Hermione felt the pounding in her ears again. She would see him for the first time since the Great Hall, gaunt and stricken at the Slytherin table with his mother clutching his arm. She hadn't meant to look for him. Not in the corridors, not beneath the white sheets of the fallen, not on the way to the Chamber of Secrets with Ron, but she was a stupid girl.

mackenzie ryan's back in long valley, a place she vowed never to set foot in again. not after the trauma of her family fleeing their home in shame when her dad's business dealings almost bankrupted their local community. as if dealing with past demons and current grudges isn't enough, now mackenzie's met the handsome and wealthy ethan dolan who lives in her house. well, her old house. who, little does she know, will change her entire life. ethan dolan just sees a beautiful girl, even though every single one of his friends loathe her. he wants to get to know her, and sees opportunity, but some things are just hard to keep a secret.

hoping for the best doesn't really work out, or so mackenzie realized when she came back to new jersey. now it's summer time, and she's spending hers at the shore along with her mom and john nathanson, her mother's boyfriend. and as if it isn't awkward enough, her estranged father has came back from his mysterious disappearance that unfortunately ruined many relationships. she finds cooper, the local bad boy, who helps her blow off some steam as she tries to reinvent herself and forget about all the bullshit going on back home. ethan on the other hand, knows he messed up. he's tried to fix it, yet it's becoming hard to apologize when you're grounded because of your grades and the person you want to apologize to is ignoring you and is also hours away. he takes up a summer job in his neighborhood, per his mother's request, managed by no other than mackenzie's dad. he also finds himself spending more time with kylie, the one of his friends who didn't leave for the shore. she interests him in working harder for school, as he begs his mother to let him go to the shore for the rest of the summer, where his brother grayson has been this whole time. so when he finally gets his wish, he returns home disappointed. and angry. and betrayed. but kylie is back there, waiting for him. in ways he did not expect. so what'll happen? will mackenzie and ethan reconnect or decide that their little fling was just that-a pointless fling? read to find out :) THIS IS A SEQUEL TO 'dead' SO MAKE SURE YOU READ THAT FIRST OR YOU'LL BE REALLY CONFUSED!

after a long summer, mackenzie and ethan are finally back. and on amazing terms. but that doesn't last long. one of ethan's mistakes comes back to bite him, and mackenzie just isn't sure she's willing to stay. kylie is...expectant. hammond is pissed at ethan and surprised at mackenzie, who promises to make it work. but, it gets tough when ethan starts blowing her off for doctors appointments with kylie and mackenzie meets a cute and funny guy filled with tattoos in the schools play. as graduation approaches, things get more complicated as mackenzie realizes maybe ethan isn't the guy she thought he was. the hot, sweet, thoughtful, sometimes dense but still cool guy she fell in love with. secrets and new attitudes appeared suddenly and surprisingly. after everything they've been through can mackenzie and ethan get out of high school with their relationship intact? can she take another sorry? the third installment of my series. first book, "dead" second book, "summertime sadness" third & final book, "i'm sorry"