The Summer I Started Drinking Wine.

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I didn't plan on healing that summer.
I just wanted the wine to numb me not change me.
But somewhere between heartbreak, secrets, late-night group chats, and wine in the bathtub...
I stopped waiting to be chosen.. And started pouring for myself.

Nia Carter was never the loudest girl in the room, but she was always the one with the loudest thoughts, especially when everything around her started shifting. Between her aunt's wild advice, friendships that cracked under pressure, the boy from back then, and the unexpected new guy who actually listens...
this summer becomes one long, messy, soul-shaking reset.

This isn't your typical love story.
This is for the girls who've been left on read, cried in parking lots, poured their last glass, and still kept it cute.

It's about choosing yourself.
And loving what happens after.

Forty chapters. Four parts. One unforgettable summer.

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This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, events, and places are either products of the author's imagination or used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or real events is purely coincidental.

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First Edition: 2025

This book is an original work of fiction by Reneca Donnell (Renni) All rights reserved.
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