Faye Maddison has always been the perfect daughter-perfect grades, perfect plans, and a future at Harvard already mapped out. A summer in Rhode Island was supposed to be her last breath of freedom: a quiet beach house, an art program, and just enough distance to figure out who she is beyond expectations. Instead, she ends up stuck living with Alex Andrews. The mayor's son. He's reckless. Arrogant. Infuriatingly attractive. Exactly the kind of boy she knows better than to trust. But Alex doesn't just get under her skin-he challenges her, unsettles her, makes her question everything she thought she wanted. And somewhere between late-night arguments, lingering glances, and almost-confessions, hate starts to feel dangerously close to something else. But at the end of summer when a cruel secret bet comes to light, it shatters everything Faye thought was real. Now she has a choice: walk away and protect the future she's always planned... or stay and risk it all for the life she's always craved. *** ~ Currently preparing for the 2026 Wattys ~ You can expect: ✧ enemies to lovers ✧ forced proximity ✧ slow burn ✧ beach house romance ✧ tattooed bad boy ✧ mayor's son ✧ good girl x bad boy ✧ witty banter ✧ secret bet ✧ masquerade party ✧ art school vibes ✧ self-discovery ✧ betrayal & angst ✧ addictive summer romance (50,000+ words) Top Rankings: 3/13/26 #1 artschool #1 naromance #2 thebet #3 summerromance #3 masquerade #4 beach-house