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Every summer, Anne returns to Sandpoint Cove-
the place where she learned to swim, to dream... and to love the one person she was never supposed to.
Andrew Pierce has been her brother's best friend since forever.
Smart, magnetic, heartbreakingly kind-and completely off-limits.
For years, Anne has loved him quietly:
in the way he carries her camera when he thinks she's tired,
in the way his eyes soften when he catches her laughing,
in the moments in between summers when he shouldn't remember her... but he always does.
But this summer was supposed to be different.
She was ready to take a chance.
Ready to finally step out of the "little sister" shadow.
Until he refused her invitation to the debutante ball.
Now, with her heart fractured and her world shifting, Anne is determined to reinvent herself-
new friends, new choices, new rules.
Even if that means letting someone else get close.
Even if that means Andrew suddenly seems to care... a little too much.
Because some summers change you.
And others change everything.
A slow-burn, beach-soaked romance about growing up, letting go, and learning that the heart doesn't always follow the rules.