Losing Kate is the sort of story that has a little bit of everything. In order to move on, move forward either together or separate, they have to know what happened to Kate all of those years ago. They want to be around each other but they still have so much unfinished business. Jack has a ready-made family but as always, the two of them are drawn together. She and Jack have always been better together but there are complications. All of a sudden, everything Frankie has been suppressing – guilt, pain and so much more comes rushing to the surface. Now Frankie is nearly 30, unmarried and not connected to anyone when Jack buys the property behind hers. However nothing was ever the same after Kate’s disappearance – Jack was briefly a suspect and then he moved away to escape the stares and the whispers. When they finished school, they went camping on a ‘schoolies’ holiday and Kate disappeared after Jack tired of her drama and broke up with her, determined to move on with Frankie, the one he should’ve been with. Kate was needy, often difficult but the two of them were as close as sisters, even though Kate occasionally would feel left out of Frankie and Jack’s closeness. Shortly after, Jack the jock and Kate, beautiful Kate, became an item and Frankie was in the middle of a very delicate juggling act. Kate was new to the school when they were about 16 and it was Frankie she made a beeline for and the two of them became best friends. They went through school together like best friends although somewhere along the way, things became a little different.

Frankie and Jack had been friends since they were both tiny – Frankie’s mother used to babysit Jack after his mother went back to work. Thirteen years ago, Frankie, Jack and Kate were almost inseparable. Copy courtesy of the publisher via NetGalley

Losing Kate by Kylie Kaden