The Summer We Drowned
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Last published Thu, May 11, 2023
Australian Contemporary Romance
Six friends get onto a boat to leave a party and avoid the Police checkpoint on New Year's Eve. Only five get off the boat, the driver is three times over the legal limit when he collides head-on with a bridge pylon and Isla Edwards goes missing in the Murray River.
Blair Rhodes is thrown into the media spotlight when her best friend goes missing, made worse bu the fact that her boyfriend was driving the boat. She is in a dangerous and toxic relationship with Austin Bishop, the son of one of the richest men in Australia. His father also happens to own a large portion of national and international media.
Her friends are put on a trial by the media as time progresses and Isla isn't found. Blair also runs into her first love, someone she hasn't seen in ten years who broke her heart and never said goodbye.
Can Blair escape her toxic relationship? Will she tell the Police the truth about what happened?
A debut Australian Romance Thriller based in Rural and Metro Victoria, Australia. Follow the characters as they face themselves and what they've done, while on full view of the world to see.
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