A Best Friend-to-Lovers That Will Break Your Heart Before It Heals It

What if the one person you promised to love only as a last resort... was the only one you ever truly needed?

Olivia Carter doesn't believe in love. Not the forever kind, anyway. As a wedding photographer, she's spent years capturing the perfect love stories of others while keeping her own heart safely out of reach. Love, after all, is just a gamble one her mother lost the day her father walked away. Olivia learned early that promises don't always mean forever.

But then there's Noah Bennett, her best friend, her safe place, the one person who has always been there. The boy she grew up with in the vineyards of Charleston, who once made her an impossible promise: If neither of us finds love by thirty, we'll marry each other.

It was never supposed to be real. Just a pact between two kids who didn't know any better. But now, thirty is closer than ever, and Noah has done the unthinkable. He's dating. And worse? He's serious about someone else.

For the first time in her life, Olivia feels something she swore she never would be jealousy. She should be happy for Noah, shouldn't she? But watching him fall for someone else makes her question everything.

When Noah finally confesses that his feelings for her were never just friendship, Olivia finds herself at a crossroads. Could she risk their lifelong bond for something that might not last? Could she open her heart, knowing full well that love is the one thing she's spent her entire life avoiding?

And then there's Damien Holloway the charming, emotionally detached real estate mogul who sees love the way Olivia does: as a business transaction. A man who offers security without risk. A man who, on paper, makes perfect sense.

If love is just a game, then Noah and Olivia's story is one where timing is their greatest enemy.

As Noah moves forward with someone else and Olivia convinces herself she can love Damien, they both try to forget the promise they never made. But some truths refuse to stay buried.

When Olivia finally realizes she's in love with Noah, it might already be too late. Because Noah? He's ready to propose to someone who isn't her.

Now, standing at the edge of heartbreak, Olivia has one last chance to fight for the love she never thought she deserved. But love requires risk. And Olivia has spent a lifetime playing it safe.

Does she let him go? Or does she finally take the leap she should have taken all along?

The Promise We Never Made is a breathtaking, slow-burn, best-friends-to-lovers romance filled with heart-stopping longing, witty banter, and the kind of love that refuses to be ignored. If you believe the best love stories begin as friendships, and that sometimes, the most beautiful promises are the ones we never meant to make, this book is for you.

One promise. One choice. One love that was never a backup plan.

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