>\n Across the miles over the years, he and I stayed in touch as friends, but fate and timing always kept us from becoming more.<\/p>\n You know the saying: If two people are meant to be, they\u2019ll find their way back to each other?<\/p>\n Let\u2019s just say Archie came back into my life in a way I would\u2019ve never expected.<\/p>\n And this time, my heart would\u00a0really<\/em> be put to the test.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Add to Goodreads<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Penelope Ward\u00a0is a New York Times, USA Today and #1 Wall Street Journal bestselling author of contemporary romance.<\/p>\n She grew up in Boston with five older brothers and spent most of her twenties as a television news anchor. 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