Pretending to date my exs brother is supposed to help salvage my vacation not lose me my heart.

I knew I shouldnt have let my boyfriend of six weeks talk me into joining him and his family on an adults-only cruise. It was already a red flag that Chads last girlfriend bailed after paying.

But do I listen to my screaming instincts?

Of course not.

Because I wanted a real vacation for the first time in years.

Finding my boyfriendexcuse me, ex-boyfriend nowcheating on me right after we get underway makes it super clear Ive made a huge mistake. And now Im stuck for the rest of the week in a cabin on a ship in the middle of the ocean with Chad.

Or so I thought.

When his brother Trick finds out what happened, he jumps in and offers to share his space with me instead. And then suggests something completely unexpected: we should pretend to be together for the rest of the cruise to get back at Chad.

I know I shouldnt agree. Trick is older, hotter, and way out of my league, but the way he looks at me sometimes makes me think he might like what he sees. Like my thick thighs are something desirable and not something to be worked on.

The problem?

How will I stop myself from falling for my exs brother?

One milestone birthday. One secret to uncover. A friendship that never was.

For thirty years, Ella and Tucker have shared a birthday and a best friend. When he jokingly teased, “I love you, Ella,” she not-so-jokingly declared, “I hate you, Tucker.” For a lifetime, they were never friends, a fact made obvious after Ella suffers an accident and Tucker doesn't seem to care.

After seven years of silence between them, Ella is furious when her friends set them up on a joint New Year's birthday vacation. In his absence, Ella has realized her true feelings for Tucker. While he spent their childhood just pretending to be in love with her, she spent her adulthood realizing why she could never truly be his friend.

Ella's in love with the boy who always showed up for her. But, she's angry at the man who stayed away. With one week to see each other anew, Ella disects her past with Tucker　the secrets they kept, the moments they shared. A first kiss. A first touch. A firsteverything.

She thinks they don't know each other anymore, but maybe they never really knew each other at all.

One summer of love. Fourteen years of resentment. One week to choose what happens next.

Vienna Rose went to third base with a rockstar. He wasn't famous back then, but it still counts. Not that she'd tell anyone. It's too mortifying since Adam Kent now accepts Grammy Awards and sings at Christmas Tree lightning ceremonies, and Vienna watches trashy TV shows in stained pajamas in an apartment she can't afford. She became a woman she doesn't recognize, someone who abandoned her dreams.

Adam dodged a bullet. God, she's a mess.

Their secret summer of love is on Vienna's mind when she arrives at the lake house for the Thanksgiving holiday, which, to her horror, has been hijacked by the famous musician. Adam's here to enjoy the scenery and Vienna's family, but not her, and he intends to spend the week proving it. He's angry that she chose college over adventure. Practicality over romance. Her father's demands over the life they could have had.

Vienna knows Adam could never love the woman she became. But right when she thinks he's given up on her completely, the wind shifts. They're in new seasons of their lives, but some things can't be changed. Could Adam still love Vienna after all of this time?

Could she let him?