Nina returns to her lakeside hometown to run her family’s inn for the summer and finds everything she thought she’d left behind waiting at the dock. Ethan, the restless, golden-boy photographer who once dated her best friend, Caitlyn, checks in, and old sparks refuse to stay buried. As Nina and Ethan grow closer, buried jealousies and a violent secret about the lake surface, forcing Nina to choose between loyalty, truth, and the life she wants. Tender, taut, and emotionally charged, The One I Shouldn’t Want is a second-chance romance about risk, forgiveness, and finally choosing yourself.
