18+ | 2026 WATTYS SHORTLISTER | First Draft | Not edited. |"You gonna sit there all night?" Luka glances at me, smirking. I glare back. "I was enjoying the last few seconds of peace before having to spend an evening pretending to like you." "That's funny," he says, unbuckling his seatbelt. "Why?" I snap. "Because I was thinking the same thing." | The rules? Easy enough. 1. Pretend to be the perfect couple. 2. Keep it professional. 3. And whatever you do, don't. catch. feelings. Simple, right? Sofia Calloway never planned on going viral for throwing a drink in Luka Mikhaylov's face. But one video, one pissed-off hockey star, and one furious university later... she's suddenly stuck in a fake relationship with the guy she can't stand. He needs to clean up his image before the NHL draft. She needs the free tuition that comes with the deal. All they have to do is smile for the cameras, hold hands at the games, and act like they don't want to strangle each other. Then come the late-night arguments that last too long. The stolen glances that feel too dangerous. The moment where "pretend" starts looking way too real. Because when you break the rules, someone's bound to lose. And this time, it might be both of them.

What We Don't Say | The Summer I Turned Pretty [BOOK 1] Ally Conklin has spent every summer at Cousins Beach, but this one feels different. At eighteen, with Harvard on the horizon and a lifetime of memories in the beach house behind her, she's balancing family tensions, her sister Belly's growing independence, and the unspoken feelings that linger between her and a certain Fisher boy. As events stir the quiet rhythms of Cousins, Ally begins to realise that nothing stays the same forever. This summer will test her heart, her choices, and the things she's never dared to say aloud. I do not own any of the plot, characters or dialogue from The Summer I Turned Pretty other than those which have I have created and added in myself. All credit goes to Jenny Hann and others associated with the creation of The Summer I Turned Pretty books and series.