THE SECRET BETWEEN US

Everyone thinks Avery Bennett and Conrad Fisher are just best friends.

They've been inseparable since freshman year-through school, summers at Cousins Beach, late-night conversations, and everything in between. Everyone has always joked that they were secretly dating.

They weren't.

Until senior year.

One summer, everything changed. One kiss in the ocean turned years of friendship into something neither of them could ignore. Before long, Avery and Conrad were secretly together, falling deeper in love with every stolen moment.

Almost a year later, nobody knows.

Not their friends.

Not their families.

Nobody.

Because the Bennetts and the Fishers have hated each other for years, and neither family will explain why.

Avery's father has only ever given her one warning:

"Stay away from the Fishers."

And Conrad has heard the same from his father:

"Stay away from the Bennetts."

But how do you stay away from someone you've loved for years?

This summer, everyone is returning to Cousins Beach, and keeping their relationship hidden is about to become harder than ever.

Between secret kisses, stolen nights, jealousy, family arguments, old wounds, and a truth neither family wants them to discover, Avery and Conrad are about to learn that some secrets don't stay buried forever.

Because they're not supposed to love each other.

They're not supposed to be together.

And they're definitely not supposed to find out why their families hate each other.

But love has never been very good at following the rules.

Because sometimes the person you're told to stay away from is the one person you can't live without.