Kira's Best Friend (Brook Hollow Trilogy #1)

Kira MacGregor left the boredom of Brook Hollow for the excitement of Boston long ago. She always thought nothing would drag her back--until her best friend, Jake McKenna, learns he's dying. Jake has loved Kira all his life, and has waited in vain for her to settle down and return to Brook Hollow, the town he loves. Afraid he's dying of cancer, he confesses this love; but the mole was precancerous, and Kira doesn't love him back...
Or so she thinks.

Drawn home for what she intends to be a temporary extended stay, Kira faces her altered relationship with Jake and the knowledge that she does love him. Unfortunately, understanding comes too late ... since he's about to be married...