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As the last golden hour faded into a bruised purple sky, Belly knew she had to choose. Not just between two brothers, but between the girl she used to be in this house and the woman she was becoming outside of it. The "Summer I Turned Pretty" was over. This was the summer she had to be brave.

For Belly Conklin, the summer house had always been a sanctuary—a place where time stalled, and the only thing that mattered was the temperature of the pool and the boy standing at the edge of it. But this summer, the house felt heavy. The cedar shingles, silvered by decades of Atlantic gales, seemed to groan under the weight of secrets that weren’t meant to be kept. Summer HouseThe Summer I Turned Pretty : Season...

Then there was Jeremiah. Jeremiah was the sunshine that refused to dim, even when the clouds rolled in. He was the easy laugh, the steady hand on Belly’s waist, and the promise of a future that didn't hurt. But when he looked at the house—and then at Conrad—the cracks showed. He was tired of being the second choice, the backup plan for a heart that had belonged to his brother since they were children. As the last golden hour faded into a