Chase, Bethany
"A tragedy on a hot summer night at a lake house forever alters the lives of two best friends--and the man they both love. But the truth isn't as simple as it appears in this intricate novel of love
friendship
betrayal
and forgiveness in the traditionof Miranda Beverly-Whittemore's Bittersweet. Leah Tessaro has been waiting for this moment for a long time: Her boyfriend
Ollie
is taking her to his family's home on Seneca Lake for a week of lazy summer bliss
boating
and barbeque. The couple has beentogether for four years and Leah is convinced that Ollie is finally going to pop the question. And Leah can't wait to share the joyous news with her best friend
June
who is joining them on their getaway
and whose presence will make everything feel more real. Seven years later
the moment June Kang has been dreading has finally arrived: Her fiancé Ollie
is taking her to his family's lake house. But this is not an ordinary visit to an ordinary place; it is a home haunted by June's long-buried memoriesof her lost friend
Leah--and the connection that appears to remain between Leah and the man June loves as deep as her sense of foreboding. Alternating between the two women's vibrant voices
One Night at the Lake is a gripping novel that explores a complex tangle of friendship
loyalty
and betrayal
all driving toward one question: What exactly happened to Leah on that hot summer night?"--