When We Were Friends

From New York Times bestselling author Jane Green comes a riveting story about a friendship that turns ugly when a woman realizes her new best friend is not what she seems.

By all accounts, Lucy’s handled her divorce well. She’s finally in the cozy, plant-filled house of her dreams. And although she doesn’t fit in with the other divorcées—all busy looking for their next ex—she’s excited to get down to earth and savor the small joys of life. When Lucy meets Elle, a hip younger woman who shares her same passions, their connection is instant. Taking a chance on kismet, Lucy forges a friendship that fills her days with meaning. She and Elle are inseparable, from sunup to sundown, enjoying the immediate ease and familiarity of each other’s company.

But as Lucy introduces Elle to her circle, a new side of her friend appears. And try as she might, Lucy can’t ignore her misgivings. Who is Elle really? And can their all-consuming friendship survive closer inspection?

Jane Green is the author of eighteen New York Times bestsellers and has over ten million books in print. She’s also the voice behind the “Dear Jane” advice column for Daily Mail Online. Three of Green’s books have been made into Lifetime movies: Tempting Fate, To Have and to Hold, and Family Pictures. A graduate of New York’s International Culinary Center, Jane has also written one cookbook, Good Taste.

Together with Bridget Jones’s Diary author Helen Fielding, Green is known as one of the founders of the chick lit movement. Over the past twenty-seven years, she has moved on to write wise, warm, and emotionally resonant books about women navigating today’s complicated lives. Jane is a cofounder of Emerald Audio, a female-led podcast network producing original audio dramas for women, like Rainbow Girl, The Key of Love, and Bad Influencer, available to stream for free wherever you listen to podcasts. A native Londoner, the author now splits her time between Connecticut and Marrakech.