If You Must Know: A Novel

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Life turns upside down for two sisters in Wall Street Journal bestselling author Jamie Beck's emotional novel about how secrets and differences can break or bind a family.

Sisters Amanda Foster and Erin Turner have little in common except the childhood bedroom they once shared and the certainty each feels that her way of life is best. Amanda follows the rules at the school where she works; in her community; and as a picture-perfect daughter, wife, and mother-to-be. Erin follows her heart in love and otherwise living a bohemian lifestyle on a shoestring budget and honoring her late father's memory with a passion for music and her fledgling bath-products business.

The sisters are content leading separate but happy lives in their hometown of Potomac Point until everything is upended by lies that force them to confront unsettling truths about their family, themselves, and each other. For sisters as different as these two, building trust doesn't come easily especially with one secret still between them but it may be the only way to save their family.

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Named a Best Beach Read of 2020 by Parade Magazine Named a Most Anticipated Book of Summer by Frolic Named a Most Anticipated Book of Summer by SheReads Beck expertly captures the bickering between sisters, the pain of regret, and the thorny path to forgiveness. With well-realized secondary charactersand believable surprises peppered throughout, Becks emotional tale rings true. Publishers Weekly [Becks] heartwarming novel explores the sisterly bond with a touch of romance and mystery. Booklist This is a masterclass from Beck on how to write about family life and she captures the bickering and the love between family memberssisters specificallyso effortlessly. Yahoo! Life In perfect prose, Jamie Beck weaves a story of two sisters at odds, relationships in peril, and lives turned upside down. A testament to the strength of familyand the beauty of forgivenessIf You Must Know is a summer read with staying power and a poignant reminder that what we need most will always find its way back to us. Kristy Woodson Harvey, bestselling author of Slightly South of Simple

Author Bio

Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestselling author Jamie Becks realistic and heartwarming stories have sold more than two million copies. She is a two-time Booksellers Best Award finalist and a National Readers Choice Award winner, and critics at Kirkus, Publishers Weekly, and Booklist have respectively called her work smart, uplifting, and entertaining. In addition to writing novels, she enjoys hitting the slopes in Vermont and Utah and dancing around the kitchen while cooking. Above all, she is a grateful wife and mother to a very patient, supportive family. Fans can get exclusive excerpts, inside scoops, and be eligible for birthday gift drawings by subscribing to her newsletter at http://eepurl.com/b7k7G5. She also loves interacting with everyone on Facebook at www.facebook.com/JamieBeckBooks.