Wishing For Sunshine

In Centralia City, reputation is a death sentence, and some legacies are written in permanent ink.

Ariana "Ari" Fields is the city's light. A natural optimist and the twin sister of the town's golden boy politician, she has spent her life smoothing over the rough edges of the people she loves. But when her brother's former best friend and campaign manager, Kaide Wishing, returns to town and begins to run a local mayoral race, the shadows he brings with him threaten to extinguish her sunshine for good.

Kaide Wishing knows exactly what the world thinks of him. He is the son of a disgraced doctor whose career ended in a sordid affair with a student. For years, Kaide fought to be different, to be better-until a humid summer on the campaign trail in Montana changed everything. One mistake with an intern didn't just nearly topple a political rising star; it confirmed everyone's darkest suspicions.

To Ari's twin brother, Jason, the betrayal was total. To him, Kaide isn't just a failed manager; he's a mirror of his father, a man who uses power to mask his flaws.

Now, forced into daily proximity in the cramped, memory-laden atmosphere of the Fields family home, Ari and Kaide are caught in a suffocating web of "what ifs" and "never agains." As Ari works to bridge the widening chasm between her brother and the man she was never supposed to love, she uncovers the truth about what really happened in Montana-and the crushing weight of the secret Kaide is still keeping to protect Jason's future.

In a world of optics, endorsements, and cutthroat headlines, Ari must decide: Can you truly save someone who is convinced they are destined to be the villain? Or will her attempt to bring Kaide into the light only result in them both being burned?