THE BEST FRIEND’S BROTHERBlake was the one guy Chloe had promised herself she would never fall for.He was arrogant. Irritating. Unfairly handsome.And, worst of all, he was Aria's older brother—her best friend's brother.For years, Chloe had treated Blake like the annoying older brother she never wanted. He teased her, challenged her, and somehow always knew exactly how to get under her skin.Then Blake comes back home.And suddenly, everything feels different.The way he looks at her lasts a little too long.His teasing doesn't feel innocent anymore.And every time another guy gets close to Chloe, Blake's jealousy becomes impossible to ignore.But there is one problem.Aria has one rule: Chloe can date anyone she wants—except her brother.Chloe knows crossing that line could cost her the friendship she treasures most.Blake knows it too.Yet the harder they try to stay away from each other, the stronger the attraction becomes.A stolen moment turns into a secret.A secret turns into a dangerous relationship.And soon, Chloe is forced to face the one question she has been avoiding:What happens when the person you're falling for is the one person you're forbidden to love?Because some lines are easy to draw...but impossible not to cross.

Lily Carter has always believed she knows exactly what she wants.At nineteen, she has a boyfriend she's loved for nearly two years, a life in the city, and a future that seems already planned out. Ethan is everything she thought she needed—handsome, wealthy, romantic, and familiar.But after finishing her first year of college, Lily spends the summer with her mother in a quiet coastal town, hoping to escape the pressure of city life and figure out what she truly wants for herself.Then she meets Noah.Noah is nothing like Ethan. He's carefree, stubborn, teasing, and completely at home by the sea. Their first meeting is anything but romantic, but the more time they spend together, the harder it becomes for Lily to ignore the connection growing between them.There's just one problem.Noah believes Lily is single.Lily keeps trying to tell him the truth about Ethan, but somehow, every opportunity disappears before she can say the words.As Lily begins discovering a side of herself she never knew existed, Noah slowly becomes the person she looks forward to seeing every day.Then Ethan's betrayal shatters everything.And when Lily discovers that Ethan's family is trying to buy the last piece of untouched beachfront land in town—a piece of land that happens to belong to Noah's family—her summer becomes even more complicated.Desperate to protect Noah's home, Lily begs Ethan to stop his family.His answer comes with a price.Stay away from Noah.Lily agrees.But she doesn't tell Noah why.As Noah struggles to understand why the girl he loves suddenly keeps pushing him away, secrets from the past begin resurfacing—including a long-buried love story between Lily's mother, Maya, and Noah's father.One summer.Two boys.Too many secrets.And a girl who must finally decide whether to keep living the life everyone expects of her—or choose the life she truly wants.Lily came to the coast searching for herself.She never expected to find Noah along the way.