The Last Time I Saw July

Ethan Hale has always been good at staying.

He stays when July Carter calls him after a fight with her boyfriend. He stays when she needs a ride, a distraction, a quiet place to fall apart. He stays through late-night drives, diner shifts, movie theater parking lots, and every bad excuse Aiden Mercer gives her.

Everyone says Ethan and July are best friends.

Ethan has never known how to explain that being her best friend is both the easiest and hardest thing he has ever done.

July is bright, messy, stubborn, and impossible to forget. She has been part of Ethan's life since childhood, woven into every summer memory he has. He knows her coffee order, her favorite songs, the way her face changes when she is trying not to cry, and the exact sound of her laugh when she means it.

What July doesn't know is that Ethan has been in love with her for years.

When Aiden's jealousy finally boils over, Ethan is forced to face the truth he has spent so long avoiding: loving July may not be enough to save either of them. As the month unfolds, friendships blur, hearts break, and Ethan begins to learn that sometimes the person you love most is not the person who knows how to love you back.

By the end of July, everything will be different.

And Ethan will have to decide whether July was his forever, or only the season that changed him.