This touching and romantic second-chance story about childhood friends reconnecting as adults is the highly anticipated debut of Haley Pham, a BookTok icon.

Blair and Declan were inseparable as they grew up — best friends who knew each other better than anyone else. However, when a spontaneous kiss turned their friendship into something more, everything changed. No matter how quickly their romantic relationship began, one moment destroyed it, leaving them with nothing but sorrow and silence.

Four years later, Blair returns to their seaside town, Sibruk, to support her mother and take care of her aunt, Loti. To make ends meet, she takes a job at a cafe — only to discover it is run by none other than Declan. The boy she loved. The boy she lost. The boy who still makes her heart race.

As Blair's paths cross again with Declan's, old wounds resurface, secrets are revealed, and sparks reignite. But can their future be free from the past?

With two parallel timelines revealing the magic and pain of first love, "Just Friends" is a heartfelt, romantic story about second chances, the weight of dreams, and returning to the people who feel like home.