32 parts Complete Genre: YA Contemporary Romance
Vibe: Endless summer, surf wax and sea salt, vinyl records and van life, with a slow-burn love story at its core.
Seventeen-year-old Juniper "June" Reyes lives out of her dad's old VW van, hopping from beach town to beach town with her free-spirited mother, who sells handmade jewelry at coastal markets. After years on the road, they land in Sunset Break, a vibrant California surf town where June's mom decides to stay for the whole summer.
June has a rule: never get attached. But then she meets Kai Rivera, a local surf prodigy with salt-tangled hair, a quiet soul, and a secret heartbreak he's buried deep beneath the waves. Kai plays guitar in a garage band and writes lyrics he never shares with anyone-until he accidentally leaves his notebook behind at the beach, and June finds it.
Music becomes their unspoken language. They begin to trade songs, playlists, and late-night conversations on the beach. But both are guarded-Kai's struggling with the pressure of going pro in surfing, while June's afraid of putting down roots she'll just have to rip up again.
As the summer unfolds, so do their feelings-but slowly. It's all glances across bonfires, shy touches after surf lessons, and lyrics exchanged like secrets. When June gets the chance to leave again-to follow her mom to a new coast-it forces her to ask the one question she's always avoided:
What if staying is braver than leaving?