The academy's prima ballerina has one flaw: she 𝙘𝙖𝙣𝙣𝙤𝙩 become the 𝘽𝙡𝙖𝙘𝙠 𝙎𝙬𝙖𝙣. She can master every step, but she cannot fake the desire Odile demands, not when she has spent her whole life burying that part of herself. Then a 𝙢𝙮𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙤𝙪𝙨 𝙜𝙞𝙧𝙡 arrives with imperfect technique and no interest in apologizing for any part of herself. She dances with the freedom the prima ballerina has been taught to fear, and when the two are forced together as partners and roommates, the role begins following them offstage. An argument ends in a kiss, and before long, the prima ballerina is 𝙜𝙧𝙞𝙥𝙥𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙝𝙚𝙚𝙩𝙨 beneath the woman she is falling for, finally feeling a desire she doesn't have to perform. But 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙝𝙖𝙨 𝙨𝙚𝙘𝙧𝙚𝙩𝙨 beneath the version of themselves they show the world, and the mysterious girl is hiding more than she lets the prima ballerina see. Their love is real, but every unanswered question draws them closer to a truth neither of them is prepared to face. The prima ballerina only wanted to become the Black Swan long enough to win the role, but falling for the mysterious girl begins unraveling her perfect life and revealing 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙢.

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.