She returns to the island with one goal: 𝙙𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙤𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙖𝙣 she believes took her mother from her. Teaching children to surf gives her the perfect reason to stay, but beneath every smile is a plan built from years of grief, unanswered questions, and a family name she has never been able to forget. Then she meets 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙙𝙖𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙚𝙧, a pretty surfer with a gentle heart, an innocent kind of trust, and no idea why she has really returned. Getting close to the pretty girl was only supposed to lead back to her father, but days in the ocean become late-night conversations, and after one almost kiss, she catches herself watching her mouth whenever she speaks. Soon she wants the glances that last too long, the nervous way the pretty girl moves closer, and every soft part of her she was never supposed to touch. Before long, shy touches become saltwater kisses, and the innocent woman is breathless beneath her, fingers gripping her shoulders as she discovers a desire she has never allowed herself to follow. She returned to ruin a man, never expecting to ruin his daughter 𝙨𝙤 𝙨𝙤𝙛𝙩𝙡𝙮. But 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮 𝙠𝙞𝙨𝙨 𝙞𝙨 𝙗𝙪𝙞𝙡𝙩 𝙤𝙣 𝙖 𝙡𝙞𝙚. Their love is real, but so is the revenge that brought her back to the island. She cannot expose the father without risking everything she has found in his daughter, because if the pretty girl discovers their meeting was never an accident, every kiss, every touch, and every promise between them could become part of the betrayal. She returned to the island searching for the truth, never expecting to lose herself 𝙙𝙧𝙤𝙬𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙣 𝙝𝙚𝙧. ♡ 𝗡𝗼𝘁 𝗱𝗼𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗱 𝘆𝘂𝗿𝗶.

2023 Watty's WINNER! Queen bee Ivy Mora, the untouchable goddess, and simply average Camryn Sako could not be more different. While everyone worships the ground Ivy walks on, Camryn wants nothing to do with it. She loathes everything about Ivy and her ridiculous chase to become prom queen, especially when Ivy suddenly tries to get closer to her. But you know what they all say: Ivy Mora always gets what she wants. - DUAL POV - (started: july 2022) (finished: april 2023) (editing: IN PROGRESS - 2025) ** NOT an intersex gxg book awards & recognition: - 2023 Watty's Award Winner! - 🥇The Royal Awards (Romance) - 🥉The Misfits Awards (Romance) #1 in promqueen - nov. 24, 2022 #1 in prom - aug. 20, 2025 #1 in eroticromance - dec. 30, 2022 #2 in lgbtpride - jan. 5, 2023