In a clash of academic focus and coastal freedom, a geology student and a surfer unearth unexpected passion between the fossil-rich cliffs and rolling waves of a picturesque college town. ***** Geology student Charlie Hill and surf-enthusiast Hazel MacDowell have little in common apart from the fact that Hazel's father is Charlie's favorite professor. After getting off on the wrong foot, Charlie and Hazel are unexpectedly thrown together on an elite, four-week internship at a paleontological dig site. Sparks fly, and soon their rivalry becomes a romance, but a closely-held secret soon puts their budding relationship to the test. Do Charlie and Hazel have what it takes to overcome the odds, or will their love turn to stone like the fossils buried in Crestwood's cliffs?

"People find beauty in different things." TWO BOYS. One has blonde hair, the other black. TWO BIRDS. One is ensnared in a cage of insecurities, the other in suppression. TWO CHOICES: stand up and fight, or succumb to the turmoil. TWO QUESTIONS: what lengths would you go to for your freedom?-and, in a world where everyone has this right, why does it even matter? [this is a first draft only and will therefore have a multitude of errors] © Francis Cain, 2014.