plain and simple
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Last published Fri, Jan 16, 2015
Love. Plain & simple.
All Summer wanted was for her love life to work out, for once; plain and simple.
Summer Johnson is 19 years old, living on the coast of Australia, and she is searching endlessly for he perfect life. After travelling Europe for a year after finishing school, Summer has returned home, empty handed, her love life as unfulfilled as it was when she left.
Amos Miller is 18 and has just finished school. Living the stereotypical surfer life, Amos is still at home with his parents, staying by the beach in a small surf town, getting up early every morning to surf before heading out to work, and going back out to the ocean as soon as work is over.
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