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"Some summers rewrite you"
One ten-year-old secret. Two rivals who can't stand each other. And a summer that refuses to stay buried.
Violet is used to the grind. Between three part-time jobs and an intense Oceanography major at Halewick Bay, she doesn't have time for distractions-especially not the wealthy, arrogant, and frustratingly handsome Ryan. He's the boy from her past she's spent a decade trying to forget, and now, he's her mandatory lab partner.
Their chemistry is a disaster. Their academic future is a mess. But when a lab accident leads them back to the old lighthouse and a stray dog named Heidi, and an unforgettable friend group with adventures, the friction between them starts to feel less like hate and more like heat.
But the salt air at Halewick holds more than just old grudges.
As the sun sets on the coast, the "Malice Case"-the tragedy everyone in town pretends never happened-starts to wash back ashore. Someone is watching from the shadows of the university cliffs. Someone who knows exactly what happened ten years ago and is determined to make sure the truth stays drowned.
With an anonymous online presence tracking her every move and a black car circling the campus, Violet realizes she's caught in a web of mysteries. If she and Ryan and all their friends keep digging into the past, they might find that some things were forgotten for a reason.
In Halewick Bay, the water is deep, the secrets are darker, and the boy Violet hates might be the only one who can keep her alive.