After raising her two younger siblings, Piper Manning is ready to tackle her own life. Sheβs constantly writing in her journals. Camden Reid has come to Wildstone to visit his father. Heβs feeling guilty about the death of his younger brother. A chance meeting at the local bar has two strangers becoming more than Almost Just Friends.
Jill Shalvis brings together two people dealing with buried emotions. They must face their guilt and fears to find true love. A patient man brings out the real woman behind all the lists and buried feelings. A woman whose heart is bigger than anyone knows, whoβs willing to face her fear to help the man she cares about. Siblings must realize that theyβve each grown up and if they just listen can help make all their dreams come true. Life and your problems are solved easier with the help of the people you love. Welcome back to Wildstone, California where life and love what bring a family together and make them more than Almost Just Friends.
When a massive storm hits, she runs into a tall, dark and brooding stranger, Camden Reid. There’s a spark there, one that shocks her. Surprising her further, her sister and brother return, each of them holding their own secrets. The smart move would be for Piper to ignore them all but Cam unleashes emotions deep inside of her that she can’t deny, making her yearn for something she doesn’t understand. And her siblings…well, they need each other.
Only when the secrets come out, it changes everything Piper thinks she knows about her family, herself…and Cam. Can she find a way to outrun the demons? The answer is closer than she thinks—just as the new life she craves may have already begun.
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