Toe the Line

<p><strong>From <em>New York Times</em> bestselling author Penelope Ward comes a friends-to-lovers story spanning more than a decade...</strong></p><p><br></p><p>At first I thought I'd hate spending the summer with Archie Remington-the conceited son of my parents' friends.</p><p>What I knew about Archie: he was gorgeous pre-law and had always treated me like I didn't exist when we were younger.</p><p>When our families bought a house together on an island in Maine he and I were forced to share a bathroom.</p><p>The boy I remembered was now a full-grown man-but with the same attitude.</p><p>After a rough start Archie and I unexpectedly started getting along one day and eventually became friends. We shared secrets and bonded during our morning jogs. I discovered that Archie had a wild spirit and that he struggled to conform to his father's expectations.</p><p>Things were cool until I had to go and ruin it getting drunk one night and blurting out my fantasy-involving him.</p><p>I took it back but it was too late. Archie had heard me loud and clear. After that we never quite knew how to toe the line.</p><p>When that summer came to an abrupt and shocking end I headed back to college unsure if anything would ever be the same again.</p><p>Across the miles over the years he and I stayed in touch as friends but fate and timing always kept us from becoming more.</p><p>You know the saying: If two people are meant to be they'll find their way back to each other?</p><p>Let's just say Archie came back into my life in a way I would've never expected.</p><p>And this time my heart would<em> really</em> be put to the test.</p><p><br></p>