Under the Summer Stars
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Last published Mon, Dec 15, 2025
Ava Summers is the literal definition of sun kissed. She is the one who calls and instantly plasters the biggest smile on your face when you feel like two week old wrinkly laundry. But is that just a facade so she doesn't worry her friends about her wellbeing?
Rory Philips is about to be Coastal Horizon University's newest and hottest freshman. He has every girls head turned when he walks the halls of the university. But he couldn't care less about them, especially when his heart is set on the one girl who has been the sunniest part of his and his twin sister's life since they were children.
As they navigate their freshman year of college, will they avoid (or is it acknowledge?) their feelings for each other? Especially after some deep, dark, and musty secrets are revealed.
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