Cole Smith, all-star athlete, six feet tall, smouldering blue eyes… He’s the hottest guy I’ve ever known, and I’ve had a crush on him since I was eight years old. The feeling isn’t mutual, though. Cole’s been tormenting me for as long as I can remember.

He only teases you because he likes you, says my mother.

But even if that were true, we’d still be off-limits to each other.

Cole is my stepbrother.

He and his best friend Xander won’t leave me alone. They never take their eyes off me, and they’re always picking on me, pushing my boundaries further and further, until all three of us end up in uncharted territory.

My stepbrother Cole and his best friend Xander have tormented and teased me for years, but last summer things changed between us.

I should have known better than to let myself fall in love with Cole; to let him take advantage of me, to be vulnerable to him.

Now that we're all back home for another summer, I've promised myself I won't let him get to me. Him or Xander. But it turns out that this is the summer that changes everything -- our family, my future, and the three of us.

The truth is, we were all set on this path long ago. What happens between Cole and Xander and I has always been inevitable.

Whatever happened to Cole Smith?

It's the question I've been asking myself ever since my stepbrother shut me and his best friend out of his life.

I always thought the three of us would end up together. Instead, we lost him.

So I asked the question. Whatever happened to Cole Smith?

I never thought the whole world would start looking.