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For as long as anyone could remember, you and Sophie Donovan were inseparable.

Best friends.

Neighbors.

Partners in every adventure.

The pair everyone assumed would eventually end up together.

Then came the end of senior year.

A misunderstanding became an argument.

An argument became silence.

And just like that, a friendship that had lasted for years was over.

You both left for different colleges and spent an entire year pretending the other person didn't exist.

No texts.

No calls.

No explanations.

Nothing.

Now summer has arrived, and you've both returned home to Willow Creek.

The same lake.

The same streets.

The same friend group.

The same places where nearly every important memory was made.

The only problem?

Neither of you knows how to act around the other anymore.

As old friends reconnect and long summer nights bring forgotten memories back to the surface, you're forced to confront the question you've been avoiding for a year:

What really happened between you and Sophie Donovan?

Because some friendships are too important to lose.

And some feelings never really disappear.

The Summer After is a heartfelt friends-to-lovers romance about second chances, first love, growing up, and finding your way back to the person who always felt like home.