Loved You Best When You Were Easy

For years, Summer Wilson was expected to be the one who gave up. Then she discovers the truth: Ethan, her childhood protector, never stayed for her, but for her fragile stepsister Amanda. Left unseen on her eighteenth birthday by both family and Ethan, Summer cuts ties, blocks them all, and joins a confidential research program on the West Coast. Too late, they regret it—while she finally chooses her own name, her career, and the future ahead.