Into the Tide (Cottonwood Cove, #1)

by Laura Pavlov

“I see how it is, Gracie girl. You’re jumping ship on Uncle Hughey?” I grasped my heart like I was wounded, and she laughed some more before turning her attention back to Lila and petting her hair and smiling at her like she was the most beautiful thing she’d ever seen. Trust me, I understood it. Gracie wasn’t the only one gaping at my best friend’s little sister.

Because she was my girl, wasn’t she? Maybe I couldn’t have her, but she was mine.

“What is it that I deserve, Bear?” I asked, closing the distance between us. “Everything. Every. Fucking. Thing.”