After being torn apart by tragedy years ago, three childhood best friends reunite one summer on the Carolina coast—in this heartwarming and distinctly Southern novel of regret, grief, and the healing power of lifelong friendship.

Jane, Annie, and Katherine were best friends growing up. Raised on the same block in the North Carolina town of Beaufort, they thought their bond was unbreakable. But after tragedy strikes their senior year, only Jane sticks around to marry her childhood sweetheart. Now raising her three children in their hometown, she watches Katherine and Annie from afar, equal parts angry and heartbroken at their ability to move on.

Katherine is a bestselling author who has made millions on books inspired, in part, by their fractured friendship. Annie is a successful art dealer, privately grappling with an unhappy marriage. When fate brings both Katherine and Annie back to Beaufort, all three women struggle to handle both the secrets they’ve been carrying for twenty years and the lingering love they still feel for their former friends.

Over the course of the summer, the careful distance the women have kept starts to close. Tentative coffee dates turn into late-night confessions, and the truth they’ve all been dancing around finally spills out.

Best served with a cold glass of sweet tea, The Summers Between Us is both a sun-drenched beach read and a love letter to the friendships that shape us.