Emma and Luke Are Totally Together by Rachel Arnett

Emma Armstrong has a plane ticket to paradise. But she already knows this family vacation will be hell for her.

Next to her perfect older sister, twenty-eight-year-old Emma feels like a failure. Not only does her sister radiate elegance and spend her time saving the planet, but she just announced she’s pregnant—much to their parents’ delight. Who can compete with a sibling who’s growing a human being?

Then it dawns on Emma. If she can convince her best friend at the office, Luke, to come with her to Hawaii posing as her handsome entrepreneurial boyfriend, she’ll no longer seem so pathetic in her family’s eyes. Luke, however, will only agree to the arrangement if Emma helps him get the attention of his crush—a girl she’s convinced is all wrong for Luke.

Despite her reservations, Emma agrees. Luke is her friend, after all. When they get to Hawaii, though, she discovers she’s in over her head. Luke looks phenomenal in his swim trunks. Emma can’t stop thinking unthinkable thoughts about him. And she soon finds out that those tingly, tongue-tying feelings are mutual.

Giving into their longings is blissful at first…and then it isn’t. With her friendship with Luke suddenly on the brink of ruin and her family more disappointed in her than ever, Emma is desperate to fix things. This time, though, there’s no way to fake it. To untangle this mess, it’s going to require digging deep, fessing up the bare truth…and maybe a Mai Tai or two.