Two best friends torn apart by a life-altering secret. One summer to set the record straight. When twelve-year-olds Kat Steiner and Blake O’Neill meet at Camp Chickawah, they have an instant connection. But everything falls apart when they learn they’re not just best friends—they’re also half sisters. Confused and betrayed, the girls break off all contact.
Fifteen years later, when their father dies suddenly, Kat and Blake discover he’s left them a joint inheritance: the family beach house in Destin, Florida. The two sisters are immediately at odds. Blake, who has recently been demoted from regular nanny to
dog nanny, wants to sell the house, while social media influencer Kat is desperate to hold on to the place where she lived so many happy memories.
Kat and Blake reluctantly join forces to renovate the dilapidated house, with the understanding that Kat will try to buy Blake out at the end of the summer. The women clash as Blake’s renovation plans conflict with Kat’s creative vision; meanwhile, each sister finds herself drawn into a summer romance. As the weeks pass, the two women realize the most difficult project they face this summer will be coming to grips with their shared past—and learning how to become sisters.
A secret that forced two two best friends apart ultimately brings them back together over a decade later in this captivating novel by Ali Brady.
When twelve-year-olds Kat Steiner and Blake O'Neill meet at Camp Chickawah, they're confident they'll stay friends forever. But everything falls apart that same summer when they learn that they're not just best friends-they're also half-sisters. Confused and betrayed, their friendship crumbles instantly.
Fifteen years later, Kat and Blake are nothing more than strangers. They share the same father, but not much else. Elegant, extroverted Kat, now a successful Instagram influencer, came of age between her country club, her exclusive private school, and her family's beautiful home in opulent Buckhead, Atlanta. Meanwhile, introverted Blake grew up with middle class grandparents in small-town Minnesota and now works as a nanny for a wealthy family.
When their father dies from a sudden heart attack, they discover he's left them the family beach house…jointly. The two women find themselves abruptly thrown together after years of estrangement to renovate the old, dilapidated house. Kat and Blake don't know how they could've been best friends in the first place-they can't seem to agree on anything-but just as they slowly restore their beach house together, they chip away at the hurt and betrayal to recover the sisterhood they once had.
Story Locale: Florida
“An enchanting, heartwarming story about the families we’re born into—and the families we choose for ourselves.
The Beach Trap is full of beauty, and hope, and reminders that it’s never too late to roll up our sleeves and rise above the mistakes we made. I cheered, I cried, I swooned while reading about Blake and Kat, and their journeys to finding love, to finding themselves, and to becoming the sisters they were always meant to be. Take this book on vacation with you, and let its heart and humor sweep you off your feet!”—Ali Hazelwood,
New York Times bestselling author of
The Love Hypothesis"A unique and fun twist on the enemies-to-lovers trope,
The Beach Trap features two half-sisters who hate each other, but are thrown together one fateful summer to save their family's beach house. It's
The Parent Trap meets
Flip or Flop (with not one, but two hot handy men). In other words—the ultimate vacation read."—Colleen Oakley,
USA Today bestselling author of
The Invisible Husband of Frick Island“
The Beach Trap is both a celebration of sisterhood and an unflinching examination of how where we come from shapes who we become. Ali Brady isn’t afraid to let Kat and Blake muddle through their mess, be it the mistakes of their family or the literal mess of the beach house they’ve inherited, and gift readers with an uplifting tale that shows how, with a little elbow grease, the baggage of our past doesn’t have to define us. With an HGTV-worthy plot, heaps of family drama, and a side of romance,
The Beach Trap hits the nail on the head when it comes to the perfect summer read. Don’t forget to pack this one in your beach bag!”—Sarah Grunder Ruiz, author of
Love, Lists, and Fancy Ships 
