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🌊 Book 1, Volume I: The Summer of Secrets
"I love you, ain't that the worst thing you ever heard?"
In the coastal town of East Harbor, summer isn't just a season-it's a fever dream. For Elara Vance, it's the summer her world falls apart. Her family's legacy is crumbling, her home is being taken away, and the man holding the pen is her father's greatest rival.
Then there's Julian Thorne. The rival's son. The boy with the ocean-blue eyes and a reputation for breaking things.
Bound by a feud they didn't start but are forced to finish, Elara and Julian find themselves caught in a dangerous game of "keep away." What starts as a desperate act of rebellion against their parents spirals into a secret, high-stakes romance that feels like "snuck through the garden gate every night... just to seal my fate."
Volume I takes you through the first 30 chapters of their electric, fragile beginning. From neon-lit beach parties to whispered promises at the old water tower, Elara and Julian must decide: Are they just a summer fling meant to burn out, or are they the "wildest dream" they'll never be able to wake up from?