Miller Morganor MJ, to basically everyoneonce dreamed of a future in New York City with her best friend, Olivia Mitchell, by her side. They had plans. Big plans.

Until tragedy struck.

At seventeen, the world MJ knew shattered into a million pieces, scattered across the quiet sands of her sleepy beach hometown.

Now, at twenty-eight, MJ’s life is a far cry from what she imagined.

Shes stuck in a never-ending loop, each day blending into the next. By day, she bartends at her parents’ seaside restaurant; by night, she chases elusive words for a book that feels like itll never exist. The pastand the griefstill lingers, keeping her trapped in a life that doesnt seem to move forward.

Enter Grey Prescott.

Charming, wealthy, and undeniably attractiveGrey is everything MJ usually avoids. A summer transplant, the type who lives for the thrill of a whirlwind romance and vanishes before fall, leaving nothing but disappointment in his wake. And despite his persistence, shes not falling for it.

Or so she thought.

As the summer unfolds, MJ finds herself irresistibly drawn to Grey, discovering a connection and a passion that deepens by the day. But even as he inspires her to look towards the future once again, she cant shake the feeling that theres more to Grey than meets the eye.

Can one summer really change everything? Or is the past just too hard to leave behind?