The Granger and Drake families have always lived in each other's pockets.
They've been through the suicide of the Granger's oldest son, the Drake patriarch's cancer diagnosis, family holidays with only slight maiming, and more dance recitals than anyone would care to remember.
Leilani Granger can't stand the person Casper Drake has become, and Casper doesn't even recognise his best mate's little sister anymore. Loving each other is second-nature, but they don't know how not to hate each other either.
As they face another crisis, old habits lead them back to each other for comfort.
But, after one night of a deeper connection than either of them were ready for, the lines between the emotional and the physical start to blur.
Leilani wasn't the kind to lose herself in something meaningless.
Casper's been doing it for years.
It's the only time hate doesn't get in the way.
But, the trouble with hate is…it's often not hate at all.