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Beyond The Waves
annasteffey
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annasteffey
Complete, First published Jul 17, 2022
Mature
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Ivey Pierce is an explorer, and thanks to her career as a wildlife biologist, she does not stay stationary for long. But when her parents die in a terrible accident, and her childhood home is left vacant for two years, she returns to the tattered memories concealed inside the house on Clifton Bay.

Everything is the same: the salty scent, lush scenery, and talkative town. 

Yet, one thing is new-the man across the bay, whose dock faces hers. 

Each evening, she watches her new neighbor sit with his dog and a cup of coffee, then disappear during the day. He is the only person who does not know her business, and she knows nothing about him.

It is not until she gets hurt and discovers he is Weston Turner, the new Nurse Practitioner in their coastal town. Soon enough, they are swept up in one another's current, trying to stay afloat.

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Short novel [roughly 55-60k words]

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