Eight years of friendship. Eleven months on the clock. One accidental text that changes everything.
Stella and Derek have survived bad dates, terrible breakups, and an unwritten rule: never cross the line. To protect the best thing in her life, Stella proposes a safety net-an eleven-month pact to date other people until they turn thirty-five.
But Derek is done playing by the rules.
When a wrong button sends a private confession straight to Stella's phone, years of carefully built walls begin to shatter. Trapped together in a snowbound motel with only one bed, they are forced to confront the truth they've spent a decade avoiding: the safe path was always a lie, and the best love stories start with a little chaos.
Before We Knew is a spicy, emotional contemporary romance for anyone who believes the best love stories start with your best friend.