The Way It Wasn’t

The Complete "It Wasn’t Supposed to Be Like This" Trilogy

Three novels. One unforgettable love story.

From the moment they met in Algebra class, Amelia Rai and Jason Mendez were never simple. Over a decade, they grew up, broke apart, found each other again—and built a life full of promises. But promises are easy to make. And even easier to break.

In It Wasn’t Supposed to Be Like This, a devastating car crash triggers Amelia’s memory loss—and exposes secrets her husband prayed would stay buried. In The Way It Was, we travel back to the beginning: high school crushes, emotional distance, and a love that always felt too fragile to last. And in The Way It Ends, we fast-forward to the fallout. Years later, their daughter Lani confronts a future shaped by a past she never chose.

Raw, unflinching, and deeply human, this trilogy explores the lifelong consequences of betrayal, the ache of forgiveness, and what it means to fight for a love that no longer feels safe—but still feels like home.

This special edition includes:

• All three full-length novels (It Wasn’t Supposed to Be Like This, The Way It Was, and The Way It Ends)

• Bonus epilogues and expanded scenes

• A behind-the-scenes author note about the story that inspired it all

For fans of Colleen Hoover, Taylor Jenkins Reid, and emotionally immersive fiction, The Way It Wasn’t is a series that will haunt you, heal you—and stay with you long after the final page.