Never Have I Ever: A Novel

Amy Whey leads an ordinary life teaching diving lessons, baking for neighbors, and running a book club with her best friend Charlotte. She is devoted to her family: her professor husband, teenage stepdaughter, and infant son. This contentment is disrupted when the mysterious Angelica Roux arrives at a book club meeting. Roux is charismatic and magnetic, drawing the group into a drinking game of secret-sharing that seems like harmless fun. Amy alone recognizes the danger: Roux knows a terrible truth about Amy's past and uses this knowledge to blackmail her, threatening to expose her secrets unless Amy complies with her demands. To protect her family and preserve the life she has built, Amy must outwit Roux in an escalating battle of hidden pasts and buried secrets. The novel explores what happens when past transgressions resurface, examining themes of betrayal, deception, temptation, and love through a story of domestic suspense and dark twists.