"freya skye knows who malachi barton is. everyone does. they've crossed paths, shared rooms, lived in the same world- but they've never really known each other. so when a stranger starts texting her, it's easy to talk. easy to open up. easy to trust someone who doesn't expect anything from her. he listens. he understands. he sees the parts of her no one else notices. and somewhere between late-night conversations and secrets she's never said out loud- she falls. there's just one problem. the boy she's been telling everything to is the same boy she thought she only knew from a distance. and some lies don't just break trust- they break everything."

It's the first summer the Barton family opens their summer house to friends, and everything feels new in the best way. Freya and her dad, Mike arrive while her mom, Sarah stays in London for work. Freya steps into a whirlwind of Barton‑family warmth and group chaos, but it's Malachi who makes her pause. They've known each other for years, but something about this summer feels different. Between pool nights, sunlit mornings, and the soft shift from friendship into something deeper, this becomes the summer that starts it all.

New country. New house. New Romances. Freya Skye thought her life was over after moving from England to Virginia. Until she meets the boy next door, Malachi Barton. He sweeps her off her feet, and where she expected to find friendship, she unexpectedly finds love.